Lisa M. Lane's History 103: Syllabus Fall 2009

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Cheat Sheet for multiple choice questions, textbook website, Internet Medieval Sourcebook.

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Wk	Date	In Class
1	M 8/24	"Studying Western Civ" in class: TOOLS Start reading and homework due Wednesday!
1	W 8/26	Homework #1 due: Ancestors of the West (see Homework Instructions) Workbook Documents: Ancestors of the West (6 documents) Gilgamesh: The Flood, Gilgamesh: Death of Enkidu, Code of Hammurabi, Cross-sections of an Egyptian Pyramid, Ziggurat Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 1 - The Ancestors of the West Lisa's lecture slides (Slideshare) and class notes: Mesopotamia and Egypt
2	M 8/31	Homework #2 due: The Sword, the Book and the Myths: Western Asia and Early Greece (see Homework Instructions) Workbook Documents: West Asia and Early Greece (2 documents) Homer: The Iliad, Exodus Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 2 - The Sword, the Book and the Myths: Western Asia and Early Greece Lisa's lecture slides [ppt]and class notes: Ancient Empires Quiz preparation
2	W 9/2	10:30 Quiz 1: Ancestors of the West / Western Asia & Early Greece A portion of each test is multiple-choice -- this portion begins at 70% and decreases as we continue the course. Here is a cheat sheet of all possible multiple-choice questions that could be used -- it was created by the book's publisher so let me know when you find errors so I can delete/change those items. There is no cheat sheet for essay questions.
3	M 9/7*	HOLIDAY: Labor Day (but a day of no historical significance: see the real Labor Day)
3	W 9/9	Ancient cultures lecture slides [ppt] Lisa's class notes: Hebrews and Greeks
4	M 9/14	Homework #3 due: Ancient Greece (see Homework Instructions) Workbook Documents: Ancient Greece (5 documents) Sappho: Poem, Kouros nude, The Parthenon, Aristophanes: Lysistrata, Plato: The Republic Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 3 - The Age of the Polis in Greece, ca. 750-350 B.C. Lisa's lecture slides (Slideshare) (Zoho Show)
4	W 9/16	Discussion: bring homeworks, documents book and textbook to class Student Groups Checking out a historical thesis Students who have gotten my approval (noted with an IT* on your homework) may now create a thesis using at least four documents/terms from our assignments, and up to three primary sources from elsewhere -- be sure to cite your outside primary sources.
5	M 9/21	Homework #4 due: Hellenistic World Workbook Documents: Hellenistic Empire (5 documents) Plutarch: Philip of Macedon's Assassination, Hippocrates, Diogenes Laërtes: Life of Diogenes the Cynic, Statue of Aphrodite-Isis, Pergamon frieze Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 4: Alexander the Great and the Spread of Greek Civilization, ca. 350-30 BC Lisa's lecture slides (Slideshare) and class notes: Hellenistic
5	W 9/23	10:30 Quiz 2: Ancient Greece and Hellenistic World
6	M 9/28	Lisa absent -- class cancelled -- theses due as usual on posting board, paper homework due in class Wednesday Homework #5 due: Rome Workbook Documents: Rome (5 documents) Cato the Censor (Elder): On Agriculture, Cicero: Scipio's Dream, Tacitus: Admitting Provincials to the Senate, The Pantheon, Juvenal: Satire on Women Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapters 5 and 6: Rome and Imperial Rome -- may use 5 key terms from each chapter for homework. Lisa's lecture slides (Slideshare) and class notes: Rome
6	W 9/30	Discussion
7	M 10/5	Homework #6 due: Late Antiquity Workbook Documents: Late Antiquity (3 documents) St. Augustine: Confessions, St. Augustine: City of God, The Rule of St. Benedict of Nursia Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 7: The World of Late Antiquity, 284-c. 600 Lisa's lecture slides on barbarians and class notes: Late Antiquity
7	W 10/7	10:30 Quiz 3: Rome and Late Antiquity
8	M 10/12	Homework #7 due: Early Middle Ages Workbook Documents: Early Middle Ages and Islam (4 documents) Gregory of Tours: Church Exemption from Taxation, Accounts of the Routes of Jewish Merchants to the East, Beowulf, Al Baruni Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 8: Early Medieval Civilizations, 600-900 Student essay from Quiz 3 Lisa's lecture slides and class notes: Rise of Islam Begin Cadfael: A Morbid Taste for Bones (see Review)
8	W 10/14	finish Cadfael
