HISTOIRE DE LA CIVILISATION FRANCAISE
Reid
Spring 2008
M/W 10-12
Office:  STV 215
Office Hours:  M/W 10-12 or by apt.
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Grammatical Correction Abbreviations 
Le passé composé vs.l'imparfait
Les articles:  du de la, des vs. le, la, les
Content correction signs for Guides de Lecture Critique (GLC)
Common French Grammatical Errors

Online English/French or French/English dictionaries:  http://www.wordreference.com/.  Look for the correct translation among a list of translations.

Online French/French Dictionary:  http://www.lexilogos.com.  When reading, look for the meaning or meanings that best fit the word in its context.   

Jan 15  Chapitre 1. Les premières communautés (du VIe millénaire aux années 500 av. J.-C.); 2. la Formation de la Gaule (5e-2e siècle av. J.-C.); Chronologie 1-2; Résumé; Map France; Carte Croissant Fertile; Menhirs

Jan 17  3. La conquète de la Gaule (2e siècle av. J.-C. - 1er siècle ap. J.-C.); 4. Les nouveaux pouvoirs (1e siècle av. J.-C. - 1 siècle ap. J.-C.) GLC ch. 3-4; Chronologie 3-4;  Carte La Gaule; Carte Gaule romaine; Maison Carrée

Jan 22 5. La civilisation gallo-romaine(1er-2e siècle ap. J.-C.); 6. De L'Empire romain aux royaumes barbares: crises et transformations (3e-4e siècle); outils; villas; GLC ch. 5-6. Chronologie 5-6; Pont du Gard; Théâtre d'Orange

Jan 24 7. Les Temps des Barbares (fin 4e-fin 7e siècle); 8. L'Empire de Carlemagne (8e-9e siècle). GLC ch. 7-8; Chronologie 7-8; Carte de la Gaule mérovingienne; Carte de l'Empire de Charlemagne;  Carte du Partage de l'Empire par les fils de Charlemagne; Le Serment de Strasbourg

ART:  MIDDLE AGES (10TH THROUGH 14TH CENTURIES)
CHATEAUX AND CATHEDRALS IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE FRANCE
Jan 29 

Jan 31 9.  Naissance de la France (10e-12e siècle). GLC ch. 9; Chronologie 9; Carte 870; Carte Europe 13e s.

Feb 5 10. La société féodale, GLC ch. 10; Chronologie 10; donjon Vincennes

Feb 7 11. Le grand royaume capétien (1180-1328), GLC chp. 11; Chronologie 11

ART: 15TH AND 16 CENTURY
Feb 12 12.  La guerre de Cent Ans et le temps des épreuves (1328-1483), GLC chp. 12, Chronologie 12

Feb 14 13.  La vie dans les campagnes et dans les villes du 15e au 18e 10e-12e siècle; GLC chp. 13; Chronologie 13

Feb 19 14. Le 16e siècle, de Charles VIII à Henri II (1483-1559); GLC chp. 14; Chronologie 14, Map Europe 1550-1812; PROSPECTUS GUIDELINES

Feb 21 15. La crise des guerres de Religion (1559-1610); GLC chp. 15; Chronologie 15   Gothique Flamboyant;  Louvre ;Carte de la France dialectale; Renaissance Music; MAKE APPOINTMENT TO DISCUSS TERM PAPER

 
ART: 17TH CENTURY
VERSAILLES
Feb 26 16. La France de Richelieu et de Mazarin (1610-1661), GLC chp.16; Chronologie 16, L'Opéra, Ballet de Cour; Rubens
 

Feb 28 17. Le règne personnel de Louis XIV (1661-1715), GLC chp. 17; Chronologie 17

ART:  18TH CENTURY
Mar 4 Mid-term Exam

Mar 6 18.  Le siècle des Lumières, GLC chp. 18, Chronologie 18

Mar 11/13  SPRING BREAK

Mar 18  19. La France de Louis XV et de Louis XVI (1715-1789) GLC chp. 19, Chronologie 19, Cartes:  La Louisiane

March 19 PROSPECTUS DUE.  PROSPECTUS GUIDELINES

ART:  19TH CENTURY
Mar 20 20.  La Révolution et l'Empire: I. crise révolutionnaire, GLC chp. 20, Chronologie 20, Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen, Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne, La Déclaration de l'Indépendence; Constitution de 1793; La Marseillaise paroles; La Marseillaise l'histoire


Mar 25 21. La Révolution et l'Empire: II. L'Empire, épopée et consolidation bourgeoise, GLC chp. 21, Chronologie 21 Carte empire napoléonienne, Carte Grande Peur; La Louisiane, Cartes:  La Louisiane

