Unit
3: Classical Asia to 1348 (Nov. 2 - 23) |
Mth. |
Day |
Activity |
|
Reading to be Discussed That Day |
| Nov. |
2 W |
India: Harappans
and
Aryans |
|
pp.
38 - 44 (5) |
|
3 Th |
Caste and Hinduism
Hymns from the Rig Veda
(Period 4 Lunch Session) |
|
pp.
44 - 48 (5) |
|
4 F |
Hinduism concl. (lecture)
*** Buddhism (lecture) (Period
5 Lunch Session) |
|
pp.
48 - 52 (5)
p. 58 Bits of Wisdom |
|
7 M |
Buddhism (lecture
concl.) |
|
pp.
52 - 55 (5)
p. 49 Henpecked Monk
p. 53 Enlightenment |
| |
8 T |
Diamond Sutra Commentaries
Sutra
Illustrations and Commentaries due in class |
|
The Eightfold Awakening
Emptiness
The World as Illusion
Looking Without Words |
| |
9 W |
China: Shang and
Zhou
Compare Ancient Civilizations |
|
pp.
64 - 72 (9) |
| |
10 Th |
Traditional Chinese Beliefs Legalism,
Taoism, Confucianism (lecture) |
|
pp.
72 - 75 (6)
p. 75 The Daoist Answer |
|
11 F |
*****
No School: Veteran's Day ***** |
|
14 M |
China:
Qin and
Han
(Period 4 Lunch Session: Art) |
|
pp.
75 - 84 (8)
p. 79 Memorandum |
|
15 T |
Ancient Chinese
Culture and Art (Period 5 Lunch Session: Art) |
|
pp.
84 - 91 (8)
p. 90 Love Spurned |
| |
16 W |
Buddhism in
China: STS |
|
pp.
266 - 272 (6)
p. 271 The Good Life
p. 269 Daoist Critique |
| |
17 Th |
Chinese Culture and Society
(STS) |
|
pp. 272 - 279 (8) |
| |
18 F |
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The Mongols (Yuan Dynasty)
Additional Required Readings: The Mongols in the Middle
East, Japan and Korea -
p. 203 The Mongols
p. 300 from "At first" to "1945" p. 311 Under
the Mongols
Marco Polo (L. McKennitt)
************************ |
|
pp.
279 - 283 (7)
p. 280 Letter to the Pope
p. 282 Khubilai Khan |
| |
21 M |
Neo-Confucianism, Art, and
Literature; Discuss: Bandits of the Senses |
|
pp. 283 - 291
p. 287 Tang Poets
Bandits of the Senses |
| |
22 T |
The
Ming Dynasty
The Great Walls |
|
pp. 489 - 493 (4) |
|
23 W |
Asian
Civilizations Test |
|
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| |
|
Extra Credit
Museum Visit (over Thanksgiving) |
|
|
***** All readings are taken from World History, Comprehensive Volume,
Second Edition, by William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel. Copyright © 1998 by
Wadsworth Publishing Company ***** |
Additional
Readings for English 2H from
Monkey (Journey
to the West) |
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