202 Module Overview

Module 1 contains the following content – all original by author or contained in the Lumen textbook.

Textbook Reading – Chapter 1

Discussion forum:

This discussion will be based on the textbook reading for the chapter.  For your initial post in this discussion please answer the following questions: “What are some of the challenges of writing history?  What mistakes have historians made, and in your opinion what is the best way to write a good history?  In your opinion is it possible to write an objective account of the past?

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 textbook (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 #1 here.  The question for this essay is: “Discuss the differences between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Era for early humans.  How did the lifestyle of early humans change after the Neolithic Revolution?  Also, explain three major theories that account for the beginning of the Neolithic Age.”

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.

 

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