Syllabus

Syllabus

Weeks 9-10 (Text for book report)

Text Source

The Man Who was Thursday Book Report Rubric 

Formatting: 

12-point (5)   

Times New Roman font (5)                                                                                                                Double-spaced (5)        

Title in bold (5)      

MLA (20)  

2 integrated quotes from the text (30)        

Word Count between 800 and 1200. (30)    

Subtotal: (100)    

Content:  7 paragraphs as listed below 

Introduction:  Title, author background, and central purpose of the book identified, including author's thesis (shows his opinion).  Statement of student thesis related to the impact the book had on the individual student and the student's opinion of its importance as a text about anarchism in Europe. (20) 

Note how the author organized the storyline. (20) 

Identify the plot points the author uses to support the thesis.  Use quotes here! (20) 

Discuss book reviews, what did reviewers say about the author, his thesis, the importance of the text?  Another good place for quotes! (20)  

Discuss your opinion of the importance of the text.  Be specific!  Give 3-4 points supporting your thesis. The reader does not care if you liked the book or not. (20)  

Discuss how this book has impacted your view of anarchism at the turn of the century and the catholic/conservative critique of the movement and your thinking about historical events. (10) 

 Conclusion:  Review your thesis and support.  Commend or condemn the author! (20)  

Subtotal: (100)  

TOTAL: (200 points)        

Week 8

Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism

Viva Partners

Dear Students,

This week please begin sharing your viva video with a partner from class. If you cannot find a partner, please let me know as soon as possible and I will connect you with someone!

Here is a copy of the grading sheet, please fill this out for your partner and return it to them by the following class time.

Viva Video Grading Sheet

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Kind regards,
Dr. Parker

Week 4

It was a small mistake, but with great consequences. On September 2, 1666, Thomas Farrinor, baker to King Charles II of England, failed, in effect, to turn off his oven. He thought the fire was out, but apparently the smouldering embers ignited some nearby firewood and by one o'clock in the morning, three hours after Farrinor went to bed, his house in Pudding Lane was in flames. Farrinor, along with his wife and daughter, and one servant, escaped from the burning building through an upstairs window, but the baker's maid was not so fortunate, becoming the Great Fire's first victim. Did these cakes set fire to London? Or see Sir R Vinor's explanation to Pepys.

The fire then leapt across Fish Street Hill and engulfed the Star Inn. The London of 1666 was a city of half-timbered, pitch-covered medieval buildings and shedsthat ignited at the touch of a spark--and a strong wind on that September morning ensured that sparks flew everywhere. From the Inn, the fire spread into Thames Street, where riverfront warehouses were bursting with oil, tallow, and other combustible goods. By now the fire had grown too fierce to combat with the crude firefighting methods of the day, which consisted of little more than bucket brigades armed with wooden pails of water. The usual solution during a fire of such size was to demolish every building in the path of the flames in order to deprive the fire of fuel, but the city's mayor hesitated, fearing the high cost of rebuilding. Meanwhile, the fire spread out of control, doing far more damage than anyone could possibly have managed.

Soon the flames were visible from Seething Lane, near the Tower of London, where Samuel Pepys first noted them without concern:

Pepys Diary Entry, September 2 1666

Some of our maids sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast today, Jane called up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City. So I rose, and slipped on my night-gown and went to her window, and thought it to be on the back side of Mark Lane at the farthest; but, being unused to such fires as followed, I thought it far enough off, and so went to bed again, and to sleep. . . . By and by Jane comes and tells me that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down tonight by the fire we saw, and that it is now burning down all Fish Street, by London Bridge. So I made myself ready presently, and walked to the Tower; and there got up upon one of the high places, . . .and there I did see the houses at the end of the bridge all on fire, and an infinite great fire on this and the other side . . . of the bridge. . . .

So down [I went], with my heart full of trouble, to the Lieutenant of the Tower, who tells me that it began this morning in the King's baker's house in Pudding Lane, and that it hath burned St. Magnus's Church and most part of Fish Street already. So I rode down to the waterside, . . . and there saw a lamentable fire. . . . Everybody endeavouring to remove their goods, and flinging into the river or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running into boats, or clambering from one pair of stairs by the waterside to another. And among other things, the poor pigeons, I perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies, till they some of them burned their wings and fell down.

Having stayed, and in an hour's time seen the fire rage every way, and nobody to my sight endeavouring to quench it, . . . I [went next] to Whitehall (with a gentleman with me, who desired to go off from the Tower to see the fire in my boat); and there up to the King's closet in the Chapel, where people came about me, and I did give them an account [that]dismayed them all, and the word was carried into the King. so I was called for, and did tell the King and Duke of York what I saw; and that unless His Majesty did command houses to be pulled down, nothing could stop the fire. They seemed much troubled, and the King commanded me to go to my Lord Mayor from him, and command him to spare no houses. . . .

