The Renaissance: A Rebirth or a continuation of the Late Medieval Era

In the 19th century, after a REVIVAL OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, Burkhardt wrote a neo-classical perspective of history. Instead of identifying the wholesome values of Medieval thought as the Romantics did in the early 19th century, Burkardt challenged the basic foundations of interpretation of history. Instead of seeing a pattern of history, he saw a rebirth of Western Europe (almost a resurrection of culture).

The basis of this thesis was that Western Civilization was born during the Classical Era (Greeks and Romans) and was corrupted (or killed) by the Medieval Era (Middle Ages). Instead of seeing any continuation, Burkhardt called the Middle Ages the "Dark Ages," placing special value on the Renaissance.

With this, the Modern World war born.

By the reading above, what bias did Burkhardt illustrate in his historical perspective? (Think about the era he wrote under)

How is this thesis true? How is if wrong?

Suggestions for study groups

Hey Guys,

I have heard many of thinking about forming study groups. This is AWESOME. Study groups are an excellent way to gather already known material into themes and groupings.

I decided to give you some suggestions on guide lines:

1. Make sure your group is manageable! Too many means too much chaos, too little means no new ideas. A conversation group should max out at 9 or 10.

2. Be sure to PREPARE. If you go into a study group with no knowledge of the subject matter, you are wasting both yours and the group's time!

3. Create objectives: Define what you will cover. You may use the theme questions or objectives.

4. If there is going to be social time, be sure to do it on the backside (the last portion) of the gathering. If you begin the meeting my socializing, you will never get started.

If you have any questions, you know how to get hold of me.

was

Test Review Guide directions

You can highlight the review guide below, copy it and then place it in a Word document. I might start doing this rather than wasting paper at school.

Use this post to tell me what you think about the e-review sheets rather than killing trees.

Thanks,

was

ps this is for all of you greens (especially the one in my fourth block :) )

Test Review Guide for Unit 2, Western Civilization since 1970

Pre-IB World History

Unit 2 Test Review Guide

Objectives Taught: The student should be able to:

· trace the end of the Cold War through the US and USSR political systems;

· evaluate the policies of Russia since 1991 and their impact on US-USSR relations;

· trace the fall of the Iron Curtain;

· evaluate the “success” of the end of the Cold War on both East European states and in the satellites such as in Africa and Asia;

· describe the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its impact on surrounding states;

· identify the European Union and its impact on US economics;

· trace the development of Great Britain since 1980;

· identify two recent French Presidents;

· evaluate the 1960’s revolutionary impact on the social history since 1970, with special emphasis on women’s history;

· evaluate the use of terrorism, both domestic and international;

· describe how 9/11 impacted terrorism throughout the globe;

· identify the Green Movement and describe its impact in recent politics;

· describe the chaos of the artistic, music and literature world since World War II;

· contrast the modern Existentialism to the Post-Modern Christian reaction;

· analyze the culture of the 1980’s to 2000 in reference to pop (mass) culture, and globalism.

Key Terms, People, and Ideas

· ABM Treaty · SALT I · Influence of Vietnam on Détente · Détente · Watergate · Kissinger · Ford as the Illegitimate President and its impact on the Cold War · Helsinki Accords (1975) · Carter as “Outsider” and its impact on Cold War · Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan · Iran Crisis · SALT II · “The Reagan Revolution” · SDI · INF · First Iraq War’s illustration that Cold War was over? · evaluation of Reagan · Brezhnev’s “no experimentation” · Economic Problems · KGB · Andropov · Gorbachev and his “New Thinking” · 1986 speech · Perestroika · Glasnost · nationalism in the Soviet Union · Gorbachev and Afghanistan	· Brezhnev Doctrine · Baltic States · 1991 Hardliner Coup Attempt · Boris Yeltsin · Mass Politics in the USSR · December 25, 1991 · Chechnya · Vladimir Putin · Pravda · rhetoric · 1989: Year of Miracles · Edward Gierek · Lech Walesa · Solidarity · Martial Law · Communism with a Facelift · Revision of Irmy Nagy · Gustav Husak · Vaclav Havel · Ceausescu · Timisoara · Erich Honeker · Hungary’s impact on East Germany · Willy Brandt · Ostpolitik · Basic Treaty · Why did Brandt fall? (think about him being a Social Democrat) · Helmut Kohl	· Berlin Wall Falls: impact on Globe · Separatist Movement within Yugoslavia · Croatia · Slovenia · Bosnia Herzegovina · Bill Clinton’s role in Bosnian War · NATO · Dayton Accords · Kosovo · Serbian Actions and Ethic Cleansing · KLA · Milosevic · NATO · The EC and its population · Treaty of Maastricht · Euro · IRA · 26 + 6 = 1 · 9/11 and the IRA · Margaret Thatcher · “Iron Lady” · Thatcherism · Falklands War · Thatcher’s demise · John Major · Tony Blair · Labour Government · Iraq War · Gordon Brown
· Francois Mitterand · Jacques Chirac · 1972 Munich Olympics · Pan American Flight 103 · Birth Rate Crisis · Women and economic inequality · Women Studies’ Curriculum · Post-Abortion Activism · Developing vs. Developed Nations and Feminism · Charles Martel Club · Red Army Brigade · Al Qaeda · PLO and Israel · Guest Workers and struggles · East European Immigration (refugees) · Racism in East Europe · Growing Economy saves everything	· Causes of the Green Movement · Green Parties · Charter 77 · NGO’s · Andy Warhol · Jackson Pollock · Postmodern Art · Anselm Kiefer · Theater of the Absurd · Grass’s The Tin Drum · Beckett’s Waiting for Godot · Serialism	· Existentialism · Satre · Camus · Postmodern Religion · John XXIII · John Paul II · Karl Rahner · Kart Barth · Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful · McLuhan’s Global Village · Mass Sports · Chemical Fertilizer’s negative impact · NGO’s that are not focused on green

Thoughts to Ponder (We are moving towards essays so use these questions as you study to ponder THEMES)

· To what extent did Reagan end the Cold War?

· To what extent was George H.W. Bush’s New World Order realized?

· How did the hope at the end of the Cold War lead to despair by the mid-1990’s?

· How did Clinton-Bush’s foreign policy shape the world and its perspective of the US since 1993?

· How did the development of Existentialism and the “Theater of the Absurd” illustrate the sense of lost felt by the Westerners in the years after World War II?

· How did Existentialism and Post-Modern Christianity differ in their attempts to satisfy the emptiness felt in the last half of the 20^th Century?

· Why might Latin America have a negative image of “Imperial American” interest in its region?