History 101 - Western Civilization I

WC = Western Civilizations, our textbook.
Geary = Readings in Medieval History, our sourcebook

Week I - 8/31- The Ancients

Class Plan
Assignments for 8/31-9/7
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday via MyDU.
- Reading and Reading-Response 1 - Your interests and the Greeks.
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. on Monday, 9/5, via MyDU
Reading for NEXT CLASS
- WC on Greece: Chapters 3 and 4
- Primary Sources: Aristotle, On Sparta. Pericles' Funeral Oration
Notes for class
- Take reading notes as you read the chapters on Greece, and bring them to class for us to discuss. You will need to show me how you take notes as you read, and we'll discuss it. This will HELP YOU ALL SEMESTER LONG!
- Primary Source Discussion Questions - Come to class with answers prepared.

Week II 9/7 The Classical Age - Persia and Greece

Class Plan
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- Reading and Reading Response 2 - Acts of the Divine Augustus (text).
  - Question
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Monday via MyDU
- Reading for NEXT CLASS (1/31)
  - Geary: 69-82 (Tacitus)
  - WC: Chapter 5
- Notes for class
  - Take reading notes as you read the Medieval Europe chapter. Come to class prepared to turn them in.
- Discussion Question on Tacitus. - Come to class with a well-supported opinion on the following question: What do we learn about the German peoples from Tactitus' Germania? Note that you need to focus on what is reliable here, not just listing the things Tacitus writes.

Week III - 9/14 The Classical Age - Rome

Class Plan - Practice Quiz Question + Lecture + Discussion of documents.
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- Reading and Reading Response 3 - Geary, 58-64, Source 3: St. Perpetua The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Monday via MyDU
  - Question:
- Reading for NEXT CLASS (2/7)
  - WC - Chapter 6
  - Conversion of Constantine, Edict of Milan, Nicene Creed, Theodosian Code (Print all these out.).
Study guide for quiz #1.

Week IV - 9/21 Christianity and the Decline of Roman Authority in the West

Class Plan
- Quiz #1
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- Reading Response 4 - Procopius - De Aedificiis and Sections 1-6 from "The Wars"
  - Question here. Due Monday, by 9 AM
- Reading for NEXT CLASS
  - WC - Chapter 7
  - Primary readings: Justinian - Corpus Juris Civilis - In order to compare to "barbarian" law codes we will read for the following week. Just get a sense of how it's organized. Think about how it differs from Hammurabi. You should dedicate just 20 minutes to this.
  - Procopius - The Secret History. Skim the first 18 chapters or so in order to figure out what's going on here. Come to class with answers for the following questions (no need to print this out, but you'll need to do some reading).
    - What are the types of criticisms that Procopius levels at the elites of Constantinople?
    - Given that you read for Reading Response 4 documents praising Justinian and his court by Procopius, how do you make sense of the different approaches?
    - What kinds of accusations seem credible? What seems unlikely to be true?
    - You'll find information on Justinian and Procopius in Bennett, so pay attention.
  - The Sunnah. (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), excerpts. Print out.
- Study guide for quiz #1.

Week V - 9/28 Byzantium and Islam

Class Plan
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- TAKE HOME ESSAY #1
  - Due Wednesday by 12:00 P.M. via MyDU

Week VI - 10/5 - Prof in London

Class will meet from 6:30-7:30 for a Mid-term.
David Perry will be in London but will fanatically check email and be as available as possible.
STUDY GUIDE (1 hour test).
Reading for NEXT CLASS (10/12)

Geary - "St. Benedict - Rule for Monasteries." Read 168-176 carefully, skim the titles of the sections to page 180, then read 181-189, skim the rest of the titles, then read the very last chapter carefully (page 198).
Geary, source 7 and source 10. Discussion question: What does it mean to be a king in the Merovingian times?

Week VII - 10/12 The Rise of the West

Class Plan
- Lecture/Discussion - St. Benedict and Monasticism. The Merovingian Order
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- Reading Response 5 - Geary - Capitularies - 280-301
  - Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU. Question.
- Reading for NEXT CLASS
  - "Bodo the Peasant" - Print out! Discussion questions will be posted here.
  - Geary, Sources 18 and 20.

