| Homework and reading assignments (Dates may vary)
First Semester
August 21 and 22 –Introduction, Syllabus and Text distribution
Pre-historic Unit
August 23 and 24 - S. O. A. P. S. and National Geographic: First Steps of
Humanity, by Gore
August 27 and 28 - Jared Diamond, overview of Guns, Germs and Steel
August 29 and 30 - Australian aborigines, web site
http://www.crystalinks.com/aboriginals.html
Mesopotamia Unit
September 4 and 5 – Early Irrigation
September 6 and 7 - Textbook: Ancient World History, Patterns of Interaction
pages 19 to 34 and Gilgamesh pages 15 to 38
September 10 and 11 - Gilgamesh pages 39 to 50
September 12 and 13 - Gilgamesh pages 51 to 87
September 14 and 17 - Essay organization, strategies and citing works
September 18 and 19 - Discover: The Cradle of Cash, by Pringle and Essay Due
September 20 and 21 - Ancient History: The Laws of Hammurabi, by Bailkey
September 24 and 25 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 72 to 83 and Ancient
History: The Old Testament, by Bailkey
September 26 and 27 - Time: The Legacy of Abraham, by Van Biema and Armco
World: The Dome of the Rock, by Khalidi
September 26 and October 1 - Sennacherib, Assyrian Capture of Jerusalem and
Babylon
October 2 and 3 - The Human Record: The Struggle between Good and Evil, by
Andrea/Overfield
October 4 and 5 - Unit Test
Egypt Unit
October 4 and 5 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 35 to 43 and National
Geographic: Dazzling Legacy of Ancient Quest, by Hall
October 10 and 11 - Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians: Religion, by Brier
and Hobbs
October 16 and 17 - Selections from the Pyramid Text and the Egyptians Book of
the Dead, by Dover
October 18 and 19 – Pharaohs of the Sun, by Gore
October 22 and 23 - Patterns of Interaction pages 89 to 94 and National
Geographic: Valley of the Kings, by Weeks, Comparative Essay
October 24 and 25 - Unit Test and Essay Due
India Unit
October 26 and 29 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 44 to 49 and National
Geographic: Indus Civilization, by Edwards
October 30 and 31 – Ancient Asian Mapping
November 1 and 2 - Sources of Indian Tradition: Duties of the Social Classes,
by de Bary and The Human Record: Life, Death, and the Gods of Aryan India: The
Rig Veda
November 5 and 6 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 61 to 71 and the Bhagavad-Gita
November 7 and 8 - The Ramayana, pages 3 to 34
November 9 and 12 – The Ramayana, pages 35 to 95
November 13 and 14 - The Ramayana, pages 96 to 133
November 15 and 16 – The Ramayana, pages 134 to 167
November 19 and 20 - The Upanishads
November 26 and 27 – Jainism and The Wonder that was India: The Buddha, by Basham
November 28 and 29 - The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha, by Burtt and
Twenty Jataka Tales: Banyan and The Master’s Test, by Khan
November 30 and Dec. 1 - The Dhammapada, chap. 3, 8, 10, 13, 14 and 24
December 4 and 5 – The Human Record: Arthashastra and Asoka’s, Rock Pillar
Edicts, by Andrea and Overfield
December 7 and 10 - Semester Review
December 11, 12, 13 and 14 - Final Exams and Essay Due
Homework and reading assignments (Dates may vary)
Second Semester
January 3 and 4 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 50 to 55, pages 104 to 109
and Book of History
January 7 and 8 - I Ching and The Analects, by Confucius
January 9 and 10 - The Analects, by Confucius
January 11 and 14 - The Way of Life, by LaoTzu
January 15 and 16 - Legalistic Sayings, Legalism: The Writings of Han Fei Tzu
and Chinese Cultural Studies: Sima Qian, Legalistic Policies of the Qin
January 17 and 18 - National Geographic: China’s Incredible Find, by Topping
January 22 and 29 - Debate
January 30 and 31 - Han Emperor Wu-ti's Interest in Central Asia and Chang
Chien's Expeditions, web site http://www.silk-road.com/toc/index.html
February 1 and 4 - Unit Test, Europe Map
February 5 and 6 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 123 to 133 and National
Geographic: Greece’s Brilliant Bronze Age, by Judge
February 7 and 8 - The Iliad, chapters 1 and 2
February 11 and 12 - The Iliad, chapters 3, 6 and 9
February 13 and 14 - The Iliad, chapters 14 and 15
February 15 and 19 - The Iliad, chapters 18 and 19
February 20 and 21 - The Iliad, chapters 21 and 22, and Comparative Essay
February 22 and 25 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 134 to 149
February 26 and 27 - Ancient History: Lycurgus: Spartan and Pericles’ Funeral
Oration: Athen Democracy, by Bailkey
February 28 and 29 - Ancient History: Herodotus: Greece Saved from Persian
Conquest, by Bailkey, Essay Due
March 4 and 5 - The Ancient Greeks: The Golden Age of Athens Democracy, by Starr
March 6 and 7 - The Apology, by Plato
March 8 and 9 - The Republic: The Cave Allegory, by Plato
March 12 and 13 - National Geographic: Alexander the Conqueror, by Alexander
Winterim and Spring Break
March 31 and April 1 – Alexandria, Egypt and Patterns of Interaction, pages
153 to 167 and Patterns of Interaction, pages 153 to 172
April 2 and 3 - National Geographic: The Making of and Empire, by Reid
April 4 and 7 – Aspects of Western Civilization: Breakdown and Rebirth: The
Crisis of the Roman Republic, page 124 to 143
April 8 and 9 - Imperium, by Harris, p. 3 to 34
April 10 and 11 - Imperium, by Harris, p. 35 to 77
April 14 and 15 - Imperium, by Harris, p. 79 to 111
April 16 and 17 - Imperium, by Harris, p. 113 to 167
April 18 and 22 - Imperium, by Harris, p. 169 to 209
April 23 and 24 - Imperium, by Harris, p. 211 to 256
April 25 and 28 - Imperium, by Harris, p. 257 to 305
April 29 and 30 - Aspects of Western Civilization: Breakdown and Rebirth: The
Crisis of the Roman Republic, page 145 to 151 and 186 to 197
May 1 and 2 – Comparing the Emperors, Essay Due
May 5 and 6 – Interaction between Empires, by Bentley
May 7 and 8 - Ancient History: The Teachings of Jesus, by Bailkey
May 9 and 12 - Patterns of Interaction, pages 173 to 183 and Ancient History:
The Work of Paul, by Bailkey
May 15 and 16 - Review
May 19 to 22 - Finals
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