Instructor: Michael Broyles
Office: SOUTH E310 / CENTER N133
Phone: 586-445-7148 (South)
           586-286-2127
Office Hours: My office hours will be 12:30 until 2:00PM on Monday and Wednesdays on South Campus. 
My office hours will be from 1:00 – 2:00 PM and 5:00 – 6:00PM on Tuesday and Thursdays on Center Campus. 
Division: 586-286-2146
E-Mail: mjbroyles@yahoo.com

D. Kagan et. al.,  The Western Heritage: Brief Edition. 
G. G. Coulton, The Medieval Scene: An Informal Introduction to the Middle Ages.
Plato, Great Dialogues of Plato. 

I.  The Ancient World
Week One.  Introduction and Prehistory.  (Chapter 1, section 1). 
Week Two.  God Kings of the Nile and Mesopotamia.  (Chapter 1, sections 2 and 3; read Plato’s The Apology). 

II. The Classical World 
Week Three.  Iron, The Color Purple and Ancient Greece.  (Chapter 1, sections 4 and 5; Chapter 2, sections 1 and 2; Finish Plato Book IV, start BookV). 
Week Four.  High Greek Civilization and Discuss Plato.  (Chapter 2, sections 3-7; Finish Plato Book V). 
Week Five.  Low Greek Civilization.  Test One in class.  (Chapter 3)
Week Six.  Rise of Rome.  (Chapter 4). 

III.  The Dark Ages
Week Seven.  The Roman Empire and Its Collapse. The Dark Ages.  (Chapter 5; Chapter 6, sections 1 and 2). 
  First Exam handed out at the end of class. 
Week Eight.  The Rise of Islam and the Feudal Church.  (Chapter 6, sections 3 and 4). 
  FIRST EXAM DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS!
Week Nine.  Charlemagne and Feudalism.  (Chapter 6, sections 5 and 6). 
Week Ten.  It is Good to be King and Universality.  (Chapter 7; Chapter 8, sections 1-3). 
Week Eleven.  Learned Men.  (Chapter 8, sections 3 & 4; Begin Coulton). 

IV  The Medieval World
Week Twelve.  The Worst of Times.  (Chapter 9, sections 1 & 2; continue Coulton). 
Week Thirteen.  The Late Middle Ages.  Video and discussion of Medieval Scene.  (Chapter 9, sections 3 & 4; Finish Coulton).
Week Fourteen.  Renaissance.  (Chapter 10, sections 1 - 4). 
  SECOND EXAM HANDED OUT AT THE END OF CLASS!
Week Fifteen.  A New Sun in the East and several New Worlds.  (chapter 10, section 5)
  SECOND EXAM DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. 
Week Sixteen. Test Two in class.
 

Writing a History Paper  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/soc_sciences/history.html

Notation of Sources in a History Paper  http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/history/footnotes.html
 

The weight of each assignment is as follows,    Grade Scale
 A&P  10% (minus 1% per absence)                       900-1000 = A
 Assignments 10%                                                800-899 = B
 Tests  30%                                                          700-799 = C
 First Exam 25%                                                   600-699 = D
 Second Exam 25%                                              0-599  =    E

**NOTE**  Due to the nature of this class' exams and tests there are no make-ups.  Students who do not take the exam or test, or are late in returning an exam will receive a ZERO for the assignment. 
 

DROPPING CLASSES:  can be viewed at http://www.macomb.edu/enroll/AddDrop.asp

INTELLECTUAL HONESTY:  A University must operate on the assumption of personal intellectual integrity.  All work submitted by students must be theirs alone.  Anyone who submits a paper copied in whole, or in part, from any source, or receiving/giving assistance on an examination will receive a failing grade for the course. 

READING:  The reading assignment for each date should be completed before the lecture.