Part One (250 words, which is 50 words per source)
Submit a bibliography containing five significant journal articles you plan to use for your Major Essay. For each source, provide a short explanation of no more than 50 words of its usefulness to your essay.
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
– Understand and use primary literary sources (in English translation) relating to ancient Greece in the 8th-4th centuries BC
– Study and interpret evidence of material culture (archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic) relating to ancient Greece in the 8th-4th centuries BC
– Read and evaluate modern academic studies (written in English) of Greece in the 8th-4th centuries BC
– Present written work to a high standard and accurate bibliographies
Part Two (2,000 words) – MAJOR ESSAY
The set question is: Why did the Spartans and their allies win the Peloponnesian War? Clearly identify and analyze the main factors.
Your answer to the essay question should demonstrate extensive use of primary and secondary sources.
Your essay should be based on an analysis and discussion of primary (ancient) sources. Secondary literature should be used to aid you in your analysis and interpretation of the ancient sources and to place your interpretation within the context of previous scholarship. All opinions included in the essay, whether quoted directly or paraphrased, MUST be referenced.
Remember to include every reference you have used in your bibliography.
Marking criteria:
1. Argument and critical evaluation of evidence
2. Structure and organization
3. Use of primary sources
4. Use of secondary sources
5. Grammar, style and spelling
6. Referencing and bibliography
