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Problem: History
Respond to all four questions below. For each one, write a short-answer response. A "short answer" means no more than a nice paragraph (a few good sentences) per response. Answer all parts of the questions fully, with clear and specific examples, and do not give me filler. Feel free to stop writing once you've fully answered the question.
You do not need an introduction/conclusion/etc. Feel free to get to the point. You may only refer to material we have explored together in our class to respond to the questions.
No "outside research" will be accepted. You must also do your own work on this quiz; any work that is not fully your own will be counted as plagiarism, and penalized as such.
I. This is an "art day" question. You must answer these questions in your own words and using your own knowledge and imagination. If you research the art, Google the art, or look up the art in any other way, you will receive a zero for this question.i
II. Describe the most interesting historical fact you have learned in this class. It can be something you learned from me, something you learned through your own research for your presentation, or something you learned from a fellow student, but make sure that it is a true, specific, and detailed historical fact that you have found interesting. Show me you learned at least one thing.
III. Describe and explain one of the following two historical phenomena that we have discussed in class:
1. The rise of the vernacular European languages in the Middle Ages and the tension between Latin and these vernaculars
2. What controversial new theory did Copernicus introduce into the science of astronomy during the Scientific Revolution? Why did it make his peers angry? Be very careful with this question- the answer may not be the one you think! What controversial new theory did Kepler introduce into the science of astronomy a few decades later
IV. Historians in the future are going to remember the years 2020-2024 forever. What will historians in the future want to know about our times? What sources will they use to gather their information? Will their sources be trustworthy and reliable or unreliable? Will they understand the whole story? Will any parts of the story remain a mystery to them? Why? If you could tell the historians of the future one true thing about our lived experience in March 2020-February 2024, what would you tell them? Understand that we are living through history right now; we are the ones who get to tell this story. So, tell it.