Schedule & Syllabus
Each week, Renaissance Fellows are expected to do 6 to 8 hours of reading, 1 hour of writing, and 2 to 3 hours of creative project work, per the schedule below.
Week 1 (July 18)
Reading: Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Biography: Jane Goodall (Primatologist, Anthropologist)
Creative Project: Review ideas and themes for project
Talk Show #1: July 21
Week 2 (July 25)
Reading: Excerpts from The Odyssey by Homer
Biography: Galileo Galilei (Astronomer)
Creative Project: Select project theme
Talk Show # 2: July 28
Week 3 (August 1)
Reading: The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe
Biography: Gauss (Mathematician)
Creative Project: Start project
Talk Show #3: August 4
Week 4 (August 8)
Reading: The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss (Audiobook), 'Mother to Son' (Poem) by Langston Hughes, and Excerpts from Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Biography: Al Biruni (Scientist)
Creative Project: Continue project work
Talk Show #4: August 11
Week 5 (August 15)
Reading: Selected Proverbs from Confucius & Mencius, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Act III, Scene I) by William Shakespeare, and Misery (a short story) by Anton Chekhov
Biography: Socrates (Philosopher)
Creative Project: Continue project work
Talk Show #5: August 18
Week 6 (August 22)
Books: Excerpts from "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. and The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Biographies: Leonardo Da Vinci
Creative Project: Complete project
Talk Show #6: August 25