Week VIII - 10/19 The Carolingian Age

Class Plan
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- Reading Response 6 Question - Economic Life - Medieval Sourcebook. Practice research project.
  - Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU.
  - For this project, you will pick one source from "Trade and Commerce," "Rise of Towns," and "Industries." Write a 500-word essay that links the three phases. You'll definitely want to read the textbook first.
- Reading for NEXT CLASS
  - WC - Chapter 8

Week IX - 10/26 The High Middle Ages - Reform, Agriculture, and Commerce

Class Plan
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- Reading Response 7 - Geary 21 (Cluny, esp 315-317). Question.
  - Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU
- Reading for NEXT CLASS
  - WC - Chapter 9
  - Concordat of Worms, 1122. Print this out.
  - We will use Geary docs in class, SO BRING YOUR GEARY PLEASE! :)

Week X - 11/2 Popes and Emperors

Class Plan
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- Reading Response 8 - Geary 26 and 27 - Question.
  - Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU
- Reading for NEXT CLASS
  - Geary, 42, 45, 47. Other texts TBA.
Quiz 2 Study Guide

Week XI - 11/9 Kings and Crusades

Class Plan
- QUIZ #2
- Outline - Crusades
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- Reading Response 9 - Geary 30 (Fourth Lateran) - Question here.
  - Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU
- Reading for NEXT CLASS
  - Everyone must read Geary 30 (Fourth Lateran Council) regardless of whether or not you do the assignment.
  - Geary: 31 (St. Francis' Rule), 33 (Canonization of St. Dominic), 34 (Defense of Mendicants), 36 (Inquisition)
  - On Medieval University:
    - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/uparis-theol.html
    - Robert de Courçon: Statutes for the University of Paris, 1215 Courses in the Arts 1215.
    - Rules of the University of Paris, 1215, [At UVA]
    - [Tierney 77.1] Gregory IX: Statutes of the University of Paris, 1231.

Week XII - 11/16 Fourth Lateran Council, Friars, and (if time) Universities

Class Plan
- Fourth Lateran Council
- University Lecture
- Problems and Solutions
  - Heretics
  - Friars
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU
- Reading Response 10 - Anselm's Proof of the Existence of God and Aquinas' Proof of the Existence of God. Question is here.
  - Due Monday, 11/21 by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU
- Reading for NEXT CLASS
  - WC - Chapter 10

Week XIII - 11/23 - The Gothic Age. - No CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK

Watch: Cathedrals - Video and Resources.
QUIZ #3 - On MyDU. It will be timed using the online quiz device. INCLUDES MATERIAL FROM CHAPTER 10 AND VIDEO. Due by 11/26.

The quiz will go live on 11/22 at 12:00 P.M.
You may use any books or notes.
Once you start the quiz, you will have 30 minutes, then it will freeze you out.
It will have 5 questions and you will need to ask all five.
Watch the video and do the reading first.
You will find the link to it under "coursework."

Reading Response 11 - On the Jews and the Black Death. More information. Due 11/29.
- Read - The Miracles of Thomas of Norwich (1173) and The Black Death and the Jews (1348-49). Note that the first is several hundred years before the Black Death, but I want you to read both, then write a 500-word essay on the following question. Why do medieval Christians blame Jews for calamaties? What do these acts of violence and prejudice reveal to us, as historians, about how medieval Christians and Jews perceived their world and each other?
Reading for NEXT CLASS

WC - Chapter 11
Primary sources:
- Giovanni Boccaccio: Decameron: Introduction, on the Black Death
- The Florentine Chronicle : A first-hand look at the plague's devastation in Florence, Italy in 1348
- Froissart on the Black Death and Prices during the Black Death

Week XIV 11/30 Crises in the EAST and WEST

Class Plan
- Mongols
- Crises in the West
Assignments
- Class Reflection
  - Due by 9:00 A.M. Wednesday, via MyDU
- Reading Response 12. Christopher Columbus' Journals. (Print) were Columbus' stated reasons for travel and what he found. How does he write about the indigeneous people to his queen?
- Reading for NEXT CLASS
  - WC - Chapters 12 and 13

Week XV 12/7 The End

Class Plan

FINAL EXAM. Take-home essay + in-class test. Study Guide.

