This course provides an overview of Thomas Jefferson's work and perspectives presented by the University of Virginia in partnership with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. Together, UVA and Monticello are recognized internationally as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
Semana
11 hora para concluir
Thomas Jefferson, American Icon
Thomas Jefferson is an American icon. He has also been one of the most polarizing and controversial figures in American history. In this introductory module, we’ll explore how Jefferson’s reputation has changed and evolved over the last two centuries. We’ll discover what Jefferson considered to be his most important contribution to the “Age of Enlightenment” in which he was living. We’ll discuss why some people in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have viewed Jefferson and his ideas with skepticism or worse while others have embraced Jefferson. Overall, learning about how people from many different backgrounds and perspectives have interpreted Jefferson throughout history will help us understand why it’s so important to think critically and honestly about Jefferson’s life and legacy today.
6 vídeos (total de (Total 53 mín.) min), 1 leitura, 1 teste
6 videos
Tour of Rotunda2min
Thomas Jefferson, American Icon Preface3min
Jefferson’s Great Contribution8min
Doubting Thomas: Negative Responses to Jefferson and his Ideas8min
Jefferson’s Reputation from the Civil War to the Cold War18min
Interpreting Jefferson Today10min
1 leituras
Thomas Jefferson, American Icon Readings10min
1 exercício prático
Thomas Jefferson, American Icon10min
Semana
21 hora para concluir
Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
No document is more closely associated with Jefferson than the Declaration of Independence. Listing it as the first of three achievements on his tombstone, Jefferson clearly believed the Declaration to be of profound importance. Generations of Americans have agreed, constantly quoting its phrases and invoking its ideas. But do we really understand what Jefferson was trying to do when he wrote the Declaration? In this module, we’ll explore the Revolutionary context in which Jefferson lived and worked. We’ll ask why the Declaration takes the form that it does, and also what Jefferson hoped it would accomplish. Surprisingly, the parts of the Declaration that we celebrate most frequently today may not be the ones Jefferson would have understood to be the most important.
5 vídeos (total de (Total 61 mín.) min), 1 leitura, 1 teste
5 videos
Declaration of Independence Preface3min
The Declaration and American History7min
Reluctant Revolutionaries: The Context for Writing the Declaration19min
Creating an American People25min
1 leituras
Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence Readings10min
1 exercício prático
Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence10min
Semana
31 hora para concluir
Jefferson and Slavery
The man who wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” was a lifelong slaveowner whose affluence rested on the exploitation of hundreds of African Americans. In this module, we travel to Montalto, the mountain overlooking Jefferson’s home and plantation on Monticello, to try to gain some perspective on this great tension in Jefferson’s life and thought. Our goal will be neither simply to exonerate nor to castigate Jefferson, but rather to understand how he viewed slavery and his relationship to it. Only by confronting and considering this complicated, frustrating, and tragic chapter in American history can we come to a more complete and nuanced understanding of Thomas Jefferson and his legacy. As students attending the University Jefferson founded, it is especially important to engage this topic.
5 vídeos (total de (Total 54 mín.) min), 2 leituras, 1 teste
5 videos
Slavery Preface2min
A Captive Nation: Slavery as War22min
“The most blessed of patriarchs”: Slavery in Peace9min
The Future of Slavery13min
2 leituras
Jefferson and Slavery Readings10min
Discover the Resources of Monticello10min
1 exercício prático
Jefferson and Slavery10min
Semana
41 hora para concluir
Jefferson and Religion
The role of religion in public life continues to be a topic of debate today in both the United States and around the world. Thomas Jefferson was never happier than when his Bill for Religious Freedom was finally enacted in Virginia in 1786. In this module, we’ll try to understand why Jefferson believed freedom of religion to be so essential to the future of the United States. To do this, we’ll explore the historical context in which Jefferson developed his ideas about the proper relationship between religious denominations and the state. We’ll also investigate Jefferson’s own faith—a subject of much controversy from his own day through the present. Considering Jefferson’s serious engagement with questions of religion will help us understand the kinds of communities and society he hoped would take hold and flourish in the new nation.
6 vídeos (total de (Total 61 mín.) min), 1 leitura, 1 teste
6 videos
Religion Preface3min
A Chapel at the University of Virginia6min
A Chapel at Mr. Jefferson’s University10min
The Situation in Old Regime Virginia13min
Sustaining the Revolution10min
Jefferson’s Faith16min
1 leituras
Jefferson and Religion Readings10min
1 exercício prático
Jefferson and Religion10min
Semana
51 hora para concluir
Jefferson and Education
Founding the University of Virginia in 1819 was the most obvious example of Jefferson’s interest in education, but it was by no means the first time he considered the subject. Indeed, education was one of Jefferson’s constant preoccupations. In this session, we’ll discuss Jefferson’s ideas about education as they developed over the course of his life, from the ambitious plan for a state-supported system of schools outlined in his “Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge,” to his conclusion in the early nineteenth century that the other institutions of higher learning that existed in the United States just weren’t suited to forming the leaders of a free republic. Throughout the discussion, we’ll try to understand why Jefferson was so focused on education by asking what he believed was at stake if Americans failed in their duty to provide proper instruction for future generations.
5 vídeos (total de (Total 62 mín.) min), 1 leitura, 1 teste
5 videos
Education Preface2min
A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge26min
A Civic Education Outside the Schoolhouse7min
The University of Virginia13min
1 leituras
Jefferson and Education Readings10min
1 exercício prático
Jefferson and Education10min
Semana
61 hora para concluir
'The earth belongs to the living'
In 1789, Jefferson wrote a letter to James Madison from Paris in which he asserted that “the earth belongs to the living.” Calculating that a single generation could be said to last nineteen years, he proposed that no debts should be incurred that could not be paid off in nineteen years; that all laws should be re-written every nineteen years; and that Americans should re-write even their constitutions every nineteen years. Madison thought the ideas Jefferson outlined in this letter to be wildly impractical, and most commentators since then have come to the same conclusion. In this module, however, we’ll explore what Jefferson was getting at in claiming that “the earth belongs to the living.” In so doing, we’ll discover how this phrase expresses an idea that lies at the very core of Jefferson’s conception of equality, democracy, and the American nation.
6 vídeos (total de (Total 56 mín.) min), 1 leitura, 1 teste
6 videos
Earth belongs to the Living Preface3min
Generations10min
Debt and Aristocracy12min
Love and Democracy16min
Jefferson’s American Nation10min
1 leituras
"The earth belongs to the living" Readings10min
1 exercício prático
"The earth belongs to the living"10min
Semana
71 hora para concluir
Final Exam
1 teste
1 exercício prático
Final Exam40min
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Melhores avaliações
Fantastic course by Dr. Onuf! I learned much and he helped correct misconceptions I harbored regarding Thomas Jefferson. Great videos and selected readings. The quizzes were relatively challenging.
Great lessons in the history of UVA and its architect/founder Thomas Jefferson. The professor was clearly excited about the subject matter and conveyed the history with enthusiasm and vigor.
Instrutores
Professor Peter S. Onuf
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor, EmeritusCorcoran Department of History
Sobre Universidade da Virgínia
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