Martha Bowsky
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What students and I do |
What students and I don't do |
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Interactive approach based on question and answer, discussion |
Lecture |
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Semester-long journal of questions and answers acquired |
Give quizzes |
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PowerPoint presentations with images that reinforce a systematic approach to the topic of the day |
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Electronic reserves with copies of class materials and relevant readings |
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Papers based on questions students pose or theses students put forward |
Give tests (except in Greek and Latin language courses) Assign topics for papers |
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Opportunity to write papers that foster intellectual curiosity, make a connection between the student's interests and Classics |
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Chance to write more than one paper on a topic of particular interest to the student |
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Papers graded on the basis of the question posed or thesis put forward, the evidence assembled, and the conclusion reached |
Papers not graded in comparison with other students' papers Tests in Greek and Latin graded on an absolute scale |
- what can you learn in Classical Mythology?
- what deities and heroes did Greeks and Romans worship, and why, given the kind of stories they tell about them?
- what can you learn in History of Ancient Greece or History of Ancient Rome?
- how were adult, male citizens the dominant players in ancient Greek or Roman history?
- what can you learn in Greek Literature in Translation or Latin Literature in Translation?
- what can the Greeks or Romans tell us about themselves, in their own words?
- what can you learn in Sexuality in Greek Society or Sexuality in Roman Society?
- why was the female segment of Greek or Roman society always told to spin and weave?
- what can you learn in First Year Ancient Greek or First Year Latin?
- how can you tell who bit whom in a language that depends on word-forms?
Martha Bowsky
Professor of Religious and Classical Studies
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