07.16.2009

// __Preparation for Thursday, July 16__ //
Staloff, //The Politics of Enlightenment//, pp. 234-361; From //Book of Readings//: Selections from //Notes from Virginia//.


 * What was Jefferson's vision of America?
 * What were Jefferson's beliefs about education in America?



__SCHEDULE:__ 8:00 a.m. Coffee 8:30-9:00 Review 9:00-10:30 Thomas Jefferson: Romantic American, Darren Staloff 10:30-11:00 Break 11:00-12:00 Election of 1800, Darren Staloff 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00-1:45 Thomas Jefferson’s Vision of Education 1:45-2-00 Break 2:00-3:00 Evaluations Solutions, Matthew Peterson 3:00-3:30 Preparation for fall meetings.

Read Gordon Wood’s //Ben Franklin// Read from Wood’s //The Purpose of the Past//: Introduction, Chapters 2, 4, 8, and 12. Projects due.