Daily Assignments Harpur 101N—Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh Fall 2012 John Starks/Morgan Appel –Binghamton University SUNY

Readings below are to be completed BEFORE the day they appear on the syllabus, as they will comprise the primary subject matter for consideration in class that day. 

Consult this list of assignments regularly for any changes, such as unexpected cancellations due to weather, etc., or additional links, such as discussion questions for the day, images from the web, linked supplementary texts, etc. We will try to give you a heads up for such additions, but you are ultimately responsible for checking to see what’s been added or altered. In general, you may expect the assignments to remain constant without change, that is essentially our contract with you, but we may add materials that supplement those assignments in significant ways as we find them and provide them to you.

Abbreviations for Assignments below:

Roller – Duane W. Roller. Cleopatra. A Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010

Schiff = Stacy Schiff. Cleopatra. A Life. New York: Back Bay Books (Little, Brown), 2010

	Monday Sessions: Principal Leader—Morgan Appel		Wednesday Sessions: Principal Leader—John Starks
		W 9-5	Introduction – Comparing and Contrasting Cleopatras Tables of Contents of Schiff and Roller biographies
M 9-10	Campus Resources and Getting Involved	W 9-12	Cleopatra. An Introduction Schiff Chapter 1 “That Egyptian Woman”, pp. 1-10 Roller “Introduction,” pp. 1-10
	*Rosh Hashanah – NO CLASS*	W 9-19	Cleopatra VII. Descendant of Alexander the Great, The Early Years Schiff Chapter 2 “Dead Men Don’t Bite”, pp. 11-42 Roller Chapter 1 “Cleopatra’s Ancestry & Background”, pp. 15-27 Roller Chapter 3 “Cleopatra’s Youth and Education”, pp. 43-51 Roller Appendix 3 “Cleopatra’s Mother”, pp. 165-166
M 9-24	Academic Success and Being Responsible for Yourself FIRST JOURNAL DUE Journal Assignment 1 linked here	W 9-26	*Yom Kippur – NO CLASS*
M 10-1	Time and Money Management	W 10-3	Cleopatra. Julius Caesar Has His Way (and so does Cleopatra) Schiff Chapter 3 “Cleopatra Captures the Old Man by Magic”, pp. 43-87 Roller Chapter 4 “Becoming Queen”, pp. 53-67 Viewing from 1962 Sword and Sandals Epic, Cleopatra and HBO Rome
M 10-8	Health, Wellness and Safety	W 10-10	Cleopatra. Julius Caesar Goes His Way (and so does Cleopatra) Schiff Chapter 4 “The Golden Age Never was the Present Age”, pp. 89-124 Roller Chapter 5 “Consolidating the Empire”, pp. 69-75 Viewing from 1962 Sword and Sandals Epic, Cleopatra
M 10-15	Stress Relief PIZZA DISCUSSION	W 10-17	Cleopatra. Antony Comes Calling Schiff Chapter 6 “We Must often Shift the Sails when We Wish to Arrive in Port” pp. 165 (start at bottom)-199 Roller Chapter 5 “Consolidating the Empire”, pp. 76-87 Viewing from 1962 Sword and Sandals Epic, Cleopatra
	5-8 page Cleopatra Essay Topics	Sa 10-20!! CHANGED DUE DATE	5 page paper DRAFTS due, hard copy form under my office door, Saturday October 20 by 5 PM
M 10-22	Academic Planning and Schedule Building SECOND JOURNAL DUE	W 10-24	Cleopatra and Antony. Joint Rule  Schiff Chapter 7 “An Object of Gossip for the Whole World”, pp. 201-236 Roller Chapter 6 "The Peak Years”, pp. 89-101
M 10-29	Diversity and Cross-Cultural Understanding	W 10-31	Cleopatra and Antony. An Affair to Remember, Family Affairs, and Affairs of State Schiff Chapter 8 “Illicit Affairs and Bastard Children”, pp. 237-278 Roller Chapter 7 “The Operation of the Kingdom”, pp. 103-122 Viewing from 1962 Sword and Sandals Epic, Cleopatra and HBO Rome
M 11-5	Leadership and Active Citizenship	W 11-7	Cleopatra. The Icon (Image is Everything) ALL plates/figures/images in Schiff and Roller Roller Appendix 5 “Some Ancient Literary Descriptions of Cleopatra”, pp. 169-172 and Appendix 6 “The Iconography of Cleopatra VII”, pp. 173-183 Viewing from HBO Rome
M 11-12	Effective Communication and Presentation Skills THIRD JOURNAL DUE	W 11-14	Cleopatra. The “Oriental Other” – Orientalism, Sexism, Propaganda Reading TBA Viewing from HBO Rome
M 11-19	SPECIAL SESSION with GUEST CLEOPATRA SCHOLAR Prof. Shelley Haley, Professor of Classics and Africana Studies, Hamilton College NY NEW DUE DATE!! 5 page FINAL PAPERS due, hard copy form in class or by end of work day, 6 PM at Prof. Starks’ office	W 11-21	*Thanksgiving – NO CLASS*
M 11-26	Cleopatra and Antony. The Bitter(sweet) End Schiff Chapter 9 “The Wickedest Woman in History”, pp. 279-311 Roller Chapter 9 “Downfall”, pp. 129-142	W 11-28	Cleopatra. The Legacy Schiff “The Wickedest Woman in History”, pp. 311-324 Schiff “Reading Group Guide”, pp. 6-11 in back Roller Chapter 9 “Downfall”, pp. 142-150 PIZZA DISCUSSION
M 12-3	Future Planning FOURTH JOURNAL DU	W 12-5	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION
M 12-10	FISH Exercises Extra ORAL PRESENTATION, if necessary	W 12-12	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION