History of Western Civilization I

Date	Topic Reading	Assignment	Activity and Suggested Field Projects
First Week August 25, 2009 Study Guide 1	Introduction The Origins of Western Civilization Paleolithic and Neolithic World	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 1
Second Week September 1, 2009 Study Guide 2 Study Guide 3	Gods and Empires in the Ancient Near East The Sumerians	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 1-2 Blackboard Quiz 1: Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Mesopotamian Civilization.
Third Week September 8, 2009 Study Guide 4	Egyptian Civilization Akhenaton The Assyrians The Persians The Hebrews	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 2 Blackboard Quiz 2: Sumerians	Suggested Field Project The Natural History Museum "Western Heritage" Exhibit Washington, D.C.
Fourth Week September 15, 2009 Study Guide 5 Study Guide 6	Minoan Crete The Mycenaeans The Greek Dark Ages	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 3
Fifth Week September 22, 2009 Study Guide 7	The Greek Experiment Archaic Greece Archaic Polis	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 3-4
Sixth Week September 29, 2009 Study Guide 8	The Classical Greek Civilization Pericles Greek Philosophy and Religion The Macedonian Empire Alexander Hellenistic Culture	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 5	Suggested Field Trip: "Greek and Roman Influence on the Buildings of Washington, D.C."
Seventh Week October 6, 2009 Study Guide 9	Roman Civilization Early Rome The Early Republic The War with Carthage Augustus	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 6 .	First Examination October 6, 2009
Eighth Week October 20, 2009 Study Guide 10	Crisis of the Third Century A Balance Sheet Christianity and the Transformation of the Roman World German Invasion Eastern Rome	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 7
Ninth Week October 27, 2009 Study Guide 11	The Byzantine, Islamic, and Early Medieval Worlds	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 8-9
Tenth Week November 3, 2009 Study Guide 12	The Expansion of Europe Agricultural Revolution The Growth of Towns Feudalism Reform of the Church		Suggested Field Trips The Catholic Cathedral, Washington, D.C. The Franciscan Monastery Washington, D.C. Washington Cathedral Washington, D.C. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle The Hellenistic World
Eleventh Week November 10, 2009 Study Guide 13	Economic Depression Social and Emotional Dislocation	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 10	The Roman Republic The Roman Empire
Twelfth Week November 17, 2009 Study Guide 14	The Russians The Mongols The Rise of the Ottomans	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 11
Thirteenth Week November 24, 2009 Study Guide 15	The Civilization of the Renaissance The Renaissance and the Middle Ages Renaissance in Italy	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 12	Renaissance Painting, National Gallery, D.C. Pick a painting! How does it reflect the Age of the Renaissance? How is different from the Middle Ages? Second Examination Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Bring Scantron and Exam Book Do not write on either document
Fourteenth Week December 1, 2009 Study Guide 16	The Renaissance in Italy The Renaissance in the North Christian Humanism Erasmus Thomas More Literature, Art, and Music	Coffin and Stacey Chapters 12-13
Fifteenth Week December 8, 2009 Study Guide 17	Reformation of Religion The Roman Catholic Church The Lutheran Upheaval The Spread of Protestantism The English Reformation Catholicism Transformed	Coffin and Stacey Chapter 13
Sixteenth Week	Final Exam Week		Exam Multiple Choice Questions During the Scheduled Period for the Exam


History of Western Civilization I History 101 Syllabus

History 101 Index l Getting Started on the Web I Syllabus and Study Guides I Requirements I Museum Field Trips I Library Assignment I Other Resources I Summer Sessions

Textbook: Judith G. Coffin, Robert Stacey; Western Civilization, W.W. Norton, New York, 16th edition, paperback, ISBN 0-393-92536-6