[I hurried] to [St.] Paul's; and there walked along Watling Street, as well as I could, every creature coming away laden with goods to save and, here and there, sick people carried away in beds. Extraordinary goods carried in carts and on backs. At last [I] met my Lord Mayor in Cannon Street, like a man spent, with a [handkerchief] about his neck. To the King's message he cried, like a fainting woman, 'Lord, what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses, but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it.' . . . So he left me, and I him, and walked home; seeing people all distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as pitch and tar, in Thames Street; and warehouses of oil and wines and brandy and other things.

On February 24th 1667 Pepys notes in his diary:

Asking Sir R Viner what he thought was the cause of the fire, he tells me that the Baker, son and his daughter did all swear again and again that their Oven was drawn by 10 a-clock at night. That having occasion to light a candle about 12, there was not so much fire in the bakehouse as to light a match for a candle, so as they were fain to go into another place to light it. That about 2 in the morning they felt themselves almost choked with smoke; and rising, did find the fire coming upstairs - so they rose to save themselfs; but that at that time the bavins were not on fire in the yard. So that they are, as they swear, in absolute ignorance how this fire should come - which is a strange thing, that so horrid an effect should have so mean and uncertain a beginning.

Even on February 28th 1667 Pepys notes:

I did within these six days see smoke still remaining of the late fire in the City; and it is strange to think how to this very day I cannot sleep a-night without great terrors of fire; and this very night I could not sleep till almost 2 in the morning through thoughts of fire.

and on March 16th 1667:
The weather is now grown warm again, after much cold weather; and it is observable that within these eight days I did see smoke remaining, coming out of some cellars, from the late great Fire, now above six months since.

and on May 5th:
Sir Jo Robinson ... doth tell me of at least six or eight fires within these few days, and continually stories of fires; and real fires there have been in one place or other almost ever since the late great Fire, as if there was a fate over people for fire.

Hollar's 'Exact Surveigh' of the City of London, 1667

Read The London Gazette of 3rd-10th 1666.

http://www.pepys.info/fire.html

Samuel Pepys Account of the Great Fire

The Execution of Charles I

Charles I's troubles began the moment he ascended the throne in 1625 upon the death of his father James I. Charles simultaneously alienated both his subjects and his Parliament, prompting a series of events that ultimately lead to civil war, his own death and the abolition of the English monarchy.

Charles I and family Charles' problems revolved around religion and a lack of money. His marriage to the Roman-Catholic French princess Henrietta Maria in 1625 did not please his Protestant subjects and led to suspicions of his motives. In 1637 he totally misgauged the sentiments of his Scottish subjects when he attempted to impose an Anglican form of worship on the predominantly Presbyterian population. Riots escalated to general unrest; forcing Charles to recall Parliament in 1640 in order to acquire the funds necessary to quell the Scottish uprising. This so-called "Short Parliament" refused Charles' financial demands and disbanded after only one month.

The continuing civil unrest in the north forced Charles to again convene Parliament in December 1640. The following year the Irish revolted against English rule while the determination of King and Parliament to assert their authority over the other led to open conflict between the two in 1642.

The tide of the Civil War ebbed and flowed for the next six years, culminating in the defeat at the Battle of Preston of Charles' army in August 1648 by Parliamentary forces under the command of Oliver Cromwell. The King was charged with high treason against the realm of England. At his trial, Charles refuted the legitimacy of the court and refused to enter a plea. Not withstanding the absence of a plea, the court rendered a verdict of guilty and a sentence of death declaring:

"That the king, for the crimes contained in the charge, should be carried back to the place from whence he came, and thence to the place of execution, where his head should be severed from his body."
Three days later, the king was led to the scaffold erected at Whitehall, London.

" I go to where no disturbance can be"

January 30, 1649 was a bitterly cold day. Charles went to his execution wearing two heavy shirts so that he might not shiver in the cold and appear to be afraid. The following account of the event comes from an anonymous observer and begins as the doomed King addresses the crowd from the scaffold:

"[As for the people,] truly I desire their liberty and freedom as much as anybody whomsoever; but I must tell you that their liberty and freedom consist in having of government, those laws by which their life and their goods may be most their own. It is not for having share in government, sirs; that is nothing pertaining to them; a subject and a sovereign are clear different things. And therefore until they do that, I mean that you do put the people in that liberty, as I say, certainly they will never enjoy themselves. Sirs, it was for this that now I am come here. If I would have given way to an arbitrary way, for to have all laws changed according to the power of the sword, I needed not to have come here; and therefore I tell you (and I pray God it be not laid to your charge) that I am the martyr of the people. . .

