May Term trip to Greece
Agenda What we will do What we will do It’s a class It’s a class [ Video of Athens ] [ Video of Athens ] Practicalities Practicalities
What are we studying? Sites Sites Texts Texts Texts at sites Texts at sites
What are we studying? Origins of rhetoric Origins of rhetoric Some art Some art Some visual rhetoric Some visual rhetoric
Layers of history 500BC – 400BC Classical Greece 500BC – 400BC Classical Greece Cycladic art Cycladic art Mycenae Mycenae Homer Homer Byzantium Byzantium
The texts Homer Homer Herodotus Herodotus Aristophanes Aristophanes Thucydides Thucydides Plato Plato Pericles (via Thucydides) Pericles (via Thucydides) Luke Luke
What we will do Athens: the first day Athens: the first day Athens: subsequent days Athens: subsequent days Mycenae Mycenae Delphi / Holy Luke Delphi / Holy Luke Hydra Hydra Shopping & the beach Shopping & the beach
The tour Some guided, by Seminar’s International Some guided, by Seminar’s International Some licensed guides Some licensed guides Some self-guided Some self-guided
The pattern of the day Breakfast Breakfast Tour Tour Lunch / discussion Lunch / discussion Tour / review Tour / review Symposium Symposium Dinner and evening on your own Dinner and evening on your own
Who are we? Been abroad before? Been abroad before? Studied rhetoric? Studied rhetoric? Why take this program? Why take this program?
It’s a class 15 weeks x 5 hours = 75 hours 15 weeks x 5 hours = 75 hours 75 hours / 2 weeks = 37.5 hours a week 75 hours / 2 weeks = 37.5 hours a week
It’s a class Class reader Class reader Advance readings Advance readings Will be studying in Greece Will be studying in Greece Grading: attendance, participation, journaling, discussion leadership Grading: attendance, participation, journaling, discussion leadership Post class? Post class?
It’s a class You can flunk You can flunk You can get sent home You can get sent home You can go to jail You can go to jail … but you probably won’t
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Practicalities Enrollment Enrollment Passports Passports Shots Shots
Life in Greece Weather Weather Food Food Money Money Athens as a city Athens as a city SI local contact SI local contact Security Security
Packing, go light You have to carry it You have to carry it You need room for things to bring home You need room for things to bring home
Packing, don’t take A coat A coat Your laptop Your laptop
Packing, take Class reader & small journal Class reader & small journal Walking shoes Walking shoes Prescription drugs Prescription drugs “Respectable” clothes “Respectable” clothes Camera memory Camera memory Batteries & things that can run on 240v Batteries & things that can run on 240v Hat Hat
Next steps Passport? Passport? Paperwork for SI Paperwork for SI Online orientation Online orientation Decide on luggage Decide on luggage