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Schedule of
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● Link to
Assigned Readings ●
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UNIT ONE: CLASSICAL CHINA, 771-221 B.C. |
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Aug 29 / 31 |
Introduction to Classical
China |
Analyzing a Classical
Narrative: 'Han Qi Visits Zheng' (hw 1) |
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Sept 5 / 7 |
Legends
and Poems of the Past
(hw 2) |
The Master
Narrative of the Rise of the Zhou |
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Sept 12 / 14 |
The
Master Narrative of Classical China, 771-453 |
Ritual and the Origins of
Confucianism (hw 3) |
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Sept 19 / 21 |
The
Confucian Analects |
The
Master Narrative of Classical China, 453-221 |
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Sept 26 / 28 |
Economy and Technology in the
Classical Era (quiz 1) |
Intellectual Trends: Mohism
and the Confucian Response
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Oct 3 / 5 |
Intellectual
Trends: Daoism: the Dao de jing
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Intellectual Trends: Daoism:
the Zhuangzi
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Oct 10 / 12 |
Intellectual Trends:
Naturalism, Xun-zi, and Legalism |
Intellectual Trends:
Religious Thought |
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Take Home Midterm Available through site home page on
Thursday, October 12. Turn in by Noon, Tuesday, October 17, via Oncourse |
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UNIT TWO: REMOTE ANTIQUITY (c. 1600
- 771 B.C.) AND PREHISTORY |
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Oct 17 / 19 |
Introduction to Shang China
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Oracle Bones |
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Oct 24 / 26 |
Ritual Bronzes (hw
4) |
Before Shang: Neolithic
China
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Oct 31 / Nov 2 |
Shang Society
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Western Zhou History
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Nov 7 / 9 |
Group Projects:
Western Zhou History Through Inscribed Bronzes,
Part I |
Group Projects:
Western Zhou History Through Inscribed Bronzes, Part II |
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UNIT THREE: THE FUTURE - EARLY
IMPERIAL CHINA, 221 - 87 B.C. |
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Nov 14 / 16 |
The Qin Revolution
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Creation of the Han Imperium
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Nov 21 |
The Reigns of Han Emperors Wen and Wu |
Thanksgiving Break |
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Nov 28 / 30 |
Early Han Ideology (quiz 2) |
Confucianism in the Early
Han (quiz 3) |
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Dec 5 / 7 |
Han Confucian Wisdom Texts
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The Historian's Eye as Our
Window on Early China
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Final Assignment due by Saturday, December 9,
Noon, via Oncourse
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Due dates for completed
Journal assignments
(via Oncourse):
#1 Friday, Sept. 15
#2 & #3 Friday, Sept. 29
#4 Friday, Oct. 6
#5 Friday, Oct. 27
#6 Tuesday, Oct. 31
#7 Friday, Nov. 17
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