If you have read these two stories Herodotus, Histories and Thucydides, History of The Peloponnesian War, the assignment is questions from the stories.

Week Ten: 3/15/19

Guided Inquiry: History

1) Describe your impression of the stylistic and ideological differences between Herodotus and Thucydides. Why are these differences (as you’ve described them) important to a consideration of ‘history’ as a genre? USE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION.

2) Choose three newspaper articles (published in 2019) from three different sources and a) respond to their rhetorical position and b) their subsequent relationship to the historical record.