Instructor:	Randolph Hollingsworth	Email:	dolph@pop.uky.edu
Office Location:	Lexington Community College 221 Moloney Building Lexington KY 40506-0235	Telephone:	voice 606-257-4872x4151 FAX 606-257-9578
Office Hours:	TR 11-12 noon MWF 10-11 am	Course Credit:	3 credit hours
Area Coordinator:	Bret Ripley, 228 Moloney Building, 257-6133, bripley@pop.uky.edu
Course Information: Table of Contents	Required Texts/Supplies Course Description/Objectives Course Requirements/Grading Attendance/Withdrawals/Incompletes Cheating/Plagiarism Policy On Late Work Course Outline: Theme I Theme II Theme III Theme IV

Required Published Texts:

• The Western Heritage, Vol. I, 6th ed., by Kagan et al. (Prentice-Hall, 1998) ISBN 0-13-617424-8

• Kagan's Companion Website '98: WWW study guide including online quizzes
• Makers in Western Tradition, Vol. I, 7th ed., by J. Kelly Soward (Bedford Books, 1997)

• The Western Heritage: Interactive Edition CD-ROM, Version 2.0

• An email address. If you do not have an email address you can register online for a POP email account. The account does not cost anything, however it takes approximately two weeks to process your request. It provides access to Eudora email, available at L.C.C. in the Computer Labs in Moloney Building Rooms 145 and 112. You can be tutored to use your POP email online, or you can go to McVey Hall on the U.K. Campus for further training (call 257-2900 for Help Desk or 257-2249 for Short Courses). This form of communication allows us to communicate with each other more quickly and efficiently than by telephone.
• A student's guide to writing, and even more valuable would be a guide to history. For example, Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr.; and Jules R. Benjamin's A Student's Guide to History. Boston: Bedford Books, 1998 [ISBN 0-312-14977-8].

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COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES:

1. read and evaluate historical resources critically;
2. demonstrate an understanding of the cultural, economic, literary, political, religious, and social values related to the period covered by this course;
3. show how you have gained the General Education Competencies as listed for all Lexington Community College courses; and
4. analyze the quality of selected World Wide Web sites related to early European history.

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING SCALE

4 Quizzes (40% of your grade):


Unit quizzes (at the end of each thematic unit) will consist of 20 objective type questions. The questions will come from those found on the CD-ROM and the Companion website.


Midterm and Final Exam (30% of your grade):


Two exams of identification terms and essay type questions will take place after the second unit (upon completion of chapter 5) and at your regularly scheduled final exam period (see your Spring Schedule of Classes for the date and time).


Roundtable Participation (15% of your grade):


You will be expected to contribute constructively to a discussion of the issues regarding a chapter in the Makers of the Western Tradition text. Each week you will help lead a roundtable presentation and discussion; see the course outline for the week in which each Makers chapter is assigned. In order to get full points, you must include insights that will help your peers better understand that week's topic - this is best done by linking information from different sources (e.g., an analysis of how the text's primary source document is different from another one of that era). You should address at least one of the questions at the end of the Makers chapter you have chosen to present and include information showing how your selection is different from the others in the chapter. The opportunity to receive full points will be allotted only to those who actively engage the class in discussion. I am happy to help you plan in advance how to engage your peers in discussion. My evaluation of your participation is cumulative and normative: it will depend on how much you contribute to the success of the overall discussion by your peers.


Written Project (25% of your grade):


You will specify what research project you plan to complete....

• EITHER a formal research paper of 5-8 pages (plus footnotes and bibliography). This paper is to be a critical review of any of the recommended reading at the end of each chapter in the Kagan text - using the voice of any one of the historical characters presented in the Makers text. In other words, how would one of the individuals we studied in depth each week react to some of the history books written today? What would they take as offensive? or as a clearer analysis than they could have written during their own life times? This assignment is to get you to think about some of our historical resources today in a creative manner, and to wonder about how people from other times and places would perceive them. The book to review, your historical narrator, a tentative list of other resources, and your overall project topic must be cleared by me in advance.
• OR a research project using the Web. You can choose any two of those sites I have recommended on this course's website and submit for each of them an Internet Review Checklist in order to get my feedback on your choices. Then develop the following web review:
  1. Introductory essay that explains how the two sites helped you understand a topic more clearly.
  2. Two labeled sections, each of which is devoted to explaining the particular site (including selected print outs of the site's best features) and how you would have improved upon it to help the next viewer.
  3. Conclusion - a paragraph that wraps up your experience overall and summarizes what role the Web has had in your learning process.
  For webreview projects already in progress, see the list of HIS104 student projects.

Your topic must be accepted by me no later than March 12th (send me at least one Internet Review Checklist before then), and the final version is due no later than April 16th, 4:30 p.m. No late projects will be accepted. You may submit your project in HTML format, that is, you may create a website that reflects your research efforts.

