Choose one of the following themes and offer an example of it from at least four different weeks’ readings. Provide one slide explaining how the theme changed over time and another explaining how it stayed the same. (Example slide layout: title, example 1, example 2, example 3, example 4, how it changed, how it stayed the same, image bibliography, source bibliography = 9 slides) Greed Military technology Education Reasons for war / conquest Philosophy (not religion) Science
Discuss how climate and disease have shaped Western Civilization throughout our course through examples from at least four different weeks’ readings.
Provide one slide explaining which you think had the biggest impact and why and another slide explaining whether you think the same is true today. (Example slide layout: title, climate or disease 1, climate or disease 2, climate or disease 3, climate or disease 4, which had the biggest impact and why, which is most impactful today, image bibliography, source bibliography = 9 slides)