1. The Trojan War and Agency
Instructor: Dr. Morse
Office: HIB 196
Office Hours: MW 1-2:30 p.m.,
by appointment
Website:
The Trojan War and Agency
Note-taking, Introductions, Lecture Review and Blog #1

2. Housekeeping and Resources
Class Policies and Procedures
Office Hours/ ing
Final Exam
Class Culture: Learner Centered / Collective Wisdom
Attendance Policy
Grading Policy
Lecture Grade (Midterm 40%, Final 50%, Participation 10%)
Writing Grade, (Website 5%, Blog 25%, Essay 2 (Iliad) 35%, Essay 3 (Machiavelli) 30%, Writing Participation 10%)
Resources for You
Friday Forum: Friday Forum: Prof. Karanika, “The War Prayer: Women’s Rituals in the Iliad.” 11-12, HIB 135 (Helpful Context for Essay 2)

3. Student Website and Blog
Please carefully read Writer’s Handbook Ch. 1-3
Please read the prompt carefully for Wednesday
Links: Review the Learning Skills, Video on Creating a Web site, etc.
Recommended Software: Google Sites, Blogger, Wordpress, etc.
Tumblr is NOT recommended (need to be able to make comments)
Google Sites Workshops:
HH (noon), (1 p.m.), (10:30 a.m.)

4. What do you know about the Trojan War?
A Few Important Links of Interest:
(Stanford University)
(British Museum Archeological On-Line Tour)
(Archeology Archive)
(Ancient History Encyclopedia)

5. Ice-Breaker
Name and 2-3 things people need to know about you

6. Skills Building Exercise
Let’s talk about note-taking (small group discussion)
Lecture Tip of the Day: Listen and take notes from beginning to end. How many of you took notes when Professor Burke introduced the course? How many of you packed up before Professor Izenberg finished his lecture? Why does it matter?
Active Learning Tips:

7. Note-Taking – Problems and Tips
Top 5 tips for effective note-taking from Seton Hill University
More note-taking tips
5 different Note-Taking Methods

8. Lecture Review and Context Building…
According to Professor Izenberg, why begin with the Iliad?
What are the theories about who wrote this text down or how it came to be? Who or what was Homer?
To what extent can we consider the Iliad a template for the present or for the modern era?
What does it mean to interpret a text? What did Simone Weil’s interpretation of the Iliad require of the text?

9. Writing Diagnostic (25 min.)
Read the prompt carefully and spend 25 minutes writing a response using a formal essay structure and your best, free-style, academic English.
Write your name on the prompt paper
This is not a graded exercise (but you will earn up to 25 WP)
Prompt: What do you understand by the term “war”? How does or has war impact(ed) your life?