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Tennessee
School: McCallie School Chattanooga
Contact: Grady Burgner
Date: 3-27-2001
I teach Ancient World
History to 9th grade students (14-15 years old) at McCallie School in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. The course covers that period of human history from
origins to around 1500 CE. I teach very few of these figures you ask about. Near
the end of the year we are to a point where the Renaissance extended into
Northern Europe. Hans Holbein and Albrecht Durer are German, not Flemish, but I
also bring in the work of Jan van Eyck
("Wedding Portrait" is in our text) and Pieter
Bruegel. As this is but a survey course of history, we do not look into
any of these men's work in great detail, but work by these are used as examples
as to the direction art and thought was taking during this time.
By the way, last year I took a graduate level course at Middle Tennessee State
University entitled "Pre-Modern European History." One of the main
points made by the readings and the professor in this course was the
significance of the Low Countries in the Dutch Revolt of the 16th century
against the influence of Charles V of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. For me,
this was the first time I really understood the significance of your area in the
formation of the modern republic. For many Americans, we are sort of led to
believe we invented our form of government on our own with little outside help
other than some English institutions, and that then it spread to others
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance,
GSBurgner.
School: Lenoir City High Lenoir City
Contact: Diane Rhea
Date: 3-27-2001
Hello from Lenoir City, Tennessee! I gave
your email to our history department head. He checked all of the textbooks used
in our history department. Here is the information you requested.
Our department uses four different history books. There is information about Mercator
and Andreas Versalius.
None of the other names were mentioned in our textbooks.
We hope this helps.
Diane Rhea
Webmaster-Lenoir City High School
School: Hillwood High Nashville
Contact: thompsonmjb@yahoo.com
Date: 3-27-2001
I have surveyed our World History teacher and our Advanced Placement European History teachers. I have the data you requested. I would prefer to send it via regular mail; our scanners don't scan text that well. I have the page the person is listed on, the front cover of the book, which didn't copy well because of the background, and the title page of the book, which gives the publication data.
In the AP European History text, only one person, Andreas Vesalius, was mentioned, althought the teacher indicated the following were also studied: Breughel, Rubens, Eyck, and Jansenius. He uses his own material to teach about these persons.
In the World History text, Breughel de Oudere, Rubens, and Eyck were mentioned in the two different texts he uses for instruction.
I have the pages the above are mentioned xeroxed and ready to send. I'd like to send via mail, so I need a postal address.
I am glad to assist you in your research.
Mary Jane Thompson, Hillwood High School Nashville, TN
