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Instructor: Matthew J. Voz September 30 October 22, 2013

Section One: The Tapestry of PowerDay One: The World View of Catholicism and the Political Economy of Feudalism

Activity: Invisible Pyramids of PowerDiscussion: Choosing a Subject

Day Two: The Non-European World at the Dawn of the Renaissance

Activity: Reading of Anti-Semitic Legends

Discussion: Why are cultures different?

Due: 1000 word Paper Topic

Section Two: Unraveling the TapestryDay Three: The Political and Economic Foundations of the Renaissance

Activity: Choosing a Map

Discussion: Is art important?

Day Four: The Human Form in the Renaissance

Activity: Slideshow

Discussion: What does our culture say about our bodies and what does that say

about or souls?

Day Five: Two Case Studies in the Scientific Revolution

Activity: Map or Paper Work Time

Discussion: What is your soul made out of?

Day Six: The Reformation

Activity: 95 Theses

Discussion: Why Do People Listen to God?Due: 500 word Paper Topic

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Day Seven: And More Reformations

Activity: On Christian Liberty

Discussion: Sticks and StonesHow Do We Judge?

Section Three: A New Weaving

Day Eight: Wars of Religion or Statehood

Activities: Map or Paper Work Time

Discussion: Just War Theory

Day Nine: The English Civil War and the Birth of Constitutionalism

Activity: Read Locke

Discussion: When Is Violent Revolt Justified

Day Ten: The French Revolution and the Spread of Nationalism

Activity: Read Declaration of the Rights of Man

Discussion: What is Equality?

Due: 1000 Word First Draft

Day Eleven: The Agricultural Revolution

and the Foundation of Demographic Change

Activity: Agricultural Revolution PotluckDiscussion: Is Industrial Agriculture the Savior of Mankind?

Due: Map

Day Twelve: The Industrial Revolution

Activity: Product Comparisons

Discussion: Where has the Industrial Revolution Gone?

Due: 500 Word First Draft

Day Thirteen: 1830 & 1848

Activity: Portrait Work

Discussion: Does the Government Owe Us a Living?

Day Fourteen: The Unification of Germany and Italy

Activity: Ethnicity Puzzles The Game!

Discussion: Why Do People From the Same Country Feel Like They Are Connected?

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Section Four: The Tapestry Reborn

Day Fifteen: The European System of World Domination

Activity: Read Article

Discussion: Discuss Article

Due: Portrait

Day Sixteen: The Non-European World at the Dawn of World War One

Activity: Colonialism Dart Game

Discussion: Europe: Savior or Satan?Due: Final Draft Both Papers

Day Seventeen: Final Exam and Portrait and Map Unveilings

This class will focus on the revolutionary changes in the ideal and material culture of Westerncivilization. We will begin with a short review of the High Middle Ages but will focus on the threepillars of modernity: the Renaissance, The Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution. We will followthese three cultural revolutions as they ripple like shockwaves across the sea of time, inspiring andcoloring the great events of history, leaving us with the legacy of the governments which rule us, theobjects that populate our environment, and even the thoughts inside our heads.

Evaluative Tasks:

Attendance and Punctuality (10%)

Participation in Class Discussion and Activities (20%)

Final Project (40%)

o 1,000 Word Paper on an event or concept (15%)o Map depicting the event or concept (on provided paper) (8%)o 500 Word paper on historical figure (10%)o Portrait of historical figure (on provided paper) (7%)

Final Essay exam (30%)