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January
25 |
Part
I: Introduction: Bureaucratic matters Part
II: A Key Lesson: How to Read Assignments:
1.
Diagnostic Test 2. Read History
and Historians, 1-50, 91-105 3. Read Renaissance
Europe, ii-150 |
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February
1 |
Diagnostic Test Due Part
I: History and the Historical Method Part II:
The Tools of the Trade: Sources (In-class Exercise) Assignments: 1. Read
Renaissance 3. Select three potential topics for your
research (in individual consultation with me) |
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February
8 |
Potential Topics Page Due Part
I: Topic Selection: Narrowing the
Field Part II:
Lecture/Discussion: Renaissance/Early Modern Assignments: 1.
Read Renaissance 2. Complete Period Guide |
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February
15 |
Period Guide Due Part I: Continuation:
Renaissance/Early Modern Part
II: Online vs. the Stacks: the ins
and outs Part
III: The Tools of the Trade, II: Book
Reviews Assignments: 1. Read The
House of Medici, 5-214 2. Review of Book Reviews |
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February
22 |
Review of Reviews Due Part I: Topic Selection: Final Assignments Part II:
Lecture/Discussion: The Renaissance as the “Age of the Medici” Assignments: 1.
Read The House of Medici,
215-311 2. Read History
and Historians, 51-88, 107-139 |
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March 1 |
Part
I: Continuation: The Medici Part II:
Historiographical Questions: Theory and Method Assignment: 1.
Start Thesis Page & Annotated Bibliography |
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March 8 |
Part
I: Continuation: Historiographical
Questions Part II: Historical
Format (Bring your Turabian book along) Assignment: 1.
Complete Thesis Page & Annotated Bibliography 2. Historiographical Review |
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March 15 |
Thesis Page & Annotated Bibliography Due (in my box
on/before this date; no late or electronic copies will be accepted) For guidelines
for the Research Project, including specific requirements for the above
assignments, click
here. No Class
Meeting – Independent Research |
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March 22 |
No Class Meeting – Spring Recess |
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March 29 |
Historiographical Review Due (in person or in my box; no late
or electronic copies will be accepted) Individual Appointments (Groups 1
& 2 staggered throughout the week) |
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April 5 |
Individual Appointments (Groups 3
& 4 staggered throughout the week) |
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April 12 |
First Draft Due: Group 1 Group 1 presentations |
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April 19 |
First Draft Due: Group 2 Group 2
presentations |
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April 26 |
First Draft Due: Group 3 Group 3
presentations |
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May 3 |
First Draft Due: Group 4 Group 4
presentations |
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May 10 |
No Class
Meeting |
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May 17 |
Final Drafts Due |
Due
Dates re-cap:
February 1 Diagnostic Test
February 8 Potential Topics Page
February 15 Period Guide
February 22 Review of Reviews
March 15 Thesis Page & Annotated
Bibliography
March 29 Historiographical Review
April 12 First Draft Due: Group 1
April 19 First Draft Due: Group 2
April 26 First Draft Due: Group 3
May 3 First Draft Due: Group 4
May 17 Final Drafts Due