October 31, 2005
October 26, 2005
Advising
Folks--
Advising for Spring 2006 will be this coming Friday and Monday. Email me to make an appointment.
UPDATE: Friday will be mostly reserved for seniors and juniors. Monday (the 31st) will be set aside for sophomores and first years.
UPDATE 2: Email me to grab a slot:
Friday (10-12 AM, 2-5 PM)
10:00
10:20 Blake Baxter
10:40 Sarah Keppen
11:00 Christina Lampo
11:20 Silvia Gutierrez
11:40 Jessica Adams
2:00 Paul Sadaphal
2:20
2:40
3:00
3:20
3:40
4:00
4:20 Samson Gausch
4:40
Monday (10-12 AM, 2-5 PM)
10:00 Phil Klahold
10:20
10:40 Doug McConnell
11:00 Ryan Yanchocik
11:20 Stan Jasper
11:40 Amanda Eshenour
2:00 Josh Merritt
2:20
2:40 Tremayne Pickett
3:00
3:20
3:40
4:00 Joe Dockery
4:20
4:40
David Silbey
History 337, General Lessons from Papers
Things to note after reading most of your papers:
1. The time limit for your paper is the year 1789, as that is when the class ends.
2. You have two periods where you will be able/were able to do some serious and sustained research, order books on ILL, look up articles, quest through the Old Bailey database. One was in the lead-up to handing in this paper. The other will be the three weeks in November when you get these drafts back and are working on the next draft. A number of you did not take advantage of the first opportunity. Be sure to take advantage of the second.
3. Think about using the Old Bailey Online for statistical analyses. Want to know the conviction rate for something like assault from 1769-1789 (hypothetical example, of course)? Search on the number of assaults (42), and then the number of assaults with a guilty verdict (15). Thus, a rough approximation of the conviction percentage would be 35%. (15/42). You can use this method for a lot of things.
4. Cite each case from the Old Bailey individually.
5. You should not have a "Works Cited" page. Instead, you should have a "Bibliography." What's the difference? In a "Works Cited" page, you only put in, oddly enough, the works you cite in the paper. In a bibliography, you put in everything you looked at, whether you cite it or not. Why? Because it's important to know the coverage of your research in addition to what you use in your paper.
October 24, 2005
Essay Questions for History 337 Midterm
The Midterm is next Tuesday, November 2nd.
2 of the following questions will be on the exam. You will need to do both. Your answers should make a specific historical argument and back that up with copious examples.
1. Discuss the rise and fall of the House of Hapsburg.
2. What were the Europeans afraid of in the 16th century?
3. Analyze the progress of the Reformation from the period 1517 to 1558.
4. Choose two European countries and analyze the influence geography had on their political, economic, and military situation in Europe from 1492 to 1604.
October 22, 2005
October 20, 2005
121 Assignment Sheet for Paper 2
You should choose a person who lived in Europe sometime during the past 3000 years. This can be a specific person (like Queen Elizabeth I of England who reigned from 1558-1603) or it can be a general person (a French peasant woman during the Middle Ages). Research and write a paper telling me who the person is and what an ordinary day in the life of this person would look like. What would they eat? What would they wear? What would they do during the day? Who would they live with or encounter during the day? What activities would they undertake? How would they live their life?
(You may not do these for your paper):
A hunter-gatherer
One of your ancestors
A farmer in Ancient Babylonia
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Adolf Hitler of Germany.
A French soldier during the Napoleonic Wars.
You may not do someone from post-1945.
Be sure to tell me when the person you are doing lived (i.e. the date).
Don't plagiarize.
The paper should be 3-5 pages long. You should have at least five sources, of which only two may be web sources. You should use citations to show where you get your information and quotations, and you should have a bibliography at the end.
November 1.
October 19, 2005
Baby
Madeline Shellie Rose Silbey was born today at 4:30 PM. Mother and daughter are fine.
What this means:
His 121 01 02 03: Class is ON. You will be watching a film tomorrow and Tuesday. I will be giving you a quiz on the film next thursday, so be sure to see it.
His 337.01: Class is OFF for Thursday and Tuesday. Meet in your reading groups to discuss your rough drafts.
David Silbey
October 17, 2005
Baby Update, part II
Still no baby.
Classes are ON for tomorrow (Oct 18th), unless something changes.
October 14, 2005
Bibliography for Crime and Law in Early Modern England
Folks--
This looks quite helpful for secondary work:
Baby Update
Folks--
Yesterday turns out to have been a false alarm. We went to the hospital and returned home after several hours without a baby. Sorry about that. At the moment, classes are ON for Tuesday. Check this site again regularly for updates.
Sorry about the confusion.
David Silbey
October 11, 2005
History 121, 337:
No Class Today (Tuesday, October 11th), as I am sick.
This is NOT childbirth, so there will be class on Thursday (unless of course the childbirth comes before then).