330 Course Assignment Schedule (Fall 2019)
WARNING: This is just a copy of the Schedule on Learning Suite, and may not be properly updated. Check on the German 330 Learning Suite schedule for the most up-to-date schedule.
Wed - Sep 04
Lecture: “Introduction to Cultural History and German 330”
Homework: read the syllabus, prepare for a quiz. Buy the books, including the appropriate book for your group (English translation OK, extra credit given if you read 100% in German).
Fri - Sep 06
Unit: 800 (The Year of Charlemagne's Coronation) Read Schulze Chapter 1 (or Kelling 5 and 6) and the appropriate background reading for your report
Lecture: “The Well-Written 330 Report” Homework: Start researching your topic and writing your paper. You will get an A on the first paper, so don’t stress. No presentations this time.
Homework: Write your 800 Report, Fill out the “German 330 Learning Survey:"
https://byu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08Rd6pLDxcTsjZ2?Q_JFE=qdg
Mon - Sep 09
Library Research Tutorial, In-class work on first report
Homework: Write your 800 Report
Wed - Sep 11
Due: Outline of your first paper
Lecture: Giving the Perfect 330 Presentation
Time in class working on Papers (Due next class period!)
Fri - Sep 13
Lecture: 800: Germanische Völker und Das Heilige Römische Reich
--800 Report DUE: one hard copy to Prof. McFarland and one hard copy to your group presenter.
Lecture: “800: Karl der Grosse und der Untergang der Germanen”
Synthesis Presentations (all of the students participate): History, Language/Culture, Music
Literature, Art/ Architecture
--Break-out Group Discussions: How do our texts and works participate in the problems and questions of the Era?
German 330 Checklist DUE TODAY at noon Fill out the “Learning Checklist” on the course website:
https://sites.google.com/site/german330mcfarland/home (then follow the link)
Mon - Sep 16
Unit: 1122 (The Year of the Wormser Konkordat)
Re-Read Shultze Chapter 1 or Kelling Chapters 7 and 8
--1122 Report DUE (First Draft): One hard copy for your presenter
--800 In-class essay (10 Minutes—with group) (Report your Reading)
Lecture: Kirche, Hof und der Investiturstreit: 1122
Tue - Sep 17
8:00 pm Salon for Group A: Prof. Mc’s house (1071 Fir Ave. Provo)
Wed - Sep 18
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Final Draft of 1122 paper DUE: One hard copy for Prof. Mc
Fri - Sep 20
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Sep 23
Unit: 1500 (The Year of Dürer's Selbstbildnis im Pelzrock)
Read Schulze pp 31-62 (or Kelling chapters 9 and10) and the appropriate background reading for your report
--Lecture: “Der Kontext der Reformation”
Wed - Sep 25
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Fri - Sep 27
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Sep 30
Unit: 1648 (The Year of the Treaty of Westphalia)
Read Schulze pp 62-78 (or Kelling chapter11) and the appropriate background reading for your report
--Lecture: “Widersprüche der Barokkultur”
Tue - Oct 01
8:00 Salon for Group E: Prof. Mc’s house (1071 Fir Ave. Provo)
Wed - Oct 02
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Fri - Oct 04
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Oct 07
Unit: 1789 (The Year of the French Revolution)
Read Schulze 78-96 OR Kelling chapters 12, 13, 15 (pp. 150-163), 17 (pp. 205-208) and the appropriate background reading for your report
--Lecture: “Aufklärung und Revolution”
Tue - Oct 08
8:00pm Salon for Group D: Prof. Mc’s house (1071 Fir Ave. Provo)
Wed - Oct 09
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Fri - Oct 11
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Oct 14
Unit: 1806 (The Year the Holy Roman Empire Ended) Read Schulze 96-122 OR Kelling Chapters 14 (pp140-142), 15 (pp. 164- 172), 17 (pp. 208-210) and the appropriate background reading for your report
--Lecture: “Romantik und Nationalismus”
Wed - Oct 16
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Fri - Oct 18
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Oct 21
Unit: 1848 (The Year of Revolutions)
Read Schulze 123-138 OR Kelling Chapters 14 (pp. 142-144), 16 (pp. 185-193), 17 (pp.210-212) and the appropriate background reading for your report
--Lecture: “1848: Die fatale Verschiebung des modernen Deutschlands”
Wed - Oct 23
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Fri - Oct 25
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Oct 28
Unit: 1871 (The Founding of the German Empire)
Read Schulze 139-167 or Kelling chapters14 (pp. 145-148), 16 (pp. 193- 202), 17 (pp. 212-214) and the appropriate background reading for your report
--Lecture: “Die Gründerzeit”
Wed - Oct 30
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Fri - Nov 01
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Nov 04
Unit: 1918 (The Collapse of the Old Order, the Rise of the Republics) Read Schultze 169-226 or Kelling Chapters 17 (pp. 215-216), 18, 19, 22. and the appropriate background reading for your report
--Lecture: “Aufbruch der Moderne”
Wed - Nov 06
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Fri - Nov 08
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Nov 11
Unit: 1933 (The Year of the Ermächtigungsgesetz)
Read Schulze 226-270 OR Kelling Chapters 20, 21, 24. and the appropriate background reading for your report
--Lecture: Der Anfang vom Ende
Tue - Nov 12
8:00pm Salon Group B: Prof. Mc’s house (1071 Fir Ave. Provo)
Wed - Nov 13
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Fri - Nov 15
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Nov 18
Unit: 1968 (The Year of Student Riots)
Read Schulze 289-328 (or Kelling chapters 23, 25) and the appropriate background reading for your report
Report on a personal narrative by an actual victim of the Holocaust, not Germans/Austrians who suffered in the war. (One page long, only one citation required, you only need to bring one hard copy.)
Tue - Nov 19
8:00pm Salon for Group C: Prof. Mc’s house (1071 Fir Ave. Provo)
Wed - Nov 20
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Report on a piece of Art that portrays the Holocaust: How do you discuss the unspeakable? (One page long, only one citation required, you only need to bring one hard copy.) Homework: write a problem and a thesis for your final paper
Fri - Nov 22
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
--Lecture: “Stunde Null und Wiederaufabau”
Final Paper: Thesis and Outline Due
Mon - Nov 25
Special Unit: Holocaust Read Schultze 270-289
Present your Holocaust Narrative paper
Tue - Nov 26
Friday Instruction
Special Unit: Holocaust Read Schultze 270-289
Present your Holocaust Art paper
Mon - Dec 02
Unit: 1989 (The Year the Berlin Wall Fell)
Read Schulze 328-340 and the appropriate background reading for your report
--Lecture: „Die Berliner Republik: Die Zukunft der Vergangenheit“
Wed - Dec 04
--Synthesis Presentations: History, Language/Culture, Music
Fri - Dec 06
--Synthesis Presentations: Literature, Art/ Architecture
-- Discussion: How do our artifacts participate in the problems and questions of this era?
Mon - Dec 09
Work on Final Paper and Final Exam
Final Paper: Better Draft Due
Fill out the "German 330 Learning Survey" again, this time giving answers that reflect your status at the end of the semester:
https://byu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08Rd6pLDxcTsjZ2?Q_JFE=qdg
Wed - Dec 11
Work on Final Paper and Final Exam
Final Paper: Bad Draft Due