Some timeline links you’ll need for class today:

And the syllabus description of your upcoming second paper assignment:

  • In this paper, you’ll identify one or more lessons about keeping secrets drawn from historical examples of codes and ciphers—examples we’ve read and discussed, as well as ones we haven’t. This paper will give you the chance to practice your descriptive writing, while using examples and stories to support a central argument.
  • Here’s where that timeline will come in handy, by providing leads for examples you could use in your paper. Also potentially useful: the essays on historical codes and ciphers written by students in the 2012 and 2014 offerings of this course, available on the course blog. You’ll need to do some original research, too.
  • Your paper should be between 1,000 and 1,250 words in length. It will be graded primarily on the quality of your examples and how well you connect your examples to your thesis.