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COURSE OUTLINE

Theme I: War, Heroes, And Civilization This unit will focus on the shaping of the Western individual and society. We will explore the ancients' quest for identity; explore how the individual both shapes and is shaped by society, and discuss Greek explanations for certain phenomena, e.g., chaos, death, injustice.
Week #	Topic	Readings
1	Introduction: historians and Western Civilization
2	Ancient Origins: Civilization? cities, war, monotheism Roundtable - Moses: the Servant of Yahweh	Kagan, ch. 1 Makers, pp. 3-22
Jan. 18	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Academic Holiday)
3	Archaic Grecians: from Minoans to Homer Roundtable - Homer and the beginning of Greek poetry	Kagan, ch. 2 Makers, pp. 23-38
4	Classical Hellenes: war vs. art; citizen of the polis Roundtable - Socrates: Man or Myth?	Kagan, ch. 3 (p.72-97) Makers, pp. 39-66
5	Hellenistic Empire: imperial city vs. country Roundtable - The "Problem" of Alexander the Great Quiz #1	Kagan, ch. 3 (p.97-111) Makers, pp. 67-89
Suggested Web Resources Book of the Dead: Full English translation of a collection of Egyptian hymns, prayers, and magical formulas thought to help the soul reach the Underworld Egyptology Resources: Links to many Egyptian archaeological sites, text archives, picture galleries, etc., by the University of Cambridge Guardian's Egypt: take a CyberJourney to Egypt, check out the art and music, join an ancient Egypt discussion group, and lots more! NM's Creative Impulse -- The Development of Western Civilization -- World History -- Egypt: an annotated compendium of sites on Egypt - you choose where to go! Sumerian Mythology: Frequently asked questions about Sumerian mythology including deities, stories, other source material, and Biblical parallels to mythological personalities. Hammurabi's Code Persian Pages: Collection of texts, poems, and stories, all translated, and full picture and art galleries. Diotima: University of Kentucky Classics Department website on women and gender in the ancient world. Sappho: A fun page devoted to understanding the great woman poet, the society in which she lived, and how Western writers have portrayed her thereafter. Homer and Hesiod: English translations of many works of Homer and Hesiod. NM's Creative Impulse -- World History -- Greece: A compendium of Internet sites on Ancient Greece -- you choose where to go! Alexander the Great: Detailed history of Alexander's parents, youth, conquests, death, deification, and sexuality. The Internet Classics Archive: An award-winning, searchable collection of almost 400 classical Greek and Roman texts (in English translation) with user-provided commentary. The Classics Archives features, among others, such notable pieces as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, the histories of Tacitus and Thucydides, and Plato's Apology . Back to Table of Contents
Theme II: Pax Romana: Law, Tradition, Change and Corruption We will examine the place of Roman ideals and ideas in Western culture, the continuity and change that Christianity entailed, and the falling away from or corruption of both Roman and Christian values.
Week #	Topic	Readings
6	The Roman Republic: from Etruscans to Cicero and Jesus Roundtable - Julius Caesar: The Colossus Handouts: Twelve Tables, and Polybius on the Roman Constitution	Kagan, ch. 4 Makers, pp. 93-116
7	Empire and Fall: Augustus; reforms and disaster Roundtable - The Conversion of Constantine Quiz #2 and Midterm Exam	Kagan, ch. 5 Makers, pp. 117-132
Suggested Web Resources Ancient World Web -- Military and Warfare Resources: links to interesting data on ancient military history, e.g., a bibliography of Roman Military History in Britain, and the Catapult Museum Online. Cleopatra, the Last Pharaoh (B.C. 69-30): an interesting piece of art of Cleopatra and a very good biography of her eventful short life with links to information on the Ptolemy dynasty, Caesar and Mark Anthony. Augustine on the Internet: Plenty of texts, pictures and references on the Saint. Pompeii: On-line exhibit of the remains of Pompeii, Italy. Cicero Homepage: Detailed biography of Marcus Tullius Cicero, including an archive of some of his works. Roman Law: Collection of law tables and religious books from the Roman Republic and Empire. Frontline: "From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians" -- a website to accompany the PBS series on the interpretations of the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity, including links to maps, charts (for example, the fortress of Masada), ancient texts (including Perpetua's diary), pictures of the archaeological discoveries, ancient imagery, and audio excerpts from the television program. New Advent Catholic Website: English translations of some of the early Christian Church Fathers, drawn from the 38-volume Edinborough edition and made available to the Internet by the Electronic Bible Society. The "Palace" of Diocletian at Split: A tour in ex-Yugoslavia through a unique structure from the later Roman Empire, the palace which the Emperor Diocletian began building in 293 AD in readiness for his retirement from politics in 305. NM's Creative Impulse -- World History -- Rome: A compendium of Internet sites on Ancient Rome -- you choose where to go! Back to Table of Contents
Theme III: Love and Death in the Middle Ages The focus in this unit will be to study the effects of great change in feudal societies, societies which highly valued stasis in class structure and the chivalric ideal. This change was effected by chaos (resulting from wars, plagues), by commercialization, and by changing ideals.
Week #	Topic	Readings
