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Summer Reading Assignment 09: All summer reading must be completed prior to the return to school.
1. Speilvogel Chapters 9,10, & 11.
2. David Copperfield
3. The Canterbury Tales: "Prologue," The Pardoner's Tale and The Wife of Baths Tale
4. Ponting Handout
5. Go to my webpage Click on the AP Euroblog link and create an account. One of our first assignments will be a posting.
Questions to Ponder:
Is the Dark Ages a valid description of medieval Europe?
What happened to the Muslims?
What is Western individulism? Christian duelism?
How important was laicization in European transformation?
Was the RCC a help or hindrance to European development?
How might we approach The Canterbury Tales as historians viewing primary source materials? How might we view these tales from other perspectives?
How might we view David Copperfield as historians? As literary critics?
David Copperfield and The Canterbury Tales are provided free online at the links below (as well as several other sites), or you may choose to purchase a copy of your own (recommended for note-taking purposes).