204 Module Overview

Module 3 contains the following content – all original by author or contained in the Lumen textbook.

Textbook Reading – Chapter 4

Discussion Forum:

The discussion reading is linked on the course map.

This discussion will be based on the reading “The Instructions of Ptahhotep”.  Please don’t use the textbook reading for your responses, only use “The Instructions of Ptahhotep.”  For your initial post in this discussion please answer the following questions: “Based on this reading what do you think it would have been like to live in Egypt?  In your opinion what would have been some positive and negative aspects about life in Egypt?  Based on this reading is it somewhere you would like to live?”

Initial posts must be at least 200 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook.

After posting your initial post you are required to reply to at least one other student.  Replies must be at least 100 words in length and have at least one new quote from “The Instructions of Ptahhotep.” (not a quote you used in your initial post and not a quote that is in the post you are replying to).

All posts must be made by the deadline for the discussion forum to receive full credit.

Short Essay:

Submit your short essay for Module #3 here.  The question for this essay is: “Based on this module’s textbook reading, in general what kings or dynasties did the best job ruling Egypt?  What policies did they use which were successful?  What was the main factor that led to the decline of Egyptian Kindoms?”

This essay must be at least 500 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook to recieve full credit.

Quiz: Some questions are from the Boundless text, some are original.  The course Map links to the quiz.