Video review (50 points). Watch
one of the videos listed below and write a review of the movie as if you
were a critic. Explain how the movie was (or was not) historically
accurate. You can suggest a different movie.
Robert Rossen, Alexander the Great (1956); Moustafa Akkad, The Message (1975); Sergei
Eisenstein, Aleksandr Nevskii
(1938); Franco Zefirelli, Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna (Brother Sun,
Sister Moon, 1972); Ingmar Bergman, Det Sjunde Inseglet (The Seventh
Seal, 1956); Akira Kurosawa, Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai,
1954); Daniel Vigne, La Retour de Martin Guerre (The
Return of Martin Guerre, 1982); Fred Zinneman, A Man for All Seasons
(1966); Patrice Chereau, La reine margot (1994); Cecil B. DeMille, The Crusades (1935)--consider a
comparison to Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven (2005) for extra, extra credit.
Book review (50 points). Write a
review of the book. Do not just summarize the book's contents but also
examine its strengths and weaknesses and place the book in its proper historical
context. You can suggest a different book.
Homer, The Iliad
or The Odyssey; Plato, The Republic; Edward
Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Egil's Saga;
The Diary of Lady Murasaki; The Bhagavad Gita;
Ross Dunn, The Adventures of Ibn Battuta; William
McNeill, Plagues and Peoples.
Vacation. 50 points. If,
during
this course, you vacation in some place that has significant historical
importance (before 1600 ce), write and submit a short, two-page report,
along with some pictures, in digital form if possible, about that
place. Consult your instructor for approval of your selection before
proceeding.
Washington National Cathedral (75
points). Visit the National Cathedral at the corner of Massachusetts and
Wisconsin Aves., Washington, D.C., NW, and submit an essay about its construction
and how it is, or is not, similar to other Gothic cathedrals in Europe. Please
send a brochure or ticket (will not be returned) as evidence of your visit to:
Extended Learning Institute
ATTN: HIS 111
(Put your instructor's name here)
Northern Virginia Community College
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003-3796
National
Gallery of Art (75 points).
Visit the Renaissance collection at the National Gallery of Art and submit
a brief essay explaining how certain specific paintings illustrate some
of the characteristics of the Renaissance. Please
send a brochure or ticket (will not be returned) as evidence of your visit to:
Extended Learning Institute
ATTN: HIS 111
(Put your instructor's name here)
Northern Virginia Community College
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003-3796
Renaissance, or Madrigal, concert
(75 points). Attend a Renaissance concert, or fair, and submit a short
report explaining what you heard and saw and how music was evolving during
the Renaissance. Please
send a brochure or ticket (will not be returned) as evidence of your visit to:
Extended Learning Institute
ATTN: HIS 111
(Put your instructor's name here)
Northern Virginia Community College
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003-3796
Freer Gallery (75 points). Visit the
Asian art collections at the Freer Gallery and submit
a brief essay explaining how certain specific paintings/sculptures/artworks
defined some characteristics of Asian art in a specific time period. Please
send a brochure or ticket (will not be returned) as evidence of your visit to:
Extended Learning Institute
ATTN: HIS 111
(Put your instructor's name here)
Northern Virginia Community College
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003-3796
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (75 points). Visit
the collections of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and submit
a brief essay explaining some of the characteristics of
Islamic manuscript illustration (Cite some specific examples.). Please
send a brochure or ticket (will not be returned) as evidence of your visit to:
Extended Learning Institute
ATTN: HIS 111
(Put your instructor's name here)
Northern Virginia Community College
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003-3796
National Museum of African Art (75 points). Visit
the collections dealing with the West African city of Benin at the National
Museum of African Art and submit a brief essay explaining how the collection
documents the evolution of that city over time (Cite some specific examples.). Please
send a brochure or ticket (will not be returned) as evidence of your visit to:
Extended Learning Institute
ATTN: HIS 111
(Put your instructor's name here)
Northern Virginia Community College
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003-3796
Walters Art Museum (75 points). Visit
the Walters Art Museum and submit a brief essay explaining the development
of illustrations of Buddha dating from the sixth century (Cite some specific examples.) Please
send a brochure or ticket (will not be returned) as evidence of your visit to:
Extended Learning Institute
ATTN: HIS 111
(Put your instructor's name here)
Northern Virginia Community College
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003-3796
The Textile Museum (75 points). Visit
the early oriental rug collections of the Textile Museum and submit a brief
essay describing some of the characteristics of these rugs (Cite some
specific examples.). Please
send a brochure or ticket (will not be returned) as evidence of your visit to:
Extended Learning Institute
ATTN: HIS 111
(Put your instructor's name here)
Northern Virginia Community College
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003-3796
Note that if you have any other proposals
for a project, such as a visit to an out-of-town museum like any of
those located in New York, please contact your instructor for approval
and point value
before you begin.
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