• Tuesday 5/11 12-2 p.m. Kuykendall 308
• Bring pens and well-rested, bright and thoughtful minds
• 10% of the course grade
• two essays, equally weighted, 2 choices of questions on each
• world comparative perspectives
• multiculturalism in the British Isles
• use primary source evidence and examples
• especially relevant readings:
  • John Man, Atlas of the Year 1000
  • Michelle Brown, Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels
  • Edward James, Britain in the First Millennium, Introduction and Epilogue
  • Dáibhí Ó’Cróinín, Early Medieval Ireland, 400-1200, Introduction
  • Seamus Heaney, Beowulf: A New Verse Translation

• Review the big ideas in the texts to see how they relate to the two topics
• Review the primary source materials to find evidence to use on each topic
• Draw up some charts to make comparisons

updated 4/13/04