205 Module Overview

Quiz: Some questions are from the Boundless text, some are original.  The course Map links to the quiz.Module 4 contains the following content – all original by author or contained in the Lumen textbook.

Textbook Reading – Chapter 5

Discussion Forum:

The discussion reading is linked on the course map.

This discussion will be based on the reading “The Funeral Oration of Pericles”.  Please don’t use the textbook reading for this discussion but use only “The Funeral Oration of Pericles.”  For your initial post in this discussion please answer the following questions: “What do you think was the purpose of this funeral speech?  According to Pericles, what makes Athens unique and special?  Do you agree with him?”

Initial posts must be at least 200 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook.

After posting your initial post you are required to reply to at least one other student.  Replies must be at least 100 words in length and have at least one new quote from “The Funeral Oration of Pericles” (not a quote you used in your initial post and not a quote that is in the post you are replying to).

All posts must be made by the deadline for the discussion forum to receive full credit.

Short Essay:

Submit your short essay for Module #4 here.  The question for this essay is: “What made it possible for the Greeks to win military victories such as the Persian Wars and Alexander’s Conquests?  Focus on specific military tactics along with general Greek cultural characteristics that made them powerful.”

This essay must be at least 500 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook to recieve full credit.

Quiz: Some questions are from the Boundless text, some are original.  The course Map links to the quiz.