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 This article presents a video timeline for students of Western Civilization (History 112) at Ashland 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 time period, and significance of the event. For example,…
A Brief History This article presents a timeline for students of Western Civilization (History 112) at Ashland University. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper I. Introduction On October 3, 2012, a National Geographic explorer announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, one with vampire-like fangs! On February 7, 2014, scientists in England verified that footprints found in an uncovered sediment layer in Happisburgh, Norfolk were of human, or “hominid” origin and dated back about 900,000 years. On December 18, 1912, Charles Dawson announced…
A Brief History This article presents a timeline of Ancient and Medieval World History for History 11050 at Kent State University at Stark. You can click on any of the dates below to be taken to an article covering that date’s event to learn more. Please feel welcome to post a comment using the Disqus commenting system on any article you click on to let us know your thoughts about that historic event. To my students, commenting on these articles is entirely optional and doing so is not worth any points toward your course grade. Digging Deeper I. Introduction On…
