Assignments

Topic Assignments Due date Submission Grade
Unit: First Words Lessons Learned: Enuma elish Importance - -
05 - Study Questions: The Gilgamesh Epic - -
07 - Gilgamesh's Hero's Journey - -
08 - Gilgamesh Essay Questions - -
12 - Flood Compare and Contrast - -
13 - Additional Narratives: Flood Compare and Contrast - -
14 - Effect of Geography on Stories and Culture (Presentation) - -
Unit: Search Engines vs Electronic Databases 02 - Assignment: Search Engine vs. Electronic Databases - -
05 - Assignment: Now You Try - -
08 - Reflection #2 - -
Unit: The Written Word 02 - History of the Written Word Presentation - -
03 - Written Word: Power and Control - -
05 - Reflection #3 - -
Unit: It's Greek to Me 02 - Who has time for all that? - -
03 - The Story of Prometheus - -
06 - Romanticism: It might not be what you think it is... - -
07 - William Blake - -
08 - It's Greek to Me Unit Assessment - -
09 - Reflection #4 - -
Unit: Read This Book! 01 - Creation of New Life - -
Quiz #4 Chapters 11-14 - -
Quiz #5 Chapters 15-17 - -
Quiz #6 Chapters 18-23 (There are spoilers here if you've not read up to Ch. 23) - -
07 - Explicit/Implicit - -
08 - Finding the message - -
10 - Victor's Emotional State - -
11 - Discussion Questions - -
11.1 - Essay Topics - -
12 - Key Ideas and Details Project - -
14 - Craft and Structure Project - -
15 - Versions - -
16 - Frankenstein Inspires - -
17 - Moving Pictures - -
18 - Through the Contrast of Comparison... - -
19 - Message in the Medium - -
20 - What if? - -
21 - The Outsider - -
23 - Reflection #5 - -
Unit: That Couldn't Really Happen 01 - Science Article Review - -
02 - What's Next? - -
03 - Rights and Responsibilities - -
04 - Cloning Responses - -
05 - Defend the Scientist - -
06 - Summary of an Issue - -
07 - Essay Response - -
08 - Reflection #6 - -
Unit: Blogging 02 - Blogging Questions - -
05 - Submit your finished blog - -
Reflection #9 - -
Unit: Shakespeare Again?! 04 - Character Guide - -
05 - Language in Context - -
06 - Dueling Monologues - -
08 - Citicism and analysis - -
Reflection #6 - -
Unit: Norse Myth 02 - Assignment: Norse "Discovery" of America - -
03 - Assignment: The Kensington Runestone - -
05 - Reflections on Odin's Wisdom - -
07 - Norse Governance Compared to the U.S. Democracy - -
08 - Using Norse Ideals in the Modern World - -
12 - The Gods & Their Stories - -
14 - Assignment: Thor's Journey to Utgard - -
15 - Who do you think you are? - -
16 - Fill in the (Ginnunga)gap - -
18 - Reflection on the Norse Outlook - -
20 - Rewriting Ragnarok - -
22 - It's Time to Rebuild - -
25 - Saga Review/Report - -
27 - Hero's Monomyth - -
28 - Essay: Stories and Culture - -
29 - Reflection #7 - -
Unit: Current Events 02 - Article Review - -
03 - Article Analysis - -
07 - Become a watchdog - -
08 - Current Events Presentation - -
Reflection #8 - -
Unit: The Future of Communication 01 - The TED Talk Phenomenon - -
02 - Interwebs 2.0 - -
04 - Net Neutrality Analysis - -
06 - Meme Assignment - -
07 - Jargon and Misinformation - -
08 - Future Tense - -
09 - Copyright - -
10 - Reflection on the Law - -
11 - You Write the Law - -
12 - Fair Use Scenarios - -
13 - Culture Critique Remix - -
Reflection #10 - -
Unit: Problem/Solution 02 - Research Project Part 1 - -
04 - Assignment: Podcast - -
05 - Assignment: Be Represented - -
Reflection #11 - -