AHC/CC/HIS 319 WEEKLY DISCUSSION TOPICS AND ASSIGNMENTS

THESE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND ARE ONLY FINALIZED ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE OF EACH DISCUSSION SECTION. THEREFORE, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THIS PAGE WEEKLY. The topics for future discussion sections are provided to give you a general overview of the structure of the course and are subject to modification.

Check this guide regularly for updates, more detailed information and changes to the schedule.

WEEK	DATES	TOPIC/READING ASSIGNMENT (read before section meets)	ASSIGNMENT/QUESTIONS TO PREPARE FOR SECTION	STUDY GUIDES AND USEFUL LINKS
WEEK 1	9/1-2	No meetings
WEEK 2	9/8-9	Introduction to Sources	Bring a primary source to section this week; read the Sumerian King List (course packet #1a)
WEEK 3	9/15-16	Epic of Gilgamesh	Assignment for Epic of Gilgamesh	Sumerian Myth FAQs: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/sumer-faq.html Gilgamesh Study Guide
WEEK 4	9/22-23	Homer's Iliad (course packet, #1) supplement to CP	Assignment for Iliad	Homer Study Guide Background to the Iliad:http://www.xsite.net/~videoc/Iliad/Iliad.html
WEEK 5	9/29-30	Greek Literature in its Near Eastern Context (course packet, #2)	Assignment for section	Study Guide
WEEK 6	10/6-7	Herodotus'History as a source; how to write history  (course packet, #4)	Assignment for Herodotus	Study Guide Herodotus and the Persian Wars:http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Mediterranean/Herodotus.html
WEEK 7	10/13-14	Thucydides: human nature and history; empire and morality  (course packet #5)	Assignment for Thucydides	Study Guide
WEEK 8	10/20-21	The Jury System and the Trial of Socrates, using Plato's Apology and Aristophanes' Wasps  (course packet #6-7)	Assignment for Wasps and Apology	Study Guide
WEEK 9	10/27-28	Alexander the Great; Plutarch as a source; Plutarch, Life of Alexander (course packet #8)	Assignment for Plutarch, Life of Alexander	large and interesting web site on Alexander the Great and places and people associated with his conquest: http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander00.html Life of Alexander (complete) Study Guide
WEEK 10	11/3-4	Hellenistic decrees/inscriptions as sources; Theocritus' Idylls as a source for social history (course packet #9-10)	Assignment for Hellenistic sources	Study Guide
WEEK 11	1110-11	session on writing IDs and passage analyses on final exam	Assignment for section IDs and Passage
WEEK 12	11/17-18	Livy on Roman character and qualities; purpose in writing history; Livy, History of Rome (course packet, #11)	Assignment for Livy	a useful link to Livy and his History (biography, timeline, etc.):http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/livy.htm  Study Guide
WEEK 13	11/24-25	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY	Eat Turkey or food of your choice
WEEK 14	12/1-2	Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus;autobiography as a source vs. Tacitus' Annals Caesar, Civil Wars, Augustus' Res Gestae, Tacitus, Annals (course packet, ##12-14)	Assignment for section	Julius Caesar site:http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/JC/ great link to Augustus and other Roman emperors: http://www.roman-emperors.org/impindex.htm Study Guide
WEEK 15	12/8-9	the spread of early Christianity and the reactions; Rome and the provinces; Selections from Acts (course packet, #15-16)	Assignment for section	Study Guide