Ancient World: Early Bronze Age Through Late Iron Age

Through taking Integrated Humanities: The Ancient Worlds of the Early and Middle Bronze Age in the fall and the Late Bronze and Iron Age in the spring, students will engage with primary and secondary sources reflecting the history, art, architecture, philosophy, literature and religion of the era. Following the Paideia model of Classical education, weekly sessions include a recorded mini-lecture as an introduction of the material for discussion, reading from the textbook accompanied by a class session modeling academic coaching or seminar. Students will develop their analytic and synthetic skills and presentation skills through academic coaching and seminars, as well as written and oral presentation opportunities. These conversations and activities all move toward equipping the student to develop a thoroughly Christian way of thinking about this historical material.

Course Objectives

The student will be able to:

• Identify the historical context and major cultural and social accomplishments of the eras studied.
• Discuss at least one commonplace for each chapter.
• Memorize two passages of Scripture related to the Biblical Connections handout.
• Identify key recurring theme(s) in this course text.
• Internalize the "Top 12 Things to Remember."
• Examine religious concepts in this course and the texts.
• Develop a short persuasive paper, integrating multiple course texts.

Text

• The Curious Historian: The Early & Middle Bronze Ages (fall)
• The Curious Historian: The Late Bronze & Iron Ages (spring).