TODAY IN CLASS
Students worked in groups on three points of our Renaissance pentacle.
The the focus for today was the following three areas:

• The Reformation (esp. in England):  Theology and The King/Succession
• The (English) Civil War:  Theocracy vs. "Divine Right" to rule
• The World Beyond (Ren. England):  Exploration (Discovery) and REdiscovery (of the past)

Students worked in groups of four to produce five quality bullet points for each discrete category; the idea was to come up with powerful, important explanatory facts or claims for each of the big points. The idea is to organize material into these separate areas, but to understand that they interconnect and inter-relate.  This material truly is an endless knot.

Then we began/will begin a short jigsaw component.  In first, we completed one round; in 2nd and 5th, we'll do that tomorrow.  After two rounds, we will produce a "final version" containing 5-7 points per category.  DON'T LOSE the papers from today.

And we'll add the information for the final two points of the pentacle--Language and Education, and Literature. 

FOR TOMORROW

Be sure to have your ID cards tomorrow or Wednesday to get Hamlet.