IB Presentation Topics: Candide

Choose one:

1. Voltaire's biography (Due Oct. 15)
2. The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake (Due Oct. 15)
3. Gottfried Leibniz and Theodicy (Due Oct. 16)
4. What's in a Name? (The Meaning of the Names in Candide) (Due Oct. 16)
5. The Intellectual Backgrounds of Candide (Due Oct. 18)
   
6. Thumbs Down: Candide's Critical Reception (Due Oct. 18)
7. "Bien, Tout est Bien" or Voltaire's Skeptical Rationalism (Due Oct. 19)

• Yes, this allows for only a one week turnaround.
• Yes, there is a hard time limit of 15 minutes per presentation (though some will not use all of their time).
• No, there's nothing due on the 17th because that's the PSAT date.
• Yes, the presentations get more difficult depending on how much time you get to prepare.
• Yes, I will help your group, but you have to meet me before or after school this week, or Friday morning between 9am and high noon.
• Yes, Joseph Decreux was alive when Candide was published, but did not, himself become famous until later. I just liked the painting.

Reading Due Dates:
 (Note: All reading assignments assume that you will read to the end of the last chapter listed.)

• Chapters 1-10: October 15
• Chapters 11-20: October 22
• Chapters 21-30: October 29