Your course journal is your most important assignment. In it you summarize and react to all classes, readings, internet sites, and films.
To view your journal's format, select Journal Requirements, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/Worldto15/j- htowt15.htm.
To view your journal's list of required contents, click on Table of Contents, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/Worldto15/j-tocwt5.htm.
To view the reading assignments for your journal, select Journal Text Assignments, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/Worldto15/j- wt15.htm.
To view the evaluation method for your journal, click on Assessment Guide, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/j-assess.htm.
Your journal is due for evaluation on 9 September (Wednesday), 16 October (Friday), and 2 December (Wednesday).
Journal grades for the three dates are weighted 10%, 40% and 50% respectively.
Late or incomplete journals will result in at least the loss of one letter grade.
Your journal will be your course archive and your final exam study guide.
Students earning an A on their journals are exempt from the final exam; however, if your journal is ever late or incomplete, you must take the final exam.

Final Exam (20%):

Your final exam will have three sections, each comprised of two essay questions. You will choose one question from each section. The final will be on Monday, 14 December, 8 - 10:30 a.m. Bring two essay exam blue books to the exam.

Extra Credit:

Extra credit assignments include two class projects, "Life in Athens and Sparta" and "Student Life in the Middle Ages." Volunteers will read an assigned article and craft a seven-minute speech to present to the class. "Life in Athens and Sparta" will begin on 21 September (Monday); "Student Life in the Middle Ages" will follow on 9 November (Monday).

Texts:

J.R. Benjamin, A Student's Guide to History
R.W. Bulliet et al, The Earth and Its Peoples, Volume 1
R.B. Downs, Books That Changed the World

Reading Assignments:

See your journal's Table of Contents, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/Worldto15/j-tocwt5.htm and your journal's Text Assignments, http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/Worldto15/j-wt15.htm.

Attendance Policy: Seven absences effect failure.