Monday, March 26, 2012

The Birth of Modern Thought In Brief-Due 3/29

1. Public Education & Mass Literacy
2. Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection
3. Intellectual Skepticism/Friedrich Nietzsche
4. Church & State Conflict (Kulturkampf)
5. Psychoanalysis/Sigmund Freud
6. 19th Century Physics
7. Social Darwinism/19th Century Racism
8. Anti-Semitism/Zionism
9. 19th Century Feminism

-Prepare brief explanation of concept or contribution from the 19th Century using information from your textbooks and one additional source.
-You must stay within the confines of the 19th Century
-Topics will be drawn at random. You may work with up to 1 partner.
-Your explanation will be presented to the class on Thursday, 3/29. Presentations that do not take place on 3/29 take place on 3/30.
-You must include either a handout or visual aid (PowerPoint, prezi, etc.) for the class. Presentations should be no longer than 7 minutes, no less than 5 minutes.
-You are essentially teaching your concept to the rest of the class, who will have to fill out a graphic organizer with information on your topic