Academic Calendar 2008


Reading Assignments and Lecture Schedule
History 101

January - February - March - April - May


January

 

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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Class Introduction:

Review of Professor Page's Web Site

 

 

 

 

Reading Assignments:

Origins of War

Class Presentation:

"Ape to Man"

Where do human beings come from?

Reading Assignments:

A Short History of Myth

"What is Myth"

Pages 1-11

Reading Assignments:

A Short History of Myth

Palaeolithic Period:

"Mythology of the Hunters"

Pages 12-22

Class Presentation:

"Ape to Man"

Where do human beings come from?

Reading Assignments:

A Short History of Myth

Palaeolithic Period:

"Mythology of the Hunters"

Pages 23-33

 

 

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Martin Luther King Day Holiday

 

 

Reading Assignments:

A Short History of Myth

Palaeolithic Period:

"Mythology of the Hunters"

Pages 33-40

 

 

 

 

Reading Assignments:

A Short History of Myth

Neolithic Period:

"Mythology of the Farmers"

Pages 41-46

Class Lecture:

"Mythology and World History"

 

Reading Assignments:

A Short History of Myth

Neolithic Period:

"Mythology of the Farmers"

Pages 47-52

 

Class Presentation:

"Guns, Germs, and Steel"

By Pulitzer Prize Winner Jared Diamond

 

 

 

Reading Assignments:

A Short History of Myth

Neolithic Period:

"Mythology of the Farmers"

Pages 52-58

 

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Class Presentation:

"The Power of Myth on World Culture"

Class Assignment:

NPR Audio Presentation:

Karen Armstrong

"Myths and the Modern World"

Class Discussion:

Essay Assignment