And to the executioner he said, 'I shall say but very short prayers, and when I thrust out my hands - '

Then he called to the bishop for his cap, and having put it on, asked the executioner, 'Does my hair trouble you?' who desired him to put it all under his cap; which, as he was doing by the help of the bishop and the executioner, he turned to the bishop, and said, 'I have a good cause, and a gracious God on my side.'

The bishop said, 'There is but one stage more, which, though turbulent and troublesome, yet is a very short one. You may consider it will soon carry you a very great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find to your great joy the prize you hasten to, a crown of glory.'

The king adjoins, 'I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown; where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the world.'

The bishop: 'You are exchanged from a temporal to an eternal crown, - a good exchange.'


The execution of Charles I Then the king asked the executioner, 'Is my hair well?' And taking off his cloak and George [the jeweled pendant of the Order of the Garter, bearing the figure of St. George], he delivered his George to the bishop. . .

Then putting off his doublet and being in his waistcoat, he put on his cloak again, and looking upon the block, said to the executioner, 'You must set it fast.'

The executioner: 'It is fast, sir.'

King: 'It might have been a little higher.'

Executioner: 'It can be no higher, sir.'

King: 'When I put out my hands this way, then - '

Then having said a few words to himself, as he stood, with hands and eyes lift up, immediately stooping down he laid his neck upon the block; and the executioner, again putting his hair under his cap, his Majesty, thinking he had been going to strike, bade him, 'Stay for the sign.'

Executioner: 'Yes, I will, and it please your Majesty.'

After a very short pause, his Majesty stretching forth his hands, the, executioner at one blow severed his head from his body; which, being held up and showed to the people, was with his body put into a coffin covered with black velvet and carried into his lodging.

His blood was taken up by divers persons for different ends: by some as trophies of their villainy; by others as relics of a martyr; and in some hath had the same effect, by the blessing of God, which was often found in his sacred touch when living."

References:
   The anonymous account of Charles' death appears in Robinson, James Harvey, Readings in European History (1906); Schama, Simon, A History of Britain vol. II (2001); Wedgwood, C. V, A Coffin for King Charles; the Trial and Execution of Charles I (1964).

William Lawes

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

   Old Time is still a-flying;

And this same flower that smiles today

   Tomorrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, 

   The higher he’s a-getting,

The sooner will his race be run,

   And nearer he’s to setting.

That age is best which is the first,

   When youth and blood are warmer;

But being spent, the worse, and worst

   Times still succeed the former. 

Then be not coy, but use your time,

   And while ye may, go marry;

For having lost but once your prime,

   You may forever tarry.

Reformation Slides

Reformation Slides

Luther Documentary

A Viva Slide Compendium

1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
WWII
1930s
1920s*
Post-WWI

Debate Information

Debate Information

Dear Seniors, 

Arrival Time: I will be at the Greenhouse throughout the afternoon of May 3rd, I recommend that you arrive by 5:30 pm to ensure that you have sufficient time to run through your entire debate, make corrections, and for us to do a simple rehearsal of the night's events.

Dress Code: Gentlemen, please wear a dark suit or blazer and dress pants. Your shirt should be a collared button-down, and you should wear a bow tie or long tie. Ladies, please wear a dress or suit in a dark color (grey, navy blue, or black). If you do not have any of these clothing items, there are options for borrowing items. Let me know soon! If you are a researcher, I ask that you dress up nicely.

Treats: Please bring a tray of treats to share at the post-debate reception. These should comply with Greenhouse food rules. If you have any special food needs, please bring something that you can enjoy! Please leave these trays in the dining area when you arrive. Additionally, I will need two or three students to bring beverages and a punch bowl. Please contact me if you would be willing to do this.

If you are not a speaker, I ask that you work in one of the following areas. 

As an usher (4 students needed) 
As a decorator or with the set-up crew for the reception. (3-4 students needed) 
As a punch bowl monitor or server (2-3 students needed)

Plan of the Evening: 

5:40 Wardrobe Check and Set-up Crew
6:00 Debate Practice and Review
6:15-6:30 Rehearsal
6:45 Gather for prayer
7 walk to the back hallway
7:05 Three Loud Knocks at the door, Sergeant-at-Arms Announces: "Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen, your debaters." Procession into the hall.
7:10 Introduction Speech
7:13 First Speaker for Prop.
7:20 First Speaker for the Op.
7:25 Second Speaker for the Prop.
7:30 Second Speaker for the Op.
7:35 Third Speaker for the Prop
7:40 Third Speaker for the Op.
7:45 Fourth Speaker for the Prop.
7:50 Fourth Speaker for the Op.
7:55 Open Floor Debate
8:05 Fifth Speaker for the Prop.
8:10 Fifth Speaker for the Op.
8:15 Sixth Speaker for the Prop.
8:20 Sixth Speaker for the Op.
8:25 Seventh Speaker for the Prop.
8:30 Seventh Speaker for the Op.
8:35 Dismissal to the Dining Hall; Reminder of the rules of voting; student ushers retire to the voting positions to take a tally.
8:40 The announcement of the winning team.

