ASSIGNMENTS

Wisdom from Ben Franklin:  "Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn."

Click on your class days for the appropriate schedule:

  MW SCHEDULE OF LECTURES  TTH SCHEDULE OF LECTURES  SUMMER A SUMMER B

NOTE: Your success at understanding the lectures and being able to participate in discussions is greatly enhanced by reading these assignments by the day of the lecture in which they appear.

MW SCHEDULE OF LECTURES

January  9      Introduction to the course.   Science v. Pseudoscience.  [Like to know more about Critical Thinking?]  Read Evolution is a Fact and a Theory and type a one-page critique in 12-point type with your name, course and class time at the top of the page (worth 10 pts. on Exam One), which should include stating the main point of the article and some discussion of the logic of the article's argument. [If you would like some 
                         suggestions on evaluating an article, click here.]

January 11      Early man.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER ONE.  

January 16      MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY

January 18      The ancient Near East: Mesopotamians  (lecture) and  Egyptians.  (lecture) 

January 23      The ancient Near East:  Hebrews.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER TWO. 

January 25      The ancient Near East: Empire  Builders.   (lecture)   REVIEW

January 30      FIRST MAJOR EXAM.

February  1     Helladic Greece:  Minoans and Mycenaeans.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER THREE. Map of Greece

February  6      Hellenic Greece:  The Dark Age.     (lecture) The Age of Colonization.   (lecture)

February  8     Hellenic Greece:  The Archaic Age.  (lecture)

February 13     Hellenic Greece:  The Classical Age   (rise of Athens).    Map of Athens. Greek Religion  Greek Drama  (lecture)

February 15     Hellenic Greece:  Greek Philosophy  (lecture).   Peloponnesian War and Alexander the Great  (lecture). Extra Credit.

February 20     Hellenistic Greece.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER FOUR. Review. 

February 22     SECOND MAJOR EXAM.  

February 27     Etruscans and early Rome.  (lecture)    Roman Republic:  Struggle of the Orders; Punic Wars. (lecture) Read CHAPTER FIVE

February 29     Roman Republic:  Gracchi & Civil Wars. (lecture)

March  5          Roman Empire:  The Principate.  Literature. Philosophy & Religion. (lecture)  Read CHAPTER SIX.

March  7          Roman Empire: Science,  Architecture,  Sculpture, Painting & Law.     (lecture)

March  19        Early Christianity:  Its Rise.  (lecture)  Extra Credit on Christianity.

March  21        Early Christianity:  Its Early Development.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER SEVEN (pp. 192-201).
                               Take the THIRD MAJOR EXAM  on ANGEL under the Lessons Tab any time from 8:00 AM  Wednesday March 21- Saturday, 3:00 PM March 24.

March  26        Early Middle Ages:  the Franks.    (lecture) CHAPTER SEVEN (pp.165-176) & EIGHT.  

 March  28        Early Middle Ages:  Feudalism & Manorialism.  (lecture)  

April   2             Medieval Church.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER SEVEN (pp. 192-201) & TEN (284-294).

April   4             High Middle Ages:  Crusades & Rise of Towns. &  States.  (lecture)  (lecture) Read CHAPTER TEN (271-284, 294-300) & 
                                  NINE (251-259).  

April   9             Medieval culture.   (lecture) Read CHAPTER NINE (242-251).

April  11            The Fourteenth Century.   (lecture) Read CHAPTER ELEVEN .   REVIEW.
                              Take the FOURTH MAJOR EXAM  on ANGEL under the Lessons Tab any time from 8:00 AM  Wednesday, April 11-Saturday, April 14 at 3:00 PM. 

 April  16             Renaissance Humanism.    (lecture) Read CHAPTER TWELVE.

April  18             Renaissance Art.  (lecture)

April   23            Reformation.    Read CHAPTER THIRTEEN.   Counter ("Catholic") Reformation.   (lecture)    

April  25             European Expansion.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER FOURTEEN.  Read Christianity & Capitalism.  REVIEW

 TTH SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

January 10       Introduction to the course.   Science v. Pseudoscience.   [Like to know more about Critical Thinking?]  Read Evolution is a Fact and a Theory and type a one-page critique in 12-point type with your name, course and class time at the top of the page (worth 10 pts. on Exam One), which should include stating the main point of the article and some discussion of the logic of the article's argument. [If you would like some 
                         suggestions on evaluating an article, click here.]

January 12     Early man.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER ONE.  

January 17     The ancient Near East: Mesopotamians  (lecture) and  Egyptians.  (lecture) 

January 19     The ancient Near East:  Hebrews.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER TWO. 

January 24     The ancient Near East: Empire  Builders.   (lecture)   REVIEW

January 26     FIRST MAJOR EXAM.

January 31     Helladic Greece:  Minoans and Mycenaeans.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER THREE. Map of Greece

February  2     Hellenic Greece:  The Dark Age.     (lecture) The Age of Colonization.   (lecture)

February  7     Hellenic Greece:  The Archaic Age.  (lecture)

February  9     Hellenic Greece:  The Classical Age   (rise of Athens).    Map of Athens. Greek Religion  Greek Drama  (lecture)

February 14    Hellenic Greece:  Greek Philosophy  (lecture).   Peloponnesian War and Alexander the Great  (lecture). Extra Credit.

February 16    Hellenistic Greece.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER FOUR. Review.

February 21    SECOND MAJOR EXAM.  

