I think that the Skemp texts complements Professor Weber's well. It goes more in depth about things I never knew about Franklin, or his son William. It was interesting to learn that he didn't have a great marriage. It was also interesting to learn that William and the Joseph Galloway supported the King, while Franklin didn't. The Skemp text was dense but it was interesting and kept my attention.
On the other hand, Henretta's text was a little harder to follow because so much was going on. Because of the abundance of dates and people that were sprawled across the pages, you really had to be concentrating while not letting your mind wander for even a couple of seconds. When my attention did leave the book's pages, I found myself very lost and had to re-read what I'd just read. But again, I thought that the lecture notes followed the two chapters that we read in Henretta very well.
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I agree with your comments. I have never learned about William before in any history class before. The Henretta text is loaded with dates and memorizing dates just isn't my favorite.
I found it quite interestng learning about both Benjamin and William Franklins relationship with one another. I never knew that they were on opposite sides of eachother for a while.
I agree. Professor Weber gives a broad overview of many of the events while Henretta is quite busy with information - a little overwhelming. Having the discussion section today really helped sort things out and gave a more concise overview of the events. It was very benefitial and put the reading in a better perspective.
I found it interesting learning that during his time, Benjamin Franklin, the son of a candlemaker became the most famous American in the World. I enjoyed reading more in-depth about the Franklins, for Benjamin played a key role in the American revolution. I also found Henretta's text loaded with information, but the important concepts we needed to take out of the reading were made more clear during lectures and discussion
The discussion really helped me get a better understanding about everything. After the lecture and even after reading everything things were still a little hazy for me. But everything we talked about in discussion was very interesting and easy to follow.
I completely agree that Henretta was difficult to follow with all the dates, events, and people. The Skemp reading was more enjoyable, especially since I did not know most of the information about the Franklins. The discussion definately helped tie everything together in the end and make everything a lot clearer.
Discovering the unconventional relationship between Benjamin Franklin and his son William has been fascinating. Before this course, I had no idea that Franklin had an illegitimate son. It was interesting for me to discover that William played such a big role in politics. In todays society I am not sure that an illegitimate child would be able to hold such a high office on the state government level.
I have to agree about the Henretta text, there was alot going on. It jumps from slavery to the Enlightenment to the Great Awakening, making hard to comprehend the text. The discussion definately helped me out though. Especially the information on the Franklins.
I also found it interesting learning about the Franklins. It makes you wonder why we have never learned about the before. I also afree about the Henretta text; it is very jumbled with names, dates, and battles. Hopefully it will start to slow down when it catches up to more of the time we will be learning about.
I agree that it was interesting to learn about Ben Franklin more in depth, I did not know many of the things you learn through reading Skemp.
I have realized that history just isn't my thing while i was reading but the discussion section helped me clear things up. It is interesting to learn about the Franklins and the time periods surrounding them. Memorizing stuff is impossible and all the dates are going to kill me.
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