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A little more direction on your papers, since I forgot to talk about them in class yesterday:
No, quotes are not needed, and are generally discouraged. A couple short quotes at the most.
If you have quotes or any citations for a paper, you should always have a bibliography (or "Works Cited" page in MLA style — but that's not what you're doing for me).
Yes, you should use footnotes if you have anything to cite. I will not require citations from the book (or coursepack) for this paper — but if you use any other source, then you will need to cite (this is always the case for the rest of your writing career - always cite your sources, unless you're told otherwise by the teacher).
This is mostly a summary paper; explain what happened through the first 5 years of the French Revolution in about 3 pages (the 4th reserved for your evaluation). The challenge is in choosing what to include and what not. I don't expect great detail, but at the same time, you will have to leave some less important events out (or be very brief) in order to have time to provide a little more depth about the more important things. For example, don't spend a lot of time on the precursors to the Revolution nor on the Estates General. Probably don't talk about Marie Antoinette at all.
You could use footnotes to include a few details that aren't necessary in the body of the paper, but add a little color or offer a wisecrack from yourself. Keep the body of the paper clean and clear.
Be sure to put some thought into your evaluation! I'm looking for about a page on this, as the syllabus suggests.
If you write a longer paper than required, that is okay, but absolutely not longer than 6 pages (7-8 for honors).
I just emailed this, and posting on BB, too:
I forgot to say anything about your paper that is due on Wednesday. Only one of you mentioned it or asked anything, but in case others have questions, too, I will allow you to turn it in the following Wed. (Nov. 5). I can say a few words at our next class and take any questions then.
Be aware that your second paper is coming up soon, too — Nov. 12. And, of course, you have to manage and balance your other assignments, too.
Here is the art and architecture presentation from Oct. 22:
Baroque art review (Caravaggio, [Rubens], Poussin)
Baroque architecture, and Rococo (and trompe l'oeil for fun :-)
Neo-classical painting - Jacques Louis David
I realize that I never linked the syllabus, so here it is.
Here is your study guide that I handed out in class.
Welcome to the new year. Syllabus coming soon! :-) Meanwhile, here is the assignment for the first two days:
Wednesday, Sept. 10: Read Zehnder, Light to the Nations, introduction (pgs. 1-18) and complete the Questions for Review at the end of the chapter/intro.
Read: pgs. 21-34
Friday: Read Zehnder, pgs. 34-38 and pgs. 41-52. Complete the Questions for Review on pg. 39 and questions 1-2 on pg. 68.
Read this chapter from Johnson's Intellectuals (on Rousseau): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pQxR_sI1kEVkCnqAdiB240TlPQVWMl_4/view?usp=sharing
Your summer reading (Gheon's Secret of St. John Vianney) will be incorporated into the course in November, so you're welcome to delay until it's closer to that time (e.g., read over fall break), as long as you're sure that you will have time to complete the book (130 pages).
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