February 23    Etruscans and early Rome.  (lecture)    Roman Republic:  Struggle of the Orders; Punic Wars. (lecture) Read CHAPTER FIVE

February 28   Roman Republic:  Gracchi & Civil Wars. (lecture)

March  1          Roman Empire:  The Principate.  Literature. Philosophy & Religion. (lecture)  Read CHAPTER SIX.

March  6          Roman Empire: Science,  Architecture,  Sculpture, Painting & Law.     (lecture)

March  8          Early Christianity:  Its Rise.  (lecture)  Extra Credit on Christianity.

March  12-18 SPRING BREAK

March 20          Early Christianity:  Its Early Development.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER SEVEN (pp. 192-201).  THIRD MAJOR EXAM  Take this exam on ANGEL under the Lessons Tab any time from 8:00 AM  Wednesday March 21- Saturday, 3:00 PM March 24.

March 22          Early Middle Ages:  the Franks.    (lecture) CHAPTER SEVEN (pp.165-176) & EIGHT.   

March 27          Early Middle Ages:  Feudalism & Manorialism.  (lecture)

March 29          Medieval Church.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER SEVEN (pp. 192-201) & TEN (284-294).

April   3             High Middle Ages:  Crusades & Rise of Towns. &  States.  (lecture)  (lecture) Read CHAPTER TEN (271-284, 294-300) & 
                                  NINE (251-259).

April   5             Medieval culture.   (lecture) Read CHAPTER NINE (242-251).

 April  10           The Fourteenth Century.   (lecture) Read CHAPTER ELEVEN .   REVIEW.  Take the FOURTH MAJOR EXAM  on ANGEL under the Lessons Tab any time from 8:00 AM  Wednesday, April 11-Saturday, April 14 at 3:00 PM. 

April   12            Renaissance Humanism.    (lecture) Read CHAPTER TWELVE.

April  17             Renaissance Art.  (lecture)    

April  19             Reformation.   Read CHAPTER THIRTEEN. (lecture)

April  24             Counter ("Catholic") Reformation.   

April  26             European Expansion.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER FOURTEEN.  Read Christianity & Capitalism.   REVIEW

 SUMMER A SCHEDULE OF LECTURES  

WEEK ONE
May 7 Introduction to the course.   Science v. Pseudoscience.  [Like to know more about Critical Thinking?]  Read Evolution is a Fact and a Theory and write a one-page reaction.   [If you would like some 
                         suggestions on evaluating an article, click here.]  Read Why Smart People Believe Weird Things.
               Early man.   (lecture) Read CHAPTER ONE.  
               The ancient Near East: Mesopotamians.   (lecture) 

May  8 The ancient Near East: Egyptians.  (lecture)  
               The ancient Near East:  Hebrews.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER TWO.

May  9  The ancient Near East:  Empire Builders.  (lecture)  Review.                      

May 10  Helladic Greece:  Minoans and Mycenaeans.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER THREE.  
               Hellenic Greece:  The Dark Age.     (lecture)

WEEK TWO
May 14   FIRST MAJOR EXAM.  
                Hellenic Greece:  The Age of Colonization.   (lecture)

May 15  Hellenic Greece:  The Archaic Age.  (lecture)
               The Classical Age: Rise of Athens   Greek Religion   (lecture).  

May 16  Hellenic Greece:   Greek Drama  (lecture).  
               Greek Philosophy  (lecture). Peloponnesian War and Alexander the Great   (lecture).   Extra Credit.

May 17  Hellenistic Greece.  (lecture)  Read CHAPTER FOUR.   REVIEW.

WEEK THREE
May 21  SECOND MAJOR EXAM.  
               Etruscans and early Rome.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER FIVE               

May 22  Roman Republic:  Struggle of the Orders; Punic Wars. (lecture)   
               Gracchi & Civil Wars. (lecture)

May 23  Roman Empire:  The Principate. (lecture)  Read CHAPTER SIX. Literature. (lecture)
               Philosophy, Religion, Science,  Architecture,  Sculpture,  & Painting.  Extra Credit on Christianity.

May 24  Early Christianity:  Its Rise.  (lecture)  
                Early Christianity:  Its Early Development.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER SEVEN (pp. 178-185).
                REVIEW. 

WEEK FOUR
May 28  MEMORIAL DAY

May 29  THIRD MAJOR EXAM.
                Early Middle Ages:  the Franks.    (lecture) CHAPTER SEVEN (pp.185-193) & EIGHT.               

May 30  Early Middle Ages:  Feudalism & Manorialism.  (lecture)   

May 31  Medieval church.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER SEVEN (pp. 193-197) & NINE (pp. 245-256).

WEEK FIVE
June 4  High Middle Ages:  Crusades & Rise of Towns.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER NINE (257-265) & 
                          TEN (266-272).
              Rise of States.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER TEN (pp. 282-295).  

June 5  Medieval culture.   (lecture) Read CHAPTER TEN  (pp.273-282).  

June 6    The Fourteenth Century.   (lecture) Read CHAPTER ELEVEN .  REVIEW. 

June 7   FOURTH MAJOR EXAM.   Renaissance Humanism.    (lecture) Read CHAPTER TWELVE.

WEEK SIX
June 11  Renaissance Art.  (lecture)

June 12 Reformation.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER THIRTEEN.  

June 13  European Discovery & Crisis.  (lecture) Read CHAPTER FOURTEEN.  REVIEW.