The essay is on the MyDU site. Go to My Courses > Hist 101 > Coursework > Final Exam Take Home Essay. Download the file you find there.

The exam is in our classroom in Parmer at 6:30 on Wednesday.


WC = Western Civilizations, our textbook. Geary = Readings in Medieval History, our sourcebook Week I - 8/31- The Ancients Class Plan Assignments for 8/31-9/7 Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday via MyDU. Reading and Reading-Response 1 - Your interests and the Greeks. Due by 9:00 A.M. on Monday, 9/5, via MyDU Reading for NEXT CLASS WC on Greece: Chapters 3 and 4 Primary Sources: Aristotle, On Sparta. Pericles' Funeral Oration Notes for class Take reading notes as you read the chapters on Greece, and bring them to class for us to discuss. You will need to show me how you take notes as you read, and we'll discuss it. This will HELP YOU ALL SEMESTER LONG! Primary Source Discussion Questions - Come to class with answers prepared. Week II 9/7 The Classical Age - Persia and Greece Class Plan Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU Reading and Reading Response 2 - Acts of the Divine Augustus (text). Question Due by 9:00 A.M. Monday via MyDU Reading for NEXT CLASS (1/31) Geary: 69-82 (Tacitus) WC: Chapter 5 Notes for class Take reading notes as you read the Medieval Europe chapter. Come to class prepared to turn them in. Discussion Question on Tacitus. - Come to class with a well-supported opinion on the following question: What do we learn about the German peoples from Tactitus' Germania? Note that you need to focus on what is reliable here, not just listing the things Tacitus writes. Week III - 9/14 The Classical Age - Rome Class Plan - Practice Quiz Question + Lecture + Discussion of documents. Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU Reading and Reading Response 3 - Geary, 58-64, Source 3: St. Perpetua The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas Due by 9:00 A.M. Monday via MyDU Question: Reading for NEXT CLASS (2/7) WC - Chapter 6 Conversion of Constantine, Edict of Milan, Nicene Creed, Theodosian Code (Print all these out.). Study guide for quiz #1. Week IV - 9/21 Christianity and the Decline of Roman Authority in the West Class Plan Quiz #1 Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU Reading Response 4 - Procopius - De Aedificiis and Sections 1-6 from "The Wars" Question here. Due Monday, by 9 AM Reading for NEXT CLASS WC - Chapter 7 Primary readings: Justinian - Corpus Juris Civilis - In order to compare to "barbarian" law codes we will read for the following week. Just get a sense of how it's organized. Think about how it differs from Hammurabi. You should dedicate just 20 minutes to this. Procopius - The Secret History. Skim the first 18 chapters or so in order to figure out what's going on here. Come to class with answers for the following questions (no need to print this out, but you'll need to do some reading). What are the types of criticisms that Procopius levels at the elites of Constantinople? Given that you read for Reading Response 4 documents praising Justinian and his court by Procopius, how do you make sense of the different approaches? What kinds of accusations seem credible? What seems unlikely to be true? You'll find information on Justinian and Procopius in Bennett, so pay attention. The Sunnah. (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), excerpts. Print out. Study guide for quiz #1. Week V - 9/28 Byzantium and Islam Class Plan Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU TAKE HOME ESSAY #1 Due Wednesday by 12:00 P.M. via MyDU Week VI - 10/5 - Prof in London Class will meet from 6:30-7:30 for a Mid-term. David Perry will be in London but will fanatically check email and be as available as possible. STUDY GUIDE (1 hour test). Reading for NEXT CLASS (10/12) Geary - "St. Benedict - Rule for Monasteries." Read 168-176 carefully, skim the titles of the sections to page 180, then read 181-189, skim the rest of the titles, then read the very last chapter carefully (page 198). Geary, source 7 and source 10. Discussion question: What does it mean to be a king in the Merovingian times? Week VII - 10/12 The Rise of the West Class Plan Lecture/Discussion - St. Benedict and Monasticism. The Merovingian Order Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU Reading Response 5 - Geary - Capitularies - 280-301 Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU. Question. Reading for NEXT CLASS "Bodo the Peasant" - Print out! Discussion questions will be posted here. Geary, Sources 18 and 20. Week VIII - 10/19 The Carolingian Age Class Plan Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU Reading Response 6 Question - Economic Life - Medieval Sourcebook. Practice research project. Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU. For this project, you will pick one source from "Trade and Commerce," "Rise of Towns," and "Industries." Write a 500-word essay that links the three phases. You'll definitely want to read the textbook first. Reading for NEXT CLASS WC - Chapter 8 Week IX - 10/26 The High Middle Ages - Reform, Agriculture, and Commerce Class Plan Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU Reading Response 7 - Geary 21 (Cluny, esp 315-317). Question. Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU Reading for NEXT CLASS WC - Chapter 9 Concordat of Worms, 1122. Print this out. We will use Geary docs in class, SO BRING YOUR GEARY PLEASE! :) Week X - 11/2 Popes and Emperors Class Plan Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU Reading Response 8 - Geary 26 and 27 - Question. Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU Reading for NEXT CLASS Geary, 42, 45, 47. Other texts TBA. Quiz 2 Study Guide Week XI - 11/9 Kings and Crusades Class Plan QUIZ #2 Outline - Crusades Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU Reading Response 9 - Geary 30 (Fourth Lateran) - Question here. Due Monday by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU Reading for NEXT CLASS Everyone must read Geary 30 (Fourth Lateran Council) regardless of whether or not you do the assignment. Geary: 31 (St. Francis' Rule), 33 (Canonization of St. Dominic), 34 (Defense of Mendicants), 36 (Inquisition) On Medieval University: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/uparis-theol.html Robert de Courçon: Statutes for the University of Paris, 1215 Courses in the Arts 1215. Rules of the University of Paris, 1215, [At UVA] [Tierney 77.1] Gregory IX: Statutes of the University of Paris, 1231. Week XII - 11/16 Fourth Lateran Council, Friars, and (if time) Universities Class Plan Fourth Lateran Council University Lecture Problems and Solutions Heretics Friars Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Saturday, via MyDU Reading Response 10 - Anselm's Proof of the Existence of God and Aquinas' Proof of the Existence of God. Question is here. Due Monday, 11/21 by 9:00 A.M. via MyDU Reading for NEXT CLASS WC - Chapter 10 Week XIII - 11/23 - The Gothic Age. - No CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK Watch: Cathedrals - Video and Resources. QUIZ #3 - On MyDU. It will be timed using the online quiz device. INCLUDES MATERIAL FROM CHAPTER 10 AND VIDEO. Due by 11/26. The quiz will go live on 11/22 at 12:00 P.M. You may use any books or notes. Once you start the quiz, you will have 30 minutes, then it will freeze you out. It will have 5 questions and you will need to ask all five. Watch the video and do the reading first. You will find the link to it under "coursework." Reading Response 11 - On the Jews and the Black Death. More information. Due 11/29. Read - The Miracles of Thomas of Norwich (1173) and The Black Death and the Jews (1348-49). Note that the first is several hundred years before the Black Death, but I want you to read both, then write a 500-word essay on the following question. Why do medieval Christians blame Jews for calamaties? What do these acts of violence and prejudice reveal to us, as historians, about how medieval Christians and Jews perceived their world and each other? Reading for NEXT CLASS WC - Chapter 11 Primary sources: Giovanni Boccaccio: Decameron: Introduction, on the Black Death The Florentine Chronicle : A first-hand look at the plague's devastation in Florence, Italy in 1348 Froissart on the Black Death and Prices during the Black Death Week XIV 11/30 Crises in the EAST and WEST Class Plan Mongols Crises in the West Assignments Class Reflection Due by 9:00 A.M. Wednesday, via MyDU Reading Response 12. Christopher Columbus' Journals. (Print) were Columbus' stated reasons for travel and what he found. How does he write about the indigeneous people to his queen? Reading for NEXT CLASS WC - Chapters 12 and 13 Week XV 12/7 The End Class Plan 1453 - The Turks 1492 - Politics and Trade 1517 - Faith FINAL EXAM. Take-home essay + in-class test. Study Guide. The essay is on the MyDU site. Go to My Courses > Hist 101 > Coursework > Final Exam Take Home Essay. Download the file you find there. The exam is in our classroom in Parmer at 6:30 on Wednesday.
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