Response Paper:           Due on Discussion Fridays        12 points each

On certain Fridays you will turn in a 1½ to 2 page Response Paper (RP).

The purpose of the RP is to confirm that you have engaged the primary sources and help you think through the readings by answering one of the Review Questions listed immediately after one of the weekly readings in the Perspectives of the Past (PP) book.

For example: Here is the reading Assignment for Week 2

 

WC 16-21 PP 24-29: Code of Hammurabi

WC 22-35 PP 32-38: Instruction of Ptah-Hotep

 

Select ONE of the Readings to analyze: either Code of Hammurabi) or Instructions of Ptah-Hotep and answer a one of the questions (on pg. 21 or 38.) Your answer should include material from the Reading and from the lecture, textbook, and other primary sources to ground your observations; no need for secondary sources. Please make reference to specific readings in you RP by using drop-down footnotes in order to save space. You may refer to your papers during the Friday Discussion, as we talk about the texts and issues.

Format: 

• double spaced
• 12 point font
• one inch margins (top and bottom and sides)
• NO COVER PAGE
• Print front/back if possible
•  “drop-down” footnotes
  • proper citation style (see footnote below)

To insert drop-down footnotes in MS Word: place the cursor at the end of the sentence you wish to reference. Go to the “References” tab. Select “AB¹ Insert Footnote.” This will automatically place a numbered footnote at that location. This system will also re-organize all numbers as you work through the text.

 

Due Date	Response Paper	Reading Assignment:
Sept. 14	RP A	PP 24-29: Code of Hammurabi PP 32-38: Instruction of Ptah-Hotep
Sept. 21	RP B	PP 43-46; 49-51 Letter from Hittite Queen PP 57-64: Annals of Ashurnasirpal and Herodotus
Sept. 28	RP C	PP: 85-91: Spartan Society and Values PP 105-113: Thucydides, Peloponnesian War
Oct. 5	RP D	PP 138-144: Aristotle, Politics and Plutarch on Alex PP 149-155 Stoicism
Oct. 19	RP E	PP 220-239 Procopius and the Qu’ran PP 248-252: “Life of Charlemagne”
Oct. 26	RP F	PP 253-261: Letter to Bishop Hermann PP 274-284: Account of First Crusade and Arabic Account
Nov. 2	RP G	PP 318-320: Papal Bull Unam Sanctum PP 307-313: Aquinas, Summa Theologica
Nov. 19	RP H	PP 376-383: Voyage to Africa PP 405-9: Machiavelli, Prince
Nov. 30	RP I	PP 420-425: Luther, “Large Catechism” PP 438-441: Loyola, Spiritual Exercises       445-448: Life of Teresa of Avila