Mar 27 22.  La monarchie constitutionnelle aux temps des notables, GLC chp. 22, Chronologie 22

Apr 1 23.  La révolution de 1848 et le Second Empire:  de la République à la démocratie autoritaire, GLC 23, Chronologie 23

Apr 3 24.  République parlementaire et laïcité (1870-1914), GLC 24, Chronologie 24, Schéma constitutionnelle, Troisième République, La Constitution de 1875

Apr. 7 FIRST DRAFT TERM PAPER DUE

Apr 8 25.  Naissance d'une France nouvelle (fin 19e-début 20e siècle), GLC 25, Chronologie 25

ART:  20TH CENTURY
Apr 10  26.  L'expansion française dans le monde au 19e siècle, GLC 26, Chronologie 26, Map Colonisation in Africa, Carte Afrique, Carte Colonisation Indochine, Map Middle East, Map Pacific Islands, Carte du monde

Apr 15  27.  La guerre de 1914-1918, l'après-guerre, la crise des années 30, GLC 27, Chronologie 27, Carte France rivières, Carte de la Grande Guerre en France

Apr 17 28.  La France dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale, GLC 28, Chronologie 28; Carte Zones occupées et non occupées; Cartes de France, Villes

Apr 22 29. La Libération et la IVe République (1944-1958), GLC 29, Chronologie 29, Constitutions de la IVe République, Traité de Rome

Apr 24 30.  La Ve République sous de Gaulle (1958-1969), GLC 30; Chronologie 30

Apr. 28 FINAL DRAFT TERM PAPER DUE

Apr. 29 31.  La Ve République s'enracine.  Après-gaullisme et alternance politique, GLC 31; Chronologie 31; les taux de chômage; l'économie française

May 1 32. Les mutations de la France dans la seconde moitié du 20e siècle; GLC32, Chronologie 32, Carte Union européenne, Map Euro Zone;  Les trois secteurs de l'économie

 
May 5 Monday Final Exam 10:00 A.M.

Required Text:

Carpentier, Jean et François Lebrun. Histoire de France. Paris:  Editions du Seuil, 1987.

Guide de Lectures Critiques

All GLC's (question sheets) should be completed by the class in which they will be discussed.  You must read the entire chapter or chapters assigned for the course then write, before coming to class, the answers to the questions with an asterisk.  In class, I encourage you to revise these questions.  You will also be responsible for taking good notes during the lecture on the other questions.  Some of the material in those questions will also be on the two exams.  You will receive 80% of your grade for the questions with an asterisk and 20% for the questions without an asterisk (if there are any).  If you are not in class you are responsible for completing all questions.

I will accept late GLC's up to two weeks after the due date.  GLC's are 20% of your grade.  Each one missed will reduce your final grade by 1/2 point. 

The goal of the GLC's is not to learn facts, but to learn how to interpret historical structures and changes.  For that reason you must not simply summarize all of the events or details in a particular section that relates to the question. 

•  To get full credit, you must answer all asterisked questions, take good notes in class on other questions or complete yourself (if you are not in class), and illustrate your answer with the most relevant events or details from the relevant sections. 

• If I ask for a summary of events that illustrates a particular historical situation or trend, you must pick out the most relevant events or details and explain how they contribute to that trend.   

• The answers to the questions require that you interpret the events.  You should pay close attention to those sentences when the author interprets the significance of historical events. You must often think about the data given and think out the answer yourself. 

Term Paper

The term paper will be organized around a logical argument about historical change rather than around a story of what happened.  Recounting events will simply be one way in which you support parts of your argument. You should refer to specific passages or words in critical articles or books as a means of interpreting the historical events that you discuss.  Your interpretation will be based on research on the subject, including multiple points of view if the subject is controversial. 

You should use the Microsoft Word spelling and grammar check on your paper before you turn it in.  If you do not have the program on your computer, take your file on a disk to the Foreign Languages Computer Laboratory and do the check.  I will not accept papers with errors that Microsoft word would have pointed out to you.

The prospectus, first and second drafts of the term paper will all be graded.  They must be turned in on time.  Late submissions will receive a 20% reduction of the grade.

Term paper length:
undergraduates: 8-10 pages
graduates: 12-15 pages

Exams:

There will be two historical evolution exams at mid-term and during the final exam period. 
The first will test the material from the first half of the semester. 
The second will test the material from the second half of the semester.

Final Grade

Any student needing to arrange a reasonable accommodation for a documented disability should contract Disability Concerns at 350 Fell Hall, 438-5833 (voice) or 438-8620 (TTY).

La France après 1970.