Sumários

Not Taught.

25 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Mobility abroad: homage lecture, Prize Giovanni Pontiero (Institut Rámon Llul / Universitat Autónoma Barcelona)

Thomas Paine (cont.). The Declaration of Independence. Women of the Revolution.

22 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Thomas Paine (cont.). "How History is told"

http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/hw-for-october-18-how-history-is-told.html
Revising instructions for midterm paper.
The Declaration of Independence. 
http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/hw-for-october-22-declaration-of.html
Women of the Revolution. Presentation on "The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848).

Paul Revere, prototype of "Rebel." Thomas Paine: "Common Sense" (1776). Instructions for midterm paper.

18 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Paul Revere, prototype of "Rebel": 
http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/hw-for-october-15-paul-revere.html#comments 

Thomas Paine, "Common Sense", the pamphlet that ignited the political conscience (and emotions) of the America Revolution: oral presentation.The point(s) of view of history: instructions for midterm paper, October 29th:

Reason, sound instinct, and faith: Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards. The path to the American Revolution..

15 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Oral presentation on Benjamin Franklin, featuring his "Autobiography" and his influence in the 18th century and beyond: http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/blog-post.html
Oral presentation on Jonathan Edwards, featuring the sermon "Sinnners in the Hands of an Angry God" and the discussion he disseminated on free will.

Comparison between Franklin and Edwards

Oral presentations: Salem Witch Trials (with Cotton Mather) and B. Franklin. The 18th C: Enlightenment and the Great Awakening.

11 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Oral presentation: Salem Witch Trials.Cotton Mather: Obscurantism and Scientificism.

Benjamin Franklin: focus-group works on the "virtues" enumerated in his Autobiography.
Oral presentation: Benjamin Franklin he 18th C: Enlightenment (science and reason) and the Great Awakening (Faith and God's design for America). 
Introducing the comparison between Franklin and Jonathan Edwards.