HST 121 Tuesday / Thursday Class Schedule - Winter

Date  Lecture/Discussion Topic Assignment

Week 1
Tues (1/14)  Introduction TEXTBOOK Ch. 1
Thurs (1/16) Ancient Near East DOC 1-4
TEXTBOOK Ch. 2, 3, 4

Week 2
Tues (1/21) Film -- The Silver Pharaoh
Thurs (1/23) Early Greece: Society, Religion and the Polis DOC 5-7
TEXTBOOK Ch. 5
MAP QUIZ #1

Week 3
Tues (1/28) The Rise and Fall of Athens DOC 8
TEXTBOOK Ch. 6, 7
Thurs (1/30) Film -- Who Were the Greeks?

Week 4
Tues (2/4) The Hellenistic World TEXTBOOK Ch. 8 
QUIZ #1
Thurs (2/6) Rome's Rise to Power DOC 9
TEXTBOOK Ch. 9 

Week 5
Tues (2/11) Roman Empire DOC 10
TEXTBOOK Ch. 10  
MAP QUIZ #2
Thurs (2/13) Film -- The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum

Week 6
Tues (2/18) Early Christianity DOC 11
TEXTBOOK Ch. 11  
Thurs (2/20) The Decline of Rome and the Rise of Germanic Europe DOC 12-14
TEXTBOOK Ch. 12  
QUIZ #2



          February 24-28   --   Winter Break   --   No Class



Week 7
Tues (3/3) Review
Thurs (3/5) Midterm Exam

Week 8
Tues (3/10) Rise of Christian Culture DOC 15-16
TEXTBOOK Ch. 15 
Thurs (3/12) Byzantium and Islam DOC 17
TEXTBOOK Ch. 13, 14  
QUIZ #3

Week 9
Tues (3/17) Rise and Fall of the Carolingians
Thurs (3/19) Film -- Vikings

Week 10
Tues (3/24) Expansion: Population, Towns and Trade DOC 24-26
TEXTBOOK Ch. 16  
Thurs (3/26) Religious Revival and Reform DOC 27-28
QUIZ #4

Week 11
Tues (3/31) The Crusades DOC 29-30
Thurs (4/2) Film -- The Greatest Knight

Week 12
Tues (4/7) Church and State in the High Middle Ages DOC 31-33
QUIZ #5
Thurs (4/9) Culture: Education, Literature and Leisure Activities DOC 34-36

Week 13
Tues (4/14) The Later Middle Ages DOC 37-40
TEXTBOOK Ch. 17 
Thurs (4/16) Film -- Medieval Siege


Week 14
Tues (4/21) The Renaissance DOC 41-42
TEXTBOOK Ch. 18, 19, 20 
QUIZ #6
Film Review Due!
Thurs (4/23) Review

Week 15
Tues (4/28) Final Exam
Thurs (4/30) Individual Meetings (Pick up exams/final grades in my office)