Course Descriptions for Fall 2007
Six-week courses on Monday and Tuesday evenings
The Best of Learning without the Exams
HAMLET: READING AND IMAGINING THE PLAY
Mondays, 5-6:30 pm
October 15-November 19
Tuition: $245
Hamlet, which has been called the greatest play ever written, has been performed and translated more than any other play in the world. This course is designed both for those who know the play and for those who have not yet read it. We will begin with an introduction to the Elizabethan theater and to the challenges and delights of reading Shakespeare and hearing and seeing the text in one's mind. We will use film clops, ranging from the era of the silent film to the modern screen, to explore the rich possibilities and striking variety of interpretations that the play offers. FA2 will supply the books so all students are using the same text.
Teacher : Lalise Melillo has taught Hamlet for many years. For 29 years, she has been teaching English and history at Falmouth Academy , where she is head of the history department. She holds a B.A. in English from Vanderbilt University and an M.A.T. from Wesleyan University . This course was sold out when Lalise taught it in the fall of 2006 .
BEGINNING CERAMICS FOR ADULTS
Mondays and Thursdays, 5-7 pm
October 15-November 8
Tuition: $270
You will learn the basics of working on the wheel or, if the wheel is not your cup of tea, working by hand using the extruder or slab roller. Tuition includes clay, glaze, and firing.
Teacher: Margaret Tew Ellsworth has taught studio arts at FA since 1983. She teaches fine arts and arts-in-the-humanities to FA students and ceramics for adults in Summer Programs at Falmouth Academy . A potter and painter with a studio in Sandwich, she has a B.A. from American University and M.F.A. from Pratt Institute.
EUOPE BETWEEN THE WARS: 1918-1939
Tuesdays, 7-8:30 pm
October 16-November 20
Tuition: $245
In the period between World Wars I and II, fascism and communism were on the rise in Western Europe ; democracy was under attack. This course will explore this pivotal time period and the causes and effects of these ideological struggles. Specific topics will include the rise of the Nazi party, the Spanish Civil War, and labor politics in England .
Teacher: J. Robinson (Rob) Wells has been a history teacher at Falmouth Academy since 1986. He has a B.A. from Bucknell University and an M.A. from the University of Connecticut, both in history, and has taught Falmouth Academy courses in ancient, European, and U.S. history, and in American foreign policy. Rob has taught FA 2 courses on Contemporary Europe and The Great War.
POST-INDEPENDENCE AFRICA: 1960-TODAY
Mondays, 7-8:30 pm
October 15-November 19
Tuition: $245
The course will examine the rise of independent African states following the departure of most colonial regimes in the 1960s. Filled with bright promise at their creation, many of these states faced economic and social collapse by the turn of the century. We will discuss the reasons for this, examining particularly some of the “Big Men” who plundered their own countries for personal profit, and the role of the West in tacitly supporting some of them. We will also examine the most recent trends in African politics, including the emergence of South Africa as a leading power on the continent since the end of apartheid.
Teacher: Michael McNaught has B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from Trinity College , Oxford , and an M.A. in history from Columbia . He retired to Falmouth in 2004 after a 44-year career in independent schools in New York , Connecticut , and Massachusetts . He taught a mini-course in African history to Falmouth Academy seniors (class of 2007), and has also taught courses for adults at the Falmouth Public Library. His life-long interest in Africa was prompted by a three-year residence in Tanganyika (now Tanzania ) when he was a teenager.
Registration
Pre-registration is required for all courses. Class size is limited.
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