Reading Assignments:

Washington State University: World Civilization to 1500:

Greek Philosophy

Pre-Socratic Philosophy

Socrates

Class Presentation:

Western Tradition

Greek Thought

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the foundation of Western intellectual thought.

 

Reading Assignments:

Washington State University: World Civilization to 1500:

Greek Philosophy

Plato

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Assignments:

Washington State University: World Civilization to 1500:

Greek Philosophy

Aristotle

Class Presentation:

Bridging World History

Early Belief Systems

How did people begin to understand themselves in relation to the natural world and to the unseen realms beyond, and how was religion a community experience? In this unit, animism and shamanism in Shinto are contrasted with philosophical and ethical systems in early Greece and China, and the beginnings of Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and Judaism

Reading Assignments:

A New Age of Literature and Conflict, to 480 BCE

Hindus, Jains and Buddhists

Video:

Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

Examination Due in Class

Reading Assignments:

A New Age of Literature and Conflict, to 480 BCE

Washington State University: World Civilization to 1500:

Chinese Philosophy

Yin and Yang

Confucius

Taoism

Class Presentation:

History of Religion

90 Second Multi-media Presentation Origins and Growth of World Religions

Hinduism

 

Spring Recess

 

 

Spring Recess

 

 

Spring Recess

 

 

Spring Recess

 

 

Reading Assignments:

Hellenistic Civilization to 200 BCE

Zoroastrians and Judaism

Class Presentation:

The Story of God: Zoroastrianism

Engineering an Empire Persia Part 1-2

The Persian Empire was one of the most mysterious civilizations in the ancient world. Persia became an empire under the Cyrus the Great, who created a policy of religious and cultural tolerance that became the hallmark of Persian rule. Persian Wars, the outcome of which helped create the world we live in

 

Reading Assignments:

Alexander Changes the World

Class Presentation:

Engineering an Empire - Persia

Part 3-5

The Persian Empire was one of the most mysterious civilizations in the ancient world. Persia became an empire under the Cyrus the Great, who created a policy of religious and cultural tolerance that became the hallmark of Persian rule. Persian Wars, the outcome of which helped create the world we live in

Reading Assignments:

Washington State University: World Civilization to 1500:

Alexander the Great

The Three Empires

 

 

 

 

Reading Assignments:

Hellenistic Civilization

Class Presentation:

Western Tradition

Alexander the Great

Alexander's conquests quadrupled the size of the world known to the Greeks.

 

Class Assignment:

Video

The Western Tradition: The Hellenistic Age

Hellenistic kingdoms extended Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean

 

Reading Assignments:

Cynics, Epicureans, Stoics and Skeptics

Audio Presentation:

Some Discarded Thought of Greek Philosophy

This lecture is a VERY simplified explanation of cynicism, stoicism, and epicureanism as incompatible with Catholic Christianity

 

Reading Assignments:

Rome, Jews and Christians 500 CE

Washington State University: World Civilization to 1500:

The Roman Republic

Audio Presentation:

The Western Tradition: The Rise of Rome

Through its army, Rome built an empire that shaped the West

Class Presentation:

What the Ancients Did for Us - The Romans

 

Reading Assignments:

Rome, Jews and Christians 500 CE

Washington State University: World Civilization to 1500:

The Conquest of Italy

The Punic Wars

Reading Assignments:

Rome, Jews and Christians 500 CE

Washington State University: World Civilization to 1500:

The Conquest of the Hellenistic Empires

The Crisis of the Republic

Julius Caesar

Class Presentation:

Ancient Rome the Rise and Fall of an Empire:

Julius Caesar

Part 1-6