This is the lecture schedule for the fall term of 2009.

Course Plan for

HIST 101: WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- FALL, 2009

John Nicols
Office: 385 McKenzie Hall
541.346.4817
E-mail: nic@uoregon.edu

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Syllabus

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  • Wed. 30 Sep.:Introduction to the course; and the ancient near east: urbanization, politics and law
  • Fri. 2 Oct.: Society and Religion in the ancient near east.
  • Section Meeting (Week 1) DWP Chap. 1. READ THIS CHAPTER (1.) AND BRING DWP ("DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST") TO SECTION THIS WEEK.
  • Mon. 5 Oct.: Ancient Religion (cont). Some general words on the transition to Ancient Greece.
  • Wed. 7 Oct.: Greece in the bronze age; the Greek polis
  • Fri. 9 Oct.: The Greek polis (cont.)
  • Section Meeting (Week 2) SS preparing the paper including discussion of the passages assigned for the paper and review of lectures outlining Homeric values and civic values, SECTION THIS WEEK WITH DWP AND HAVING READ CH 3, "CLASSICAL ATHENS"
  • Mon. 12 Oct.: Greece in the Classical Age
  • Wed. 14 Oct.: Culture and the intellectual revolution
  • Fri. 16 Oct.: The Intellectual Revolution and the Peloponnesian War
  • Section Meeting (Week 3) Review for midterm; SS Plato, Crito. Paper due.
  • Mon. 19 Oct.: Post Classical Greece; Alexander.
  • Wed. 21 Oct.: Science, law and culture in the Greek world.
  • Wed. 21 Oct.: Review Session 6 to 7:30p [18 to 19:30] in Rm 182 Lillis (the lecture room one floor below ours)
  • Fri. 23 Oct.: First Midterm Examination. A sample midterm examination.
  • Sourcebook2 on Roman History.
  • Section Meeting (Week 4) Review of Paper; discussion of concepts and evidence from lecture of Monday Morning.
  • Mon. 26 Oct.: Rome: Republican Institutions and Imperialism
  • Wed. 28 Oct.: Reform and Civil War in the late Roman Republic
  • Fri. 30 Oct.: Augustus and the NewOrder
  • Section Meeting (Week 5) DWP ch. 4 (on Augustus) Bring this book to your section meeting.
  • Second Essay: Assignment and Suggestions
  • Mon. 2 Nov.: Augustus and the Principate; culture and society
  • Wed. 4 Nov.: Urbanization, Romanization.
  • Fri. 6 Nov.: Christianity.
  • Section Meeting (Week 6) Sections: Second Essay due. Review for exam; how to use monumental evidence
  • Mon. 9 Nov.: Christianity; we are a half lecture behind, but will focus on Christianity today.
  • Wed. 11 Nov.: Law and culture in the Roman world.
  • Wed. 11 Nov.: Review Session. 6 to 7:30p [18 to 19:30] in Rm 182 Lillis (the lecture room one floor below ours)
  • Fri. 13 Nov.: Second Midterm Examination (covering Roman history)
  • Sourcebook 3 (the Middle Ages)
  • Section Meeting (Week 7): Section meetings, read "Ruin of Britain"
  • Mon. 16 Nov.: The Fall of Roman Empire and the Barbarians.
  • Wed. 18 Nov.: The Structure of Medieval Europe; Charlemagne; feudalism.
  • Fri. 20 Nov.: Church and State in the middle ages
  • Section Meeting (Week 8): Section Meeting, read DWP Ch. 6, "Medieval State".
  • Mon. 23 Nov.:Political and Economic Order in the High Middle Ages
  • Wed. 25 Nov.:
  • Fri. 27 Nov.: A Thanksgiving Present .... Thanksgiving Holiday
  • Section Meeting (Week 9): Thanksgiving Holiday, no section
  • Mon. 30 Nov.: Medieval Cities and Culture
  • Wed. 2 Dec.: Medieval Culture
  • Fri. 4 Dec.: Medieval Monuments and Summary.
  • Section Meeting (Week 10): Read DWP 7; bring it and sourcebook3 to class.
  • Some help for holiday shopping.
  • Sample of Comprehensive Question for final examination.
  • Sunday, 6 December: Review Session.
    • Tuesday, 8 Dec. 3:15-5:15 Final Examination
    Part A covering the Middle Ages and Part B comprehensive