Humanities 1A Fall 2006



D. Mesher
924-4440
mesher@email.sjsu.edu

C. Rostankowski
924-4508
Sthetiks@aol.com

S. Shillinglaw
924-4487
SShillingl@aol.com

J. Tanaka
924-4726
jtanaka@email.sjsu.edu


Please note! Your greensheet and semester plan may be wrong!
The essay final will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 12, in your seminar room, 9:45-12:00.
The short-answer final will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 13, in WSQ 109, 7:15-9:30.

Semester Plan
Course Reader
Speech Assignment
Link to Turnitin.com
Outline for Lecture 12 (10/3/06)--if you didn't get one in class
A series of maps of the ancient and classical world, from the University of Michigan
Outline for Lecture 22 (11/7/06 -- including definitions of terms)
Transcript of the film from Lecture 25, from PBS.org
Essay Question Topics for Final Exam

Online Tutorials at the Library

Online Readings:

Harper, R.F. The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon 1904. (For Lecture 4)

Carole R. Fontaine, "A Heifer from Thy Stables." (For Lecture 11)
The whole chapter is worthwhile, but we'll pay particular attention to these three sections:

  • "'Be it known!': Ancient Women Speak"
  • "'If truly you are my daughter. . .'"
  • "'Even if I am a woman . . .'"
Dimitris Kyrtatas, "Athenian Democracy and Its Slaves." History Today, 44.2 (Feb 1994): 43-48. (For Lecture 21)
To find this article in the library's database:
  1. click on the link above,
  2. then click on "Academic Search Premier" (the third database down);
  3. enter your name, library card number, and PIN,
  4. then search for the article using the author's last name and "Athenian Democracy";
  5. finally, choose the PDF version instead of HTML, to get an image of the original.

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