Année Universitaire 2013-14
Licence LCE Anglais Semestre 4
Civilisation US - Skirmishes in the Borderlands Between Church and State: Education & Religion
Texts & Documents for TDs
This page will be revised frequently, so students should check back often.
Students should read all of these documents during the course of the semester; one of them will be used for the "commentaire de document" on the final exam. Ordinarily, one or two of them will be treated each week in TD class meetings: students may print a copy of the relevant text and bring it to class or bring a portable computer on which to consult it. NO DOCUMENTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN CLASS!!!
The texts are .pdf (i.e., Adobe Acrobat) documents, and may take several seconds to open on your computer screen (If you do not already have a copy of Acrobat® Reader®, by Adobe Software, you can download it for free here.).
==>> Weeks One and Two: Students should download the following documents and be prepared to discuss them in class on Monday, Feb 3 (Mr Hadley) and Monday, Feb 10 (Mr Achouche), 2014. - Mayflower compact Some background thoughts can be found here.
- A Model of Christian Charity <<==
==>> Weeks Three and Four: Students should download the following documents and be prepared to discuss them in class on Monday, Feb 17 (Mr Hadley) and Monday, Feb 24 (Mr Achouche), 2014.
- (CC Hadley) The Declaration of Independence Students may find that this (longish) article at the US National Archives provides an interesting perspective on the stylistic features of the document.
- (M Achouche) Passages from Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" (the part of the Wikipedia article about Thomas Paine talks specifically about Common Sense and provides a starting point for working on the text.) <<==
==>> Weeks Five and Six: Students should download the following documents and be prepared to discuss them in class on Monday, March 10 (Mr Hadley - Charles Finney) and Monday, March 17 (Mr Achouche - Horace Mann).
- (March 10 - CC Hadley) A passage from Charles Finney's explanations of revivalism (Students who would like to have additional background information may wish to start with the page about Finney in Wikipedia.)
- (March 17 - M Achouche) A passage from Horace Mann's last annual report on schools in Massachusetts. Students who would like to have additional background information may find the Wikipedia article on him useful (The material from a course in the US is no longer available). <<==
==>> Weeks Seven and Eight: Students should download the following documents and be prepared to discuss them in class on Monday, March 24 (Mr Hadley - Engravings and Gettysburg Address) and Monday, March 31 (Mr Achouche - Frederick Douglass)
- Engravings of a slave ship and of a slave auction.
- Students may find this discussion of the British abolition of the slave trade enlightening, and should give thought to who the intended audience of the engravings might be, and to elements of the illustrations that convey messages beyond merely factual information.
- Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
- Students should consider how Lincoln's speech contributed to redefining the objectives of the Union in the Civil War, as well as some of the rhetorical devices Lincoln uses.
- Appendix from Frederick Douglass's autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass")
- Students may wish to consider some of the rhetorical devices that Douglass uses to bring his reader to share his perspective. <<==
==>> Weeks Nine and Ten: Students should download the following documents and be prepared to discuss them in class on Monday, April 7 (Mr Hadley - Martin Luther King & Barack Obama) and Monday, April 14 (Mr Achouche - Frederick Douglass)
- A passage from Martin Luther King, Jr's Letter from a Birmingham Jail, and his "I have a dream" speech in its entirety
- An excerpt from Barack Obama's inaugural address in January 2009
- Excerpts from a speech Frederick Douglass gave in 1852
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- Excerpts from William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech.
- Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
- The last two paragraphs of Abraham Lincoln's State of the Union message of 1862.
- The Declaration of Sentiments
- An excerpt from Frederick Douglass's autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"
- A excerpt from Jane Addams's "Twenty Years at Hull-House"
- A passage from John Dewey's "Darwin's Influence on Philosophy"
- Excerpts from HL Mencken's editorializing about William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes Trial
- A blog entry (with some related comments) about a school in Virginia that has the Ten Commandments on display.
Université Jean-Moulin - Lyon 3
Faculté des Langues
Charles C. Hadley 2013-14
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