1990s Slides

1990s Slides

Homework videos and reading have been canceled for this week.

The 1980s Slides

The 1980s Revolution Slides

Cold War Episode 23

Cold War Episode 24

The Clash of Civilization

The Clash of Civilizations

The End of History

The End of History

Youth Culture and Violence

Youth Culture and Violence Slides

Allan Bloom

Athwart History

Athwart History

Early 1960s Slides

The New Frontiersmen Slides

Cold War

1950s Slides

Living in the 1950s

Week 21: Cold War Documentary

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Post-War Slides

Cold War Episodes 6 and 7

1940s Slides

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Listening Examples

A Guide to Espionage is cancelled

Cold War Documentaries

The Sinews of Peace

The Sinews of Peace
The Sinews of Peace (Audio)

1930s Slides

1930s Slides

1920s Slides

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Listening Examples

Chinese New Year Celebration

Hello Rhetoric History Students!

This coming Wednesday (February 6) we will be gathering at the Condrell house in Wheaton at around 5:30 to celebrate Chinese New Year! The Condrell family will be teaching us about the traditions which surround this very important holiday in the Chinese calendar. In addition, we will be learning how to make traditional Chinese dumplings together and enjoying some delicious noodles! If you can make it please let me know in the comments below, by Sunday night, so that we can get an accurate headcount. Thanks!

For those of you able to make it a bit earlier (~4pm), we will be starting the evening off with a trip to H Mart, the Asian superstore, in Naperville. If you are interested in joining us please email me directly!

Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday as we mark the beginning of the year of the pig!

Kind Regards,

Dr. Parker

Listening Examples

                     

 

      

Vile Bodies (excerpt)

‘What would you do if you suddenly got a thousand pounds?’ Adam asked.
‘A thousand pound,’ said the King, his eyes growing dreamy at the absurd vision. ‘Well, first I should buy a house and a motor car and a yacht and a new pair of gloves, and then I would start one little newspaper in my country to say that I must come back and be the King, and then I don’t know what I do, but I have such fun and grandness again.’
‘But you can’t do all that with a thousand pounds, you know, sir.’
‘No . . . can’t I not? . . . not with thousand pound . . . . Oh, well, then I think I buy a gold pen with eagles on him like the Liberals stole.’
‘I know what I’d do,’ said the Major. ‘I’d put it on a horse.’
‘What horse?’
‘I can tell you a likely outsider for the November Handicap. Horse named Indian Runner. It’s at twenty to one at present, and the odds are likely to lengthen. Now if you were to put a thousand on him to win and he won, why you’d be rich, wouldn’t you?’
‘Yes, so I would. How marvellous. D’you know, I think I’ll do that. It’s a very good idea. How can I do it?’
‘Just you give me the thousand and I’ll arrange it.’
‘I say, that’s awfully nice of you.’
‘Not at all.’
‘No, really, I think that’s frightfully nice of you. Look, here’s the money. Have a drink, won’t you?’
‘No, you have one with me.’
‘I said it first.’
‘Let’s both have one, then.’
‘Wait a minute though, I must go and telephone about this.’
He rang up the Ritz and got on to Nina.
‘Darling, you do telephone a lot, don’t you?’
‘Nina, I’ve something very important to say.’
‘Yes, darling.’
‘Nina, have you heard of a horse called Indian Runner?’
‘Yes, I think so. Why?’
‘What sort of a horse is it?’
‘My dear, quite the worst sort of horse. Mary Mouse’s mother owns it.’
‘Not a good horse.’
‘No.’
‘Not likely to win the November Handicap, I mean.’
‘Quite sure not to. I don’t suppose it’ll run even. Why?’
‘I say, Nina, d’you know I don’t think we shall be able to get married after all.’
‘Why not, my sweet?’
‘You see, I’ve put my thousand pounds on Indian Runner.’
‘That was silly. Can’t you get it back?’
‘I gave it to a Major.’
‘What sort of a Major?’
‘Rather a drunk one. I don’t know his name.’
‘Well, I should try and catch him. I must go back and eat now. Good-bye.’
But when he got back to Lottie’s parlour the Major was gone.
‘What Major?’ said Lottie, when he asked about him. ‘I never saw a Major.’
‘The one you introduced me to in the corner.’
‘How d’you know he’s a Major?’
‘You said he was.’

Ain't Misbehavin

Post-World War One Viva Slides

Post-World War One

World War One Viva Cancelled

Dear Seniors,

I have decided to give you one more week off before we get back into viva voce prep time. Please use this additional time to work on your debate research.

Kind Regards,
Dr. Parker

Antheil Ballet Mecanique

Wilson War Message to Congress

Wilson's War Message to Congress (Full Text)