Freedom
Americans are fond of saying "It's a free country".
What does this mean to you?
What does this mean to you?
Razorback Virtues
Ben Franklin endeavored to improve himself using a list of virtues he considered important to moral perfection. What do students today need to achieve perfection?
Compose a list of virtues you think are important to students here in Schweinfurt. Name each virtue and include a description that describes how it benefits the lives of Schweinfurt students.
Compose a list of virtues you think are important to students here in Schweinfurt. Name each virtue and include a description that describes how it benefits the lives of Schweinfurt students.
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Jonathan Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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"The First Thanksgiving"
A Selection James Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me
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The Creation Myth
Homework: Read pages 6-9 and 20-25 in your Holt textbook before class on September 3.
Students should understand the following:
- What is an archetype?
- What is a myth?
- What types of archetypes appear in creation myths?
- What natural phenomena are creaton stories meant to explain?
Students, please refer to the three texts below:
Have you done your reading homework? Click here to access the reading quiz for Native American Literature: Reading Quiz 1
Assignment: You will write your own creation story. See the writing assignment here. This is due Sunday Spetember 8th at midnight. For all due dates and deadlines, please see the calendar.
Why study literature?
- Why do we read "classic" texts?
- Why read books written hundreds of years ago
or in countries we don't live in? - Why read dull and complex translations?
- Why read historical texts?
- Why do we read at all?