Welcome back!
I hope that your Reading Break was blessed with at least some rest & recreation.
Please consult the updated syllabus here for a revision of the due dates for your remaining Short Essays (indicated in red). The idea here is to give you opportunity to both attend the lecture and tutorial for a given unit, as well as complete its respective on-line quiz, prior to developing your essay on one of its topics.
Thus, for SE #3, you will have a chance to write on either the High & Late Middle Ages, or the Italian Renaissance, after having covered both in class. Hopefully, this will make for a better writing experience for you.
Consequently, there is NO assignment due this week; rather, SE #3 will be due next week. Please note, as well, that I have--after consulting with the TAs--requested that you incorporate other sources than Sayre into your remaining essays; this will proceed incrementally, with the most sources being required for SE #5. Many of you are already doing this, and your reflections have been much better as a result. It has become apparent to me that the short excerpts found in Sayre's text boxes really need to be situated in their original contexts, if they are to prove useful to you in composing a pertinent essay of even a short length.
I will reiterate all this info in class this week, and answer any questions then.
Warm regards,
Dr. Butcher
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