HST 121 Monday / Wednesday Class Schedule - Winter

Date  Lecture/Discussion Topic Assignment

Week 1
Mon (1/13)  Introduction TEXTBOOK Ch. 1
Wed (1/15) Ancient Near East DOC 1-4
TEXTBOOK Ch. 2, 3, 4

Week 2
Mon (1/20) No Class -  Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Wed (1/22) Film -- The Silver Pharaoh

Week 3
Mon (1/27) Early Greece: Society, Religion and the Polis DOC 5-7
TEXTBOOK Ch. 5 
MAP QUIZ #1
Wed (1/29) The Rise and Fall of Athens DOC 8
TEXTBOOK Ch. 6, 7

Week 4
Mon (2/3) Film -- Who Were the Greeks?
Wed (2/5) The Hellenistic World
 TEXTBOOK Ch. 8
QUIZ #1

Week 5
Mon (2/10) Rome's Rise to Power DOC 9
TEXTBOOK Ch. 9
Wed (2/12) Roman Empire DOC 10
TEXTBOOK Ch. 10
MAP QUIZ #2

Week 6
Mon (2/17) Film -- The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum
Wed (2/19) Early Christianity DOC 11
TEXTBOOK Ch. 11


           February 24-28  --  Winter Break  --  No Classes



Week 7
Mon (3/2) The Decline of Rome and the Rise of Germanic Europe DOC 12-14
TEXTBOOK Ch. 12
QUIZ #2
Wed (3/4) Review

Week 8
Mon (3/9) Midterm Exam
Wed (3/11) Rise of Christian Culture DOC 15-16
TEXTBOOK Ch. 15

Week 9
Mon (3/16) Byzantium and Islam DOC 17
TEXTBOOK Ch. 13, 14
QUIZ #3
Wed (3/18) Rise and Fall of the Carolingians  

Week 10
Mon (3/23) Film -- Vikings  
Wed (3/25) Expansion: Population, Towns and Trade DOC 24-26
TEXTBOOK Ch. 16 

Week 11
Mon (3/30) Religious Revival and Reform DOC 27-28
QUIZ #4
Wed (4/1) The Crusades DOC 29-30

Week 12
Mon (4/6) Film --  The Greatest Knight
Wed (4/8) Church and State in the High Middle Ages DOC 31-33 
QUIZ #5

Week 13
Mon (4/13) Culture: Education, Literature and Leisure Activities DOC 34-36
Wed (4/15) The Later Middle Ages DOC 37-40;
TEXTBOOK Ch. 17 

Week 14
Mon (4/20) Film -- Medieval Siege
Wed (4/22) The Renaissance DOC 41-42
TEXTBOOK Ch. 18, 19, 20  
QUIZ #6
Film Review Due!

Week 15
Mon (4/27) Review
Wed (4/29) Final Exam

Week 16

Mon (5/4) Individual Meetings (Pick up exams/final grades in my office)