Great Books IV Tutorial Page

Current Assignment *Class Forum* Class Roster Assignment Schedule Study Guide Questions: guidelines Guidelines for doing reading assignments Papers Evaluation Procedure Relevant Links and author resources TextBooks: TTS Bookstore for required Book list Additional Help for Parents of Great Books Students: Writing Assessment Services (mention your involvement in TTS when you contact WAS) Study Guide Questions and Class Summary To be done for each week's assignment. After each week's class session, post your answers to the study questions for that class along with a short summary of the class session on the class forum. You should do this by the end of the day after class. You should have the study questions done before class, but you may change your answers after class if you need to before you post them. The study questions should be answered in complete sentences. The class summary should be one paragraph, about 150-250 words, and should be a brief discussion of points you found particularly interesting or intriguing, were struck by or disagreed with, or thought were the most important part of the discussion that day. If you miss a class session, you should still post your study question answers, but you may summarize the reading instead of the class discussion. Make sure your name is on your summary/study questions. If you are the first to post, put "Week 1" etc. in the subject line. If you are not the first, read the first post, then hit "respond" and post your material. Assignments 1. Sept. 11 Locke, The Second Treatise on Civil Government, chaps. 1-9 Picture of John Locke Study Questions 2. Sept. 18 Locke, The Second Treatise on Civil Government, chaps. 10-19 Study Questions 3. Sept. 25 Rousseau, The Social Contract, bks 1-2 Study Questions 4. Oct. 2 Rousseau, The Social Contract, bks 3-4 Study Questions 5. Oct. 9 Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Bk 1, chaps. 1-9 Study Questions 6. Oct. 15 Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I, chapters X and XI (Introduction and Conclusion) Book II, chapter I (first five paragraphs only) Book II, chapter III (first two-thirds) Book III, chapter II (first six paragraphs only) Book III, chapter IV (omitting the last five paragraphs) Book IV, chapter II (first fifteen and last three paragraphs only) Book IV, chapter IX (last four paragraphs only) Book V, chapter I, Part I Study Questions 7. Oct. 23 Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book V, chapter I, parts 2-4 Study Questions Autumn Break: Oct. 30 - Nov. 3 -- No Tutorials 8. Nov. 6 Declaration of Independence; Articles of Confederation Reading assignment and Study Questions 9. Nov. 13 The Constitution of the United States Reading assignment and Study Questions 10. Nov. 19 The Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers Reading assignment Study Questions Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 20 - 24 -- No Tutorials 11. Dec. 3 English Romantic Poetry Reading assignment and Study Questions *Paper 1 due Friday 12. Dec. 10 Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chaps. 1-32 Study guide 13. Dec. 17 Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chaps. 33-end Christmas & New Year's Break: Dec. 25 - Jan. 12 -- No Tutorials 14. Jan. 15 Darwin, The Origin of Species, Historical Sketch (pg. 5), Introduction (pg. 18), and chaps. III ("Struggle for Existence") and IV ("Natural Selection; Or the Survival of the Fittest"). Also read this popular legend of Darwin's early loss of faith and late repentance, and then this documented denial of its truth. 15. Jan. 22 Darwin, The Origin of Species, chaps. VI ("Difficulties of the Theory") and XV (&auot;Recapitulation and Conclusion") Study Questions 16. Jan. 29 Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, chaps. 1-31 17. Feb. 5 Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, chaps. 32-63 18. Feb. 12 English Victorian Poetry Reading assignment and Study Questions 19. Twain, Huckleberry Finn Mid-Winter Break: Feb. 26 - Mar. 2 -- No Tutorials 20. Mar. 5 Marx, The Communist Manifesto & Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil 21. Mar. 12 Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (first third, through Part II, Book 5, chap. 5, "The Grand Inquisitor") Study Questions 22. Apr. 1 Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (middle third, through Part III, Book 9, chap. 9, "Mitya Is Taken Away") Study guide 23. Mar. 26 Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (final third, to the end) Movie versions of Bros. K Anton Chekhov's The Bet Another translation of The Bet 24. Apr. 2 Freud, The Ego and the Id Study guide Easter / Spring Break: Apr. 9 - 13 -- No Tutorials 25. Apr. 16 Chesterton, The Everlasting Man, "Part I: On the Creature Called Man" 26. Apr. 23 Chesterton, The Everlasting Man, "Part II: On the Man Called Christ" 27. Apr. 30 Machen, Christianity and Liberalism, chaps. 1-4 28. May 7 Machen, Christianity and Liberalism, chaps. 5-7 29. May 14 Lewis, The Pilgrim's Regress books 1-6 The Pilgrim's Regress: Notes on Quotations and Allusions 30. May 20 Lewis, The Pilgrim's Regress books 7-10 Lewis poem *Paper 2 due Friday* Papers Papers should be posted on the class forum. See Writing Assessment Service's special offer for TTS Great Books students. Important: Paper Format Guidelines, due dates, etc. Paper 1: Student's choice of topic, to be drawn from the readings in the first half of GB4. 1200-1500 words. 1) Evaluate Locke and/or Rousseau's theory of where governments get their authority in the light of Scripture. 2) Compare Jane Austen's view of appropriate conduct between young men and women with what is commonly accepted in modern America. 3) Analyze a Romantic or Victorian poem, describing how the worldview expressed in it reflects the Romantic or Victorian philosophy, and explain how the sound and rhythm of the poem support the meaning of it. 4) Disagree with Chesterton's argument that Dickens' vision failed in the end of David Copperfield, and support your disagreement with good reason and with quotes from both Chesterton and Dickens. Paper 2: Student's choice of topic, to be drawn from any of the readings this year, but also drawing on previous Great Books years (or earlier readings in other courses if you were not with TTS before GB4). The topic should be broad in perspective, not detailed in analysis, although quotations are highly recommended. This paper should be a look at the big picture of education in old books. It might touch on any or all of these questions (and/or others of your own devising): What have I learned from a study of the Great Books? What is the value of studying history? Of what use for the soul is poetry and imaginative literature? Write the kind of paper you *really* want to write -- you need not feel confined by any particular style -- it needn't be scholarly in tone. I would like to hear your own voice in this paper, so an informal style is best. 1200-1500 words. Evaluation procedure No grades will be assigned for either the papers or for the tutorial as a whole. For those parents who desire it, assistance will be provided in determining a grade for the student's semester work. Papers should be posted on the class forum. It will be helpful to the student to see how others write. However, no grades will be assigned for either the papers or for the tutorial as a whole. Evaluations will be provided upon request at any point. See Cascade Independent High School for more detail on credit, grades, etc. Cindy Marsch, of Writing Assessment Services, offers a special evaluation package for Talisker Great Books students. I highly recommend this as a complement to the Great Books tutorial. Relevant Links Maps: (English, French and Spanish Settlements to 1776) Poetry: How Should You Read Poetry? Analyzing Poetry Bartleby Verse G.K.Chesterton's Works on the Web Poets' Corner The Poetry Archives

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