…top-flight researchers who value small class sizes and getting to know our students. You get to know us, and we get to know you. Our classes aren’t the high-school history classes you hated. Our students sometimes tell us that high-school history classes made them lose interest in the past because…
…involved.” The PHA provides housing and support services to over 80,000 residents in Philadelphia. It is a service that is desperately needed, considering the large percentage of Philadelphians that live in poverty. Kelvin’s time at the PHA has been dedicated to making sure that housing for those in need is…
…religion, slavery, sexual mores and gender politics, ethnic identity, art, literature, and philosophy. Readings from ancient sources in translation include formal history (Herodotus; Thucydides; Xenophon), political manifesto (Xenophon; Demosthenes), drama (Sophocles; Euripides; Aristophanes), epic poetry (Homer; Hesiod) and philosophy (Plato). Each week students will read some primary source material along…
…discover how Europe evolved from a feudal system to a dominant force through changes at home and contact with the rest of the world. It will examine major developments such as medieval learning and architecture, the Crusades, the Plague, explorations of the world, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the witch-hunt, rebellions…
PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORY: The Great Depression 50:509:299:01 T/TH 3:35 pm – 4:55 pm Professor Golden Americans experienced great hardship and profound social changes during the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s. This course examines the lives of ordinary Americans during this era and asks how they coped with and…
…is designed to be both fun and informative and is open to both majors and non-majors alike. PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORY 50:509:299:01 T/TH 3:35 pm – 4:55 pm Professor Golden This course is for history majors and should be taken in the sophomore year. It is designed to teach skills–critical reading,…
