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Over the years, we have noticed that students often come to 91̽�� with a varying range of mythological, historical, and cultural backgrounds concerning Greece and Rome. To level the playing field for all students and to supplement our current Latin and Greek curriculum, the department has selected two to three books (depending on whether you are taking Latin or Latin AND Greek) from which you will read selections over the course of your Classics career at 91̽��. The texts are all in English and touch on important aspects of Greek and Roman mythology, history, and daily life. For some of you, these readings will be a review. For others, the material may seem less familiar. Regardless, having some familiarity with the material covered in the assigned readings will provide useful contextual information for your courses in the fall. Please consult the course titles below to see which particular books and chapters have been assigned for your specific course. You may purchase the texts independently or through the 91̽�� bookstore.

Texts:

1. Abigail Graham & Anthony Kamm, The Romans, 4th edition( ISBN-13: 9781138543898)
2. Marianthe Colakis & Mark Joan Masello, Classical Mythology & More: A Reader Workbook ( ISBN-13: 978-0865165731)
3. Classical Gods and Heroes (978-0688052799)
4. JACT, The World of Athens: An Introduction to Classical Athenian Culture, 2nd edition (ISBN-13: 978-0521698535)
5. Virgil’s Aeneid (9780553210415)

LATIN 1:
Classical Mythology & More: chapters 1-4: the Muses; the Creation of the World & Earliest Deities; the Olympians Part 1; the Olympians Part 2

Classical Gods and Heroes: myths as told by the ancient authors: Introduction & pp.11-55

LATIN 2:
Classical Gods and Heroes: Introduction & pp.153-237

LATIN 3:
The Romans: An Introduction: chapters 1-3: the Origins of Rome; the Republic; Twelve Caesars (through Augustus)

LATIN 2-3:
Classical Mythology & More: chapters 1-4: the Muses; the Creation of the World & Earliest Deities; the Olympians Part 1; the Olympians Part 2

Classical Gods and Heroes: Introduction & pp.153-237

The Romans: An Introduction: chapters 1-3: the Origins of Rome; the Republic; Twelve Caesars (through Augustus)

LATIN 4:
The Romans: An Introduction: chapters 2-3, 8: the Republic; Twelve Caesars (through Augustus); Roman Literature

AP LATIN:
Virgil’s Aeneid (trans. Mandlebaum): books 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12
Classical Mythology & More: chapters 16, 18: the House of Troy & the Trojan War; Aeneas

Intensive Greek:
: Introduction: an outline history; Chapter 4 – Athenian Society; Chapter 5 – Athenian Democracy & Imperialism

Advanced Greek: Plato
: Chapter 3: Human Obligations, Values and Concerns; Chapter 7: The Intellectual World

Class IV

Class IV English
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro), ISBN: 978-0593311295

Class III

Perspectives: Genre and Culture
The Dew Breaker (Edwidge Danticat), ISBN: 9781400034291

Founding Voices: Literature from the Ancient World through the Renaissance
Beowulf Translator: S. Heaney Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN: 0-374-11119-7

Performing Literature
Whereas  (Layli Long Soldier) ISBN: 978-1555977672

Seeing Literature
Ways of Seeing (John Berger), ISBN: 0140135154
Passing (Nella Larsen), ISBN: 9780142437278 (Penguin edition)

“It was all a dream…”: The Power of Poetry through Close Reading and Analysis
How to be Drawn (Terrance Hayes), ISBN: 978-0-14-312688-1 pb

Class II

American Literature
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates), ISBN: 978-0812993547
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), ISBN: 978-0-7432-7356-5

Literature and the Human Condition
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë), ISBN: 978-0141441146

People and the Natural World
World of Wonders by (Milkweed Editions), ISBN: 978-1571313652
In the Shadow of Tungusuak by Chris Buckley (Memorial University Press), ISBN: 9781778219368

Literature and the Environmental Humanities
Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies (Picador), ISBN: 978-0312428594

The Novel Since 1800: Narratives in Conversation
Willa Cather. My Antonia. (Vintage), ISBN: 978-0525562863
Louise Erdrich. Tracks. (Harper), ISBN: 978-0060972455

Reading Consciousness
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison), ISBN-13: ‎978-0679732761

Literature of Technology and Disruption
The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara  –
ISBN13: 9780393541755

Class I

Modern Comparative Literature
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky), ISBN: 978-0451530066

After 2000
White Teeth (Smith), ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0375703867

Shakespeare and Cinema
Hamlet (Arden, 2nd ed, Ed. Ann Thompson), ISBN-13: 978-1472518385
This is Shakespeare (Emma Smith), ISBN-13: 9781984898159

The Craft of Non-Fiction
Invisible Child (Andrea Elliott), ISBN: 9780812986952

Philosophy and Literature
The Anomaly (Herve Le Tellier), ISBN: 9781635421699

We Are What We Read
The Lazarus Project (Aleksandar Hemon), ISBN: 978-1594483752

Reading and Writing Masculinities
The Iliad (Emily Wilson),‏ ISBN: ‎ 978-1324076148

Lit & Nature of Reality
Dracula (Bram Stoker), ISBN:‎ 9780141439846

World History (Class IV)
This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity (David Christian) ISBN: 9781933782041

Challenges and Changemakers in World History (Class III-II)
This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity (David Christian) ISBN: 9781933782041

The United States in the Modern World 1 (Class IV)
When America First Met China (Eric Jay Dolin) ISBN: 9780871406897

The United States in the Modern World 2 (Class III)
New England Bound (Wendy Warren) ISBN: 9780871406729

United States History (Class III)
New England Bound (Wendy Warren) ISBN: 9780871406729

United States History (Class II-I)
New England Bound (Wendy Warren) ISBN: 9780871406729

History of the Middle East
I Remember Fallujah: A Novel (Feurat Alani) ISBN:9781635424645

Modern China
NO summer Reading.

Topics in Modern World History: In the Aftermath: Case Studies in Transitional Justice
Black Dog of Fate (Peter Balakian) ISBN: 9780465010196

Adv History: Cold War America
NO Summer Reading

African-American History
The Fire This Time (James Baldwin) ISBN: 9780679744726

Activism/Justice in a Digital World
NO summer reading

American Government
The Future of Freedom (Fareed Zakaria) ISBN: 9780393331523

Psychology Seminar
NO summer reading

Topics in Psychology
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon) ISBN: 9781400032716

Economic Inequality
Poverty, By America (Matthew Desmond, ISBN: 9780593239933

Welcome to the hub for our Mathematics Summer Skills Refreshers.

Each of these DeltaMath collections focuses on core concepts in Mathematics to help minimize the summer drain when learned skills tend to seep away under the sun.
It is important to note that these sets of skills are not comprehensive to any class, so completion of one does not constitute having taken the prerequisite course for that set of problems.

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Regular Biology
The Serengeti Rules (Sean B. Carroll), pages 107-154 (additional reading is optional but encouraged), ISBN: 978-0691264295