Within this episode, I have a meaningful conversation with educator Nelson Bodenbender about his career so far as well as his personal experiences. He shares teaching advice, trials and tribulations, and his personal strategies towards teaching AP US History.

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Within this episode I discuss the connections between the Italian Renaissance (Ep. 17) and the Northern Renaissance. Additionally, I go through different segments on the Northern Renaissance, Naturalism, the Printing Press, New Monarchs, and Erasmus.

Quote of the Week:

“The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.”

- Erasmus, Christian Humanist, 16th Century.

Document/Source of the Week:

“True piety consists in living as Christ would have us live—not in performing outward rituals.”

Excerpt from Erasmus’s *The Handbook of a Christian Knight* (1503).

Painting Links:

Albrecht Dürer's, The Four Apostles

Link: https://www.wga.hu/html_m/d/durer/1/10/5_4holy.html

Jan van Eyck’s, Arnolfini Portrait

Link: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-the-arnolfini-portrait

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Within this episode, I specifically address an overview of the Italian Renaissance, Humanism, Individualism, Secularism, and Petrarch. Furthermore, I had a quote and document of the week that you may find value in viewing below to use for class or to gain a deeper perspective of the topic. If you teach AP Euro or you are a student then you may find this meaningful when doing Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration.

Quote of the Week:

“Man is the measure of all things.”

- Protagoras, Ancient Greek Philosopher, (popularized during the Renaissance through Humanism).

Document/Source of the Week:

“I am one who was born to love liberty and truth. I do not envy the past, but I aspire to revive the spirit of antiquity.”

Excerpt from Petrarch’s, Renaissance Humanist, Letter to Posterity, 1372.

I have always possessed extreme contempt for wealth...I have on the contrary led a happier existence with plain living and ordinary fare...the pleasure of dining with one's friends is so great that nothing has ever given me more delight than their unexpected arrival.

I possess a well-balanced rather than a keen intellect--one prone to all kinds of good and wholesome study, but especially to moral philosophy and the art of poetry. The later I neglected as time went on, and took delight in sacred literature...Among the many subjects that interested me, I dwelt especially on antiquity, for our own age always repelled me, so that, had it not been for the love of those dear to me, I should have preferred to have been born in any other period than our own. In order to forget my own time, I have constantly striven to place myself in spirit in other ages, and consequently I delighted in history...

Francesco Petrarch, Renaissance Humanist, Letter to Posterity, 1372

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Within this episode I had a meaningful conversation with Jared Frederick about his personal and teaching background. Additionally, we discussed the merits of using movie/film clips within class to enhance our level of engagement and purposefulness with our students. Please subscribe to Reel History on YouTube and/or consider purchasing any of the books that he has completed on his website for excellent content that many of you will gain value from. The link is provided below for Dr. Jared Frederick's website and YouTube Channel.

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Reel History YouTube Channel

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Within this episode, I continue my segment of offering a history quote and Document of the Week. More important, I was fortunate enough to have a meaningful conversation with National Board Certified Educator, Chris Huston. We discussed his background as well as a unique teaching strategy that he uses for AP European History.

Quote of the Week:

“History is, more often than not, our present politics projected onto the past.”

- Robert C Davis, Professor of Italian Social History at Ohio State University Professor, 21st Century.

Document of the Week:

…it was upon these gentle lambs embued by their Creator with all of the qualities we have mentioned, that from the very first day they clapped their eyes on them the Spanish fell like ravining wolves upon the fold or like tigers and savage lions who have no eaten for days… the pattern established at the outset has remained unchanged to this day, and the Spaniards still do nothing [except] tear the natives to shreds, murder them, and inflict upon them untold misery, suffering, and distress. Tormenting… and perscuting them mercilessly. We shall in due course describe some of the many ingenious methods of torture that they invented and refined for this purpose. But one can get some idea of the effectiveness of their methods from the figures alone. When the Spanish first journeyed their, the indigenous population of the island of Hispanola stood at around 3 million today only 200 survive… Two other larger beautiful and fertile islands of the Dominican Republic and Jamaica have been similarly devastated… Not a living soul remains today on any of the islands in the Bahamas…

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Within this episode I will breakdown and analyze my Instructional Planning Report from our AP Exam results from the spring in order to strategize what I need to do for the next school year. Additionally, I will foreshadow our upcoming guests and topics which will be covered in future episodes for this Fall.

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Within this episode, I break down the format of LEQs, and the rubric, and show an example of an efficient opening paragraph to the LEQ. I also started a new segment in which I have a quote of the week and a document of the week.

AP European History Course Guide and Description

LEQ Rubric is within the PDF file above

Past AP European History Exams Link

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Within this episode, I discuss the importance of teaching students how to do a DBQ in preparation for improved writing ability, analysis, and to prepare for the AP Exam in May. I go over the AP Rubric in detail and I give suggestions for how to prepare students for this kind of writing throughout the school year.

AP European History Course Guide and Description

(Rubric is within the course guide PDF above)

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Within this episode, my wife and I share the announcement of our first and only daughter. She was born last week and we thought we would take a break from history and teaching for an episode to update all of the listeners about our lives. Enjoy this short, but meaningful episode!

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Within this episode I address the second of four parts on the AP exam, the SAQ section. We will look at the format of the questions, the common academic vocabulary used, and an example to break down. I have provided relevant links below to help anyone interested in these whether as a teacher, student, or someone just interested in history.

Relevant Links:

AP European History Course Guide and Description (Fall 2023 Edition)

Past AP European History Exam Questions

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