COR 046H: Ancient Rome in Film,
Fiction, Fact
Schedule of Topics and Assignments, Part I
I. Roman Names: September 10
- Course Pages:
- External Links:
II.
Types of Historical Evidence; Sketch of Early
Roman History and Military Expansion: September 15 (These Were the
Romans Ch. 1-2)
III. The Conflict of Orders and Structure of Roman Republican Government:
September 17-22 (These Were the Romans Ch. 5-6)
- Course Pages:
- External Links:
- Assignment: The class will be divided into three teams; each team will be
assigned to review one of the first three web sites in the above list (those
marked with an asterisk). Using the criteria presented in
A
Student's Guide to Research with the WWW, describe the page type to which
it belongs and evaluate it for relevance, authority, and accuracy. Describe
your reaction to this web site (is it attractive? appealing? does it make you
want to learn about the topic?). No later than 8:00 pm on Wednesday, September
23, each team will submit their evaluation to
Dr. McManus by e-mail.
IV. Roman Social Classes and Political Factions of the Late Republic:
September 24 (These Were the Romans Ch. 9)
- Course Pages:
- External Links:
- Assignment (due October 1): Hand in a list of 10 objective questions with
answers (true and false or multiple choice) covering the most important
aspects of the following topics: Roman names, Republican government, social
classes and political factions. These questions should be prepared
individually, not in groups; they should emailed to me before class on
October 1. All areas should be covered by at least one question. We will use
these to begin to build a library of questions for our course project, the
Roman Pursuit game in the VRoma MOO. On October 1, the class will take a brief
objective quiz on the same topics.
V. The Roman Army (These Were the Romans Ch. 19): September
29-October 8
- Course Pages:
- External Links:
- Re-enactment Groups:
- Assignment (due October 8): Conduct a web search for web sites that present
information on the Roman army. By class time on October 8, hand in a list of
sites found (with URLs), described according to overall content, design and
attractiveness, and usefulness for our course study. Also describe the
search process you used, including key words and search engines. The
following links were compiled and recommended by the class:
- Assignment (due October 20): Hand in a list of 10 objective questions with
answers (true and false or multiple choice) covering the most important
aspects of the unit on the Roman army; these will also contribute to our
library of questions for the Roman Pursuit game in the VRoma MOO. These
questions should be prepared individually, not in groups; they should be
emailed to me before class on October 20. On October 20, the class will
take a brief objective quiz on the same topic.
VI. Roman Slavery and the Rebellion of Spartacus (These Were the
Romans Ch. 13; view film Spartacus): October 13-20
- Course Pages:
- External Links:
SCHEDULE OF LAB SESSIONS:
- Introduction to the VRoma MOO; basic MOO commands and navigation (September
15)
- MOO mail and mailing lists; evaluating web pages (September 22)
- MOO Treasure Hunt (September 29)
- Skills: read and send mail; navigate; find and manipulate objects
- Content: nature of Roman politics; importance of location for
various political activities in the city
- Continuation of MOO Treasure Hunt; work on web search assignment (October
6)
- MOO Building and Object Creation (October 13)
- Creation of MOO resources on the accuracy of the film Spartacus in
relation to these
questions
(October 20)
Schedule continues on
Topics and
Assignments Part II
October, 1998
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