Your Thesis?

Document D: How do we make meaning of it?

Document B: How do we make meaning out of it?

Document A---how do we make meaning of it?

FRQ Choices

Here we go. See you next week. MZ
Pick one.

1. Analyze the contextual factors that set the stage for the French Wars of Religion.


2. Compare the leadership styles of Phillip II and Elizabeth I.

Aquinas & Luther on War & Peace

So What? This is a question that often comes with learning? It connotes a sort of, what does this "stuff" mean in today's world. Investigating the Reformation as an historical topic is much more than an exercise in trying to understand what each church stands for in Camp Hill. Rather, the "meanings" and "interpretations" over reformation studies can help us understand our own circumstances. Be reminded that history is not science as Karl Marx argued (anytime someone says "history repeats itself" we should take caution), but indeed history can inform how we think about ethics, culture, identity,...

And this is how I would like to situate this assignment. This is an example of a scholarly work that examines the implications of Luther and Aquinas on the question war. I took out the Aquinas section of the article to save time. I would like you to read this piece and address the following two prompts on the blog. This will be due on Friday (9/24). You will get a hard copy of the essay tomorrow in class. This is a dense read. Take your time and read without the noise in the backdrop. Look the words up you don't understand.

20 points: 10 per response
each response should reveal: thinking, analyis, effective language, a relevant quote...


1. What context is revealed and established by the author in order to make his argument? Why do you think one might write about this in 2003 by the way? Or why might an editor want to publish it in 2003 if it was actually written earlier?


2. How / why is Luther brought into this discussion? In other words, so what about Luther? What do the words of Luther mean today in the context of this argument?

Chapter 3 (Military Moderinzation)

As the title suggests, this chapter is going to explore the nature of how the European military (not to suggest there is just one) evolved since the French Revolution. My prompts explore the implications of what this means in the context of the larger European story. Pick 1 to discuss on the blog. And please make sure you read your peers remarks so you don't say the same things. Look forward to reading your responses by August 7th. Hope band camp and all of the other athletic programs that start in the Fall go well for everyone! MZ

1. What was the relationship between economic developments and military developments?

2. How might you describe how various European demographics understood / perceived the nature of technological progress that related to the arming of European states?

3. How did "military theory" change over the course of the 19th-20th Century? Why did it change?

4. How did military leadership change over the course of the 19th-20th Century? What were the implications of these changes?

5. How did military equipment / assets change over the course of the 19th-20th Century? What were the implications of these changes?