A Brief History This article presents a video timeline for students of The Modern Supernatural: From Gods to Monsters in Western History (History 296) at John Carroll University. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to a video covering that date’s event. After watching that video, please write a one or two sentence comment that demonstrates that you watched the video. These comments or “thesis statements” are 1-2 sentence summaries of the video. They should include the most important aspects of each video. In other words, the thesis statement should include the individuals involved, the…
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A Brief History This article presents a timeline for students of The Modern Supernatural: From Gods to Monsters in Western History (History 296) at John Carroll University. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper I. Course Introduction On February 16, 1923, King Tut’s burial chamber was entered for the first time in over 3,000 years! On June 8, 2017, we sit on the eve of the premier of the 2017 blockbuster monster movie, The Mummy. On December 17, 497 BC, the Romans celebrated their Pagan holiday, Saturnalia, a…
A Brief History Drama television series fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Project Blue Book on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM at AMC Westwood Town Center 6 in Rocky River, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://www.gofobo.com/PBB2JCU. This pass is valid for up to two seats. Seating is first-come, first-served and is not guaranteed. You must be with your guest to enter. Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper Executive produced by Academy Award and Golden Globe® winner Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Contact),…
A Brief History On October 17, 1814, a bizarre incident occurred involving our favorite potable, the noble brewski. Perhaps you have heard of drowning your sorrows in beer or some other alcoholic beverage? Well, in London in 1814, a giant vat of beer failed, and 135,000 Imperial gallons of beer surged out, crashing into other huge vats and breaking those open as well. A total of well over 300,000 gallons of beer flowed out of the brewery and into the street like a tidal wave, crushing or drowning at least 8 unsuspecting people in an event known to history as…
A Brief History Found footage horror film fans of John Carroll University, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Unfriended: Dark Web on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 7:30 PM at Atlas Eastgate in Mayfield Heights, Ohio! Please visit this link for the chance to be placed on the guest list at the Cleveland advance screening. Winners will receive an email by 6 PM on Friday, July 13, 2018 notifying them that their name will be placed on a guest list at the door. This invitation is good for the winner and 1 guest. Seating is…
