Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 APPROACHING THE HUMANITIES

How is studying the humanities beneficial to you as a person and as a professional? Why does thinking and writing about history require a different approach than we’re accustomed to? What are some of the conventions (the rules and expectations) of thinking and writing about history?

Use key details from the lesson and reading for this week to help support your response.

In addition, here are some extra resources to get you started.

Approaching History Questions (Links to an external site.)

A Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper

DQ2 EARLY EASTERN MORAL SYSTEMS

The Chinese moral order (much like that of the Greeks) “depended not upon divine decree or authority, but instead upon the people’s own right actions” (Sayre, 2016, p. 106). Please discuss the development of China’s religious texts from Chapter 3: Empire: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in Rome, China, and India. What were the main ideals expressed in these texts?

As part of your response, consider the development of Hinduism and Buddhism in India from Chapter 3. Were these religions based upon divine decree or on people’s own actions? What were some of the important premises of Indian religions?

Be sure to provide specific examples from the reading to help develop your response (and use the flipbook below to point you in the right direction!).

 

HUMN303 Introduction to the Humanities

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Last week, you discussed two of the five major world religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. This week, you will examine the rise, spread, and development of the remaining three in particular: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Please review this week’s lesson, Chapter 4: The Flowering of Religion in the textbook, and the video demonstrating how religion spread around the world before answering the following questions.

How the 5 Major World Religions Spread (Links to an external site.)

Of the five major world religions, which are monotheistic and which are polytheistic? Why? What part of their origin stories render them monotheistic or polytheistic?

What are the primary teachings of each of the world religions?

How did each of these religions influence the others as they were developing?

DQ2 Capellanus and Courtly Love

In Chapter 5 of your textbook as well as in this week’s lesson, you began reading about the medieval period (also referred to as the Middle Ages or the Dark Ages). To get started, briefly discuss the feudal system of medieval Europe. Then, conduct a bit of research on Andreas Capellanus’s The Art of Courtly Love before you read the assigned section (see Chapter 5, pages 32–33, “What Persons Are Fit for Love” at https://sirmykel.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/the-art-of-courtly-love-andreas-cappelanus.pdf.

In Capellanus’s view, who is fit for love? Why or why not? How is this text based on the class system deeply ingrained within the feudal system?

Be sure to use specific examples from the lesson and text to help support your claims, and remember from last week that although we should not judge old texts against modern standards, we do need understand what ideas authors such as Capellanus present.

 

HUMN303 Introduction to the Humanities

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 GOTHICISM, NATURALISM, AND HUMANISM

How did Gothicism and naturalism in the late medieval period lead to the defining characteristic of the Renaissance—humanism? Consider the ideas explored in both Chapters 6 and Chapter 7 as you plan your response and include specific examples from the reading to help develop your response.

DQ2 RENAISSANCE ART ANALYSIS – RENAISSANCE TEAM 2

This week, your goal is to help one another create a narrated presentation discussing a Renaissance painting or sculpture. You’ll be divided into groups. In each group discussion, please begin by

reading the section in the lesson on art, watching the art tutorial, and then helping one another discuss the components of visual art. Then choose a painting or sculpture by an artist discussed in Chapter 7: The Renaissance: Florence, Rome, and Venice in the textbook and talk about the historical context, as well as the artist’s life. Your task by the end of the week is to create a 3-minute video or narrated slide show that unpacks the techniques used by your artist and potential meanings of the painting. Please post your video or presentation here by the end of the week, and carefully use APA formatting to help with any research you wish to integrate.

Please make sure you review the assignment for the week as it contains more detail, and as always, please review the grading rubric and use it as your checklist to complete before submitting your assignment.

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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.

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Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.

One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.

I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.

In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.

Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).

Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).

Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.

I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.

As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.

It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.

Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.

Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?

Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.

Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:

Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.