We will finish up the course with a brief two-week unit on the French Revolution.  Between this week and next, there are resources sufficient to allow you to push as deeply into the study of the Revolution as you would like, dependent upon both your time constraints and your level of interest.  I recommend that you look at the Syllabus materials for both Week 12 and Week 13 so that you can prioritize what you would most like to study.

Your responsibilities for this week are the following:

1)  Read Robert Darnton, "What Was Revolutionary About The French Revolution?," New York Review Of Books (January 19, 1989).  Written to commemorate the Revolution's Bicentennial, Darnton's long article is a brilliant attempt to assess the Revolution's nature and legacies.

2)  Watch "The French Revolution," History Channel, 2005 (90 mins).

3)  Send me a short e-mail if you are interested in participating in an optional hour-long on-line Discussion about Germany: Memories Of A Nation.

4)  Browse in the French Revolution In The News Discussion Topic.

5)  Browse in the Optional Extras for both Weeks 12 and 13 to see if there are any materials of interest there.  A number of you have enjoyed John Green's series.  There is an episode from that included.  (  The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29   )  But there is also an entire 48-lecture course on the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era available through the Vancouver Island Regional Library.  ( Living The French Revolution And The Age Of Napoleon Course  )  Some of you may be interested in at least sampling that course.

6)  Make at least one Discussion Forum Contribution.

7)  Note that the Final Journal Installment is due on Sunday, December 5.  You should submit everything you have completed on your Journal since the beginning of Week 5 as a single file through the Blackboard site.