Assignment: Read http://www.open2.net/historyandthearts/history/disagree3.html and then write two separate 'histories' of your own family. In the first history, write in the style of Herodotus; in the second, write in the style of Thucydides.
Here is a good example of the former: http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hh/hh2000.htm
And here is a good example of the writing style of the later: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/7142/7142-h/7142-h.htm
Due Tuesday -- two to three pages each; must demonstrate understanding of the difference between the writing styles of Herodotus and Thucydides (for example, the former must include hear-say from family, relatives, etc while the latter must display research of a more scientific nature such as finding documents, photographs, evidence); please post to your blog; 100 points.
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