European History since 1648
History 126 Section 1 (Spring 2023))
Syllabus Infographic (spring 2023, updated 10 January 2023)
Syllabus Details (spring 2023, updated 20January 2023)
Calendar of Daily Learning & Teaching Activities (spring 2023, updated 21 January 2023)
The West is Built on Racism (Guardian Australia, 18 January 2017)
France under the Ancien Regime (Wikipedia article accessed on 9 February 2016; discusses centralization tendencies and why finances were so crucial)
Charles LeBrun's Ceiling in the Hall of Mirrors (Virtual Tour)
Stages in Writing Significance Essay
First Stage: Begin by Making Notes and Reviewing Potential Evidence
Second Stage: Review the Assignment and Engage in Pre-writing
Third Stage: Write First Draft from Notes
Fourth Stage: Revise body paragraphs to ensure quality of evidence supports claims; improve segues between sentences; improve paragraph topic sentences. Then revise conclusion and introduction verifying that I am providing sufficient background so reader will understand context. Then read full draft and judge coherency between thesis and paragraph topic sentences as well as flow between sentences and paragraphs. Read paper outloud, with meaning, to hear it. Set aside for at least a few hours before undertaking next stage of revision.
Fifth Stage: Proofread for word choice, punctuation, sentence segues, framing quotations, paragraph transitions, and for writing challenges that I know occur in my writing, e.g. wordy passages, passive voice, and weak vocabulary. Set aside and re-read as though I am the audience. Read paper outloud, with meaning, to hear it.