Overview

Schedule

"Elements of Culture"

Team Activities

Daily Practice

Guided Reflections

Extra Credit

iFAQs

Abbreviations

ASA = Asian Art (anthology)

EB = "Encyclopedia Britannica" (on-line)

MOO = Masterpieces of the Orient (anthology)

PPT = "PowerPoint Slides" (click to view)

RDR = Course Reader

TRA = "Team Readiness Assessment"

Sac State Logo

Schedule

All readings in this schedule should ideally be completed by the day under which they are listed, although this requirement is only assessed during TRAs and team Application Exercises. All numbers in the schedule are page numbers unless otherwise noted.

CAUTION: I reserve the right to make revisions to on-line materials prior to their discussion in class at the relevant point in the semester. Therefore WAIT until that time to print out materials you wish to have on hand, such as terms, excerpts and assignment guidelines.

ON-LINE READINGS: If you click on a link to Encyclopedia Britanicca on-line from off-campus, you will initially b e directed to an authentication page that asks you to enter your Saclink ID and password. WARNING: make sure that you use these links to access EB; going through the library's database page may lead to different material, which will likely confuse you when preparing for TRAs.

Unit 1a: Ancient India (15th century BCE - 2nd century CE)

Dates Tasks Readings
Tue, Sep 11
& Thu, Sep 13

orientation to readings
& reading guide 1a [*REVISED*]
(print & annotate for extra credit)

FIND TERMS & EXCERPTS from the reading guide in these primary sources:

FIND * TERMS from the reading guide in these overviews:

Tue, Sep 18

iTRA #1a DUE by 11:30 am
gTRA #1a in class

Application Exercise 1a

(same as above)

Thu, Sep 20

daily practice description
DUE beginning of class

Application Exercise 1a

(*NOTES REQUIRED* - use optional application worksheet if helpful)
(PDF | MS Word)

REVIEW IN DEPTH:

  • Rg Veda (RDR, 7-15) [=MOO, 134-35, 137-39, 141-49]
  • "Edicts of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka" (ASA: RDR, 17-21)
  • Bhagavad Gita 1-2.20, 11 (RDR, 23-30) [also ON RESERVE]

PREPARE NOTES addressing the following focus:

"The sources assigned for this unit provide evidence of the following practices of anicient India:

  • Vedic poet-priests compose& recite hymns to cosmic powers, and their communities listen to them.
  • Ashoka Maurya composes edicts describing, prescribing and reflecting on his rule, has them disseminated, & citizens read/hear them.
  • storytellers compose, transmit & adapt the Mahabharata epic, and their audiences hear them at pilgrimage sites and royal courts.

Identify actions, objects, locales and community relationships associated with each of these sources that show the way practices reinforces the communities of people who engage in them."

*MAKE SURE TO CITE PAGE NUMBER(S) FOR EACH EXAMPLE*

<--BACK | NEXT-->