Classicism -- The Greek Legacy
Hesiod: Theogony (Reading)
Plato: The Republic – Allegory of the Cave. (Reading)
5 Ancient Acts of War that Changed the Face of the Earth (Reading)
300 (film)
Matrix (film)
Cicero: De amicitia (On Friendship) Reading
7 Books We Lost ... (Reading)
5 Ridiculous Lies ... (Reading)
7 Modern Conveniences ... (Reading)
De Amicitia Study Guide
Gladiator (film)
The Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5-7:27 (Reading)
Sermon on the Mount Study Guide
5 Ridiculous Ancient Beliefs ... (Reading)
Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy (Reading)
The Koran (Sura 5) (Reading)
Song of Roland excerpts (Reading)
5 Shockingly Progressive Ideas ... (Reading)
Medieval Legend of Tristan and Isolde
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5 Ridiculous Myths You Probably Believe about the Dark Ages
6 Ridiculous Myths About the Middle Ages Everyone Believes
Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy, Inferno (Readings)
Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales, The Prioress's Tale (Reading)
The Name of the Rose (film)
Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man (Reading)
Erasmus: Praise of Folly (Reading)
Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture
Life of Leonardo da Vinci (Reading)
Life of Michelangelo (Reading)
Othello (film)
Hamlet (film)
Movie Worksheet (Gladiator) -- example of how to fill out a movie worksheet
Italian Renaissance: Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonard, and Titian
The First Phase: Masaccio, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi
CHAPTER 6: EARLY CHRISTIANITY: RAVENNA AND BYZANTIUM
CHAPTER 8: THE RISE OF MEDIEVAL CULTURE
CHAPTER 9: THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES
CHAPTER 10: THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY—A TIME
OF TRANSITION