Due
at the beginning of class,
(in
both paper and electronic form)
Directions:
Electronic copy (to
victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu): the subject header can be whatever,
but the name of your attached file should
be:
S10-215-E1-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S10-215-E1-Doe, John) or
Paper copy: bring to class or to my
office
Length:
see below
citing
reminders:
you
must cite your sources of information (facts, theories, etc).
for
print sources one must
include specific page numbers
bibliography reminders:
at
end of paper
not on a separate sheet (if possible)
only
include entries for what you used in
your
paper
make
sure the bibliography is in the same font as your main text
make
sure that you use hanging indents for the bibliography
Option 1: Write two 600-1000ish word
essays
on two of the three topics
given below: Option
2:
Write
one
1200-1800
word
essay
on one
of the three topics below:
1.
Evidence to draw from: Ch 2 from Leonard; Ch 4 from
Powell; pdf of big bang Prompt:
Compare/contrast the
poetic version of the Big Bang with 2 (option 1) or 4 (option2) of the
creation (of all) myths we have
covered, but exclude those you covered in your paper #1.
2. Evidence to draw from:
Ch 2 from Leonard, Ch 4-5 from Powell. Prompt: We
recently covered
in class how myths share some similarities
with
science, with history, and
with "social contracts." For 2-3 (option 1) or 4-5 (option 2) of the
myths relating to the creation
of humans which we have covered in class, demonstrate how the myths
could be considered "good science" for that time and place.
3. Evidence to draw from: Ch
2, 4-5 from Leonard Prompt: We
recently covered
in class how myths share some similarities with science with history,
and with "social contracts." For the Iroquois myth in Ch 2, the Hindu
myth in Ch 4 (option 2), and 1 (option 1) or 2 (option 2) of the myths
in Ch 5, examine what
similarities, if any, there are in the "social contracts" implicit in
all three myths.