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# The Myth of the "Dark Ages"

### Goals for this week

By the end of this week, what should students **know**, be able to **do** and **understand**?

This week will be the reset for the course. We will read 

### Overview:

Provide a short rationale for this week’s work suggesting its purpose in terms of the program of studies. (Why we're doing this...)

### **Online Time**

What will you focus on during your FaceTime with the students?

### Read/Watch/Listen

What do students need to read this week?

### Practice

In this week and the next weeks we will be closely reading *The Devil's Historians*

### **Discuss**

What questions should students be discussing with each other on the discussion board for this course?

### **Do**

For this week's writing assignment, write about a historian (alive or dead, but preferably a medievalist) that you have read, heard about, or follow on social media.  

Submit an [End of Week Report ](https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=lRjZagbeXki8UfzhJsyFMHYe4bjIkPJLpePMoYTjyCNUQlY3V0pYOVJPQVMzVDJXR05OWjBHT01YQy4u)on Sunday night (each week) to let me know if you have any questions and (this week) to provide a link to your cuPortfolio profile.

### **Assess** 

Is there a graded assignment this week? If so, what is the assignment and when does it need to be submitted?

### Going Further

If students want to do more to ensure success, what materials and resources (e.g. reading, video, audio simulations, games) do you recommend?

### **Help**

 If a student is struggling, how should they seek help?