This will be a five part assignment. Below is part 2 & 3 you will argue and prove a thesis related to Holocaust history  Topic: Does humanity learn from history? The Holocaust – Three Key Lessons for Humanity,   Part 2  SIX sources, 3 questions, and thesis draft statement Please bold Thesis draft statement  What does […]

Take two of the six religions that we have studied so far (Indigenous North American religions, Indigenous African religions, Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism) and compare and contrast their world outlooks, historical development, and their way of life.  How are they similar?  How are they different? 

 Climate Change; The Chernobyl accident  Directions Read these directions and the rubric criteria and reach out to your instructor if you have any questions before you begin working on this project. Many of the steps below will require you to reference and utilize the work you have done in previous modules of this course. You […]

1. “The Supreme Io and the Creation of the World,” by Maori, and the “Yoruba Creation Narrative,” by the Yuraba people, are similar in the ways how societies believed in higher beings creating everything as well as the existence of something being present before the creation of humans such as bodies of water, higher beings, […]

Take two of the six religions that we have studied so far (Indigenous North American religions, Indigenous African religions, Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism) and compare and contrast their world outlooks, historical development, and their way of life.  How are they similar?  How are they different?

story of world civilization, from the beginning of man until the 20th century, from a student’s perspective. In this student interpretation of world civilization the goal is to discover a common theme that connects the different historical periods and civilizations discussed in the various readings and documentaries. OgierGhiselindeBusbecqtheTurkishLetters1555-1562.pdf AMongolGovernor.pdf AnAztecAccountoftheConquestofMexico.pdf TheTrueHistoryoftheConquestofNewSpain.pdf ColumbusLetterfromtheFirstVoyage.pdf JournaloftheFirstVoyageofVascodaGama.pdf PopolVuh.pdf TheCreationEpic.pdf […]

Research several Rolling Stone (or well-renowned journalistic publication of choice) album reviews (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews) and, using those reviews as archetypes, write a 400-600 word review of an album of your choice. Excellent album reviews will have some historical context (i.e., comparing similar previous albums by that artist and other artists) and a well-written narrative that includes […]

Creation Stories:  Select one creation story from the assigned reading in World’s Wisdom and one from World Together Worlds Apart Chapter 1 (see the end of the chapter).  Compare the stories.  How are they similar? How do they differ?  How might these inform our understanding about the peoples/societies that told these stories?  Dance, Creativity, Trade:   Choose two of the three topics.  Briefly, summarize what was […]

Order Instructions 5-2 Activity: Historical Interpretations of Past and Present Overview Over the past few weeks, you have examined how context, perspective, and bias impact what we know about history and how we talk about it. You also started to make connections between your research question, historical event, and current event. In this activity, you […]

   All students are required to respond to other student posts each week The goal here is to ENGAGE in respectful dialogue – be supportive of each other, even as you are critical of each other’s ideas.     Gabe-  This sections deal with the evolution of the “Final Solution” and also how the eradication of the Jews […]