9	M 10/19	*Homework #8 due: High Medieval ~~Economics and~~ Church and* Politics** Note: I have decided to leave the assignment as it is. Workbook Documents: High Medieval Economy and Politics (5 documents) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Bernard of Angers: Miracles of St. Foy, Pope Gregory VII Bans Lay Investiture, Letter from Henry IV, Song of Roland, Magna Carta Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 9: The Expansion of Europe in the High Middle Ages, 900-1300 Lisa's Medieval Church lecture slides and class notes: Romanesque and Crusades, Medieval Power, Medieval Technology
9	W 10/21	*10:30 Quiz 4: Early Medieval / High Medieval ~~Economy and~~ Church and* Politics**
10	M 10/26	Homework #9 due: High Medieval Society and Philosophy *(including Islam)* Workbook Documents: High Medieval Society and Philosophy (8 documents) Plan of Medieval Manor, Peter Abelard: Sic et Non, Heloise: First Letter to Abelard, Andreas Capellanus: Art of Courtly Love, Magna Carta, Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica and On Just War, Chartres Cathedral, Reliquary of St. Ursula Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 10: Medieval Civilization at Its Height, 900-1300 Lisa's Medieval Economy lecture slides and notes on Medieval Society & Sexuality New Student Groups
10	W 10/28	Discussion
11	M 11/2	Homework #10 due: The Late Middle Ages Workbook Documents: The Late Middle Ages (4 documents) Boccaccio: The Decameron, Catherine of Siena: Dialog, Joan of Arc's Trial, Hans Holbein: Dance of Death Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 11: Crisis and Recovery in Late Medieval Europe, 1300-1500 Lisa's lecture slides and class notes: Late Middle Ages
11	W 11/4	10:30 Quiz 5: High Medieval Society and Philosophy / Late Middle Ages
12	M 11/9	Homework #11 due: The Renaissance Workbook Documents: The Renaissance (9 documents) Christine de Pisan: Book of the City of Ladies, Masaccio: The Trinity, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man, Machiavelli, Fra Bartolomeo: Portrait of Savonarola, Donatello's and Michaelangelo's David, Brunelleschi: Plan for Church of Santo Spirito, Sir Thomas More: Utopia, Erasmus: In Praise of Folly Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 12: The Renaissance Lisa's lecture slides and class notes: Renaissance Theme slides: religious architecture
12	W 11/11	Discussion
13	M 11/16	Homework #12 due: European Overseas Expansion Workbook Documents: European Overseas Expansion (2 documents) Christopher Columbus' Letter, Ortelius' Map of the World Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 13: Eruopean Overseas Expansion to 1600 Lisa's lecture slides
13	W 11/18	10:30 Quiz 6: Renaissance and European Expansion
14	M 11/23	Homework #13 due: The Reformations Workbook Documents: The Reformations (6 documents) Martin Luther: Ninety-Five Theses, Lucas Cranach: Christ and Antichrist, Reformation Woodcut, John Calvin: On the Christian Life, St. Teresa of Avila: My Life, Bernini: Ecstasy of St. Teresa Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 14: The Age of the Reformation Lisa's lecture slides and class notes: Reformations (Also, see Portfolio instructions and front sheet!)
14	W 11/25*	Portfolio preparation: bring three-hole punched folder, separators with tabs, pens, highlighters, etc. Extra credit preparation: slideshow review and postings. Extra credit for creating in a slideshow one analytical theme supported by three different eras or topics, each with three primary sources (visual sources preferred).
15	M 11/30	Homework #14 due: Age of Religious Wars portfolio is due Wednesday with your Quiz 7 Workbook Documents: Europe in the Age of the Religious War (3 documents): Hammer of Witches, Edict of Nantes, Hic Mulier (The Mannish Woman) Noble, Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Chapter 15 Europe in the Age of Religious Wars, 1560-1648 Lisa's class notes: 16th century
15	W 12/2	10:30 Quiz 7: Reformations & Religious Wars Portfolio due!
16	M 12/7	Due: Content Review to 1648 Please do the course evaluation (please also consider RateMyProfessors.com) Sample FINAL EXAMINATION In class -- Extra credit presentations. Extra credit due.
16	W 12/9	Final exam Option #1: Pre-write final exam in class, take home at 12:15, due at 11:00 am 12/16 typed with draft attached
F	(M 12/14)	(No class - other classes have finals)
F	W 12/16	Final exam Option #2: 10:30 am-12:30 pm

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