October
Back Up Next

October's Assignments

Thursday, October 02

Political Poetry

Reading: Solon's Poetry (handout)
Writing: Journal: "What is the relationship between Solon's poetry and Nestor's wisdom?"

Heralds (01): Tobin & Viebranz
Heralds (02): Bondari & Stevenson

Scribes (01): Dawes & Carroll
Scribes (02): Gregson & Santiago

Tuesday, October 07

Of Crime and Punishment

Reading: Aeschylus' Agamemnon

 

Writing: JQ  "What is Agamemnon's true crime?"

Heralds (01): Walker & Chiriboga
Heralds (02): Docster & Gregson

Scribes (01): Bowers & Viebranz
Scribes (02): Salesses & Roberge

Thursday, October 09

A Woman's Wrath

Reading: Aeschylus' Agamemnon
Writing: JQ "Is Clytaimestra a liberated woman or a monster?"

Heralds (01): Deragon & Farrell
Heralds (02): Harvey & Higgins

Scribes (01): Tobin & Walker
Scribes (02): Ricardo & Rhodes

Tuesday, October 14

Punishing the Innocent along with the Guilty

Reading: Aeschylus' Agamemnon

 

Writing: JQ  "Does Cassandra deserve to die?"

Heralds (01): Harrison & Lizada
Heralds (02): Knickerbocker & D'Amore

Scribes (01): Sonntag & Stall
Scribes (02):  Morales & Mavhurume

Thursday, October 16

The Justice of Zeus: Revisited

Reading: Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound
Writing: JQ  "List the various qualities of a tyrant as ascribed to Zeus."

Heralds (01): Lynch & Bowers
Heralds (02): Lewis & Mavhurume

Scribes (01): Sivixay & Reichwein
Scribes (02): Stephenson & McLean

Tuesday, October 21

Mankind's Benefactor

Reading: Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound

Research of PreSocratic Philosopher due; bring notes to class. Computers are not needed.

Writing: JQ  "What is Prometheus' greatest gift to mankind?" 

Heralds (01): Caroll & Curtis
Heralds (02): Rhodes & McLean

Scribes (01): O'Leary & Mahoney
Scribes (02): Lewis & Bondari

Thursday, October 23

The Bootstrap Theory

Reading: from Sophocles' Antigone

Read the choral "Ode to Man" beginning with the line, "What a piece of work is man."

Bring 4 copies of rough draft & brainstorming sheet. Also, bring computers to class for a brief lesson in PowerPoint.

Writing: JQ  "How does the Chorus' description of human abilities differ from Prometheus' account of his gifts to mankind?"

Heralds (01): Dawes & Mahoney
Heralds (02): Ricardo & Morales

Scribes (01): Lynch & Lizada
Scribes (02): Knickerbocker & Higgins

Tuesday, October 28

 

Read Reynolds' paper on Thales: The First Philosopher.

First draft of PreSocratic paper due.  Bring 2 copies of the paper to class.  Also, email draft to instructor & reviewers.

 

Heralds (01): O'Leary & Reichwein
Heralds (02): Roberge & Salesses

Scribes (01): Harrison & Farrell
Scribes (02): Harvey & Docster

Thursday, October 30

The PreSocratic Socrates

Reading: Aristophanes' Clouds

Review of PreSocratic papers due. Bring corrected papers to class.  Also, bring laptops for brief lesson in FrontPage.

Writing: JQ  "In what ways is Socrates portrayed as a typical natural philosopher / sophist?"

Heralds (01):  Sivixay & Sonntag > Stahl
Heralds (02):  Santiago & Tobin

Scribes (01): Deragon & Curtis
Scribes (02): D'Amore & Gregson

Back to Top

Faculty Webserver - Disclaimer
Views expressed on this website are the views of the faculty member.