8	Early Middle Ages: "European" vs. Eastern civilizations Roundtable - Charlemagne and the First Europe Midterm Exam in class	Kagan, ch. 6 Makers, pp. 133-156
9	High Middle Ages: manorialism, nation and one's "station" Roundtable - Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Wrath of God	Kagan, ch. 7 & ch. 8 Makers, pp. 157-178
Mar 12	Topic of Written Project due; Last day to withdraw from this course with a "W" Spring Break, March 15-20
11	Late Middle Ages: war; heretics, witches and saints Roundtable - The Meaning of Dante Here is the virtual class for HIS104 section 01 students to make up for missing class on March 22nd, 9-9:50 a.m. Quiz #3	Kagan, ch. 9 Makers, pp. 179-200
Suggested Web Resources Byzantine Studies on the Internet: An exciting variety of links to conferences, courses, on-line galleries, primary and secondary sources, bibliographies, and software related to Byzantium. Traditions of Magic in Late Antiquity: from the Special Collections Library of the University of Michigan; documents and images from the multicultural Mediterranean area and the Near East from the 1st to the 7th centuries C.E. The Koran: Allows you to use single word and phrase searches throughout the entire text; it is an electronic version of The Holy Qur'an, translated by M.H. Shakir and published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc., in 1983. Encyclopedia Coptica: hubsite on Egyptian Christians and their church history Facets of Religion WWW-Virtual Library on Islam The Gregorian Chant Home Page: has links to a wide variety of resources dealing with early and Medieval Christian music. A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire: WebChronology Project of North Park University, Chicago IL. Angelcynn: This intriguing site is created for members of a living history society called Angelcynn (pronounced "Angle-kin"), an Old English word meaning "the English People". This society aims to recreate, as authentically as possible all aspects of the ancient world of the Angles: food, crafts, warfare, games .... everything that made up the life of these early English people. Resources for Studying Beowulf: An orally transmitted poem of the Germanic people, typical for its glorification of heroic military values. Medieval Art History Sources: Beautiful images including the Palatine chapel of Charlemagne and Illumination from the Lindisfarne Gospels. Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Part of the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies, this site includes texts on women's roles, papal primacy, medieval Jewish life, conciliarism, law, and literature. The Knights Templar Preceptory: An interesting site that takes you on a journey through a crusader's world. Battle of Hastings: "Secrets of the Norman Invasion" by Nick Austin, The Landscape Channel, England. Medieval Texts: This site is a directory for texts from and about the medieval period, e.g., The Decameron, and Canterbury Tales. Back to Table of Contents
Theme IV: A Question of Power .... who's got it? This unit will explore early modern Europe in cultural and socio-economic upheaval. We will question the role of the individual and the community in establishing the modern state. Overview of New Monarchs
Week #	Topic	Readings
12	The Renaissance: humanism & inhumanism Roundtable - Leonardo da Vinci: Man of the Renaissance	Kagan, ch. 10 (p. 332-55) Makers, pp. 221-245
13	Western Expansion: who "discovered" whom? Roundtable - Cortés and the Conquest of Mexico	Kagan, ch. 10 (p. 356-67) Makers, pp. 225-248
14	The Reformation: protesting church and state Roundtable - Martin Luther: Saint or "Devil"?	Kagan, ch. 11 Makers, pp. 249-70
Apr 16	Written Project due no later than 4:30 p.m. (can be turned in earlier)
15	Religious Warfare: war and the state Roundtable - Elizabeth I, Armada, "The Black Legend"	Kagan, ch. 12 Makers, pp. 271-292
16	The 17th Century: absolutism and constitutionalism Roundtable - Louis XIV: "The Sun King" Quiz #4 will be presented during the final exam MWF 9-9:50 class (HIS104-01) - Monday, 5/2/99, 1:00 p.m. TR 2-3:15 class (HIS104-04) - Wednesday, 5/5/99, 10:30 a.m.	Kagan, ch. 13 and ch. 14 Makers, pp. 293-314
Suggested Web Resources Labyrinth: WWW Server for Medieval Studies, sponsored by Georgetown University. WebMuseum, Paris: A wonderful compendium for art lovers -- choose "Famous Paintings" and then look at the Thematic Index for Gothic and Renaissance artwork. Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Part of the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies, this site includes texts on women's roles, papal primacy, medieval Jewish life, conciliarism, law, and literature. Planet Italy: This site opens a world of Italian art, i.e., painting, architecture, fashion and sculpture -- here, you can find Giotto. Planet Italy: This site opens a world of Italian literature -- here, under poetry, you can find Francis of Assisi's "Canticle of Creatures". Tyburn Tree: A site that examines a public execution in Early Modern England, complete with "dying speeches", documents, images, and bibliography. Italian art and architecture: Includes different features over time, e.g., Michaelangelo's "David". Martinus Luther: a Reformation reference for historians, theologians, German linguists, and scholars of Martin Luther The Thirty Years War: an online history. Europe as a Supernational Region: Primary Source Documents including the Treaty of Westphalia.

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POLICY ON ATTENDANCE, WITHDRAWALS, AND INCOMPLETES

CHEATING/PLAGIARISM

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POLICY ON LATE WORK

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Posted August 20, 1998; revised April 27, 1999
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