How one human theme is expressed in two different societies

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Assignment: Comparative Human Experience

Compare how one human theme is expressed in two different societies or civilizations covered in the course.

Step I: Choose Two Civilizations

To begin your analysis, choose two different societies or civilizations that we have covered in this class, within the time period we have considered (ca. 5000 BCE-1600 CE). Refer back to your Final Project Preparation assignment that you completed, in which you chose two different societies or civilizations.

Step II: Choose One Theme

Then, choose one of the following themes for your analysis:

1. Mortality
2. Birth or Rebirth
3. Evil
4. Justice
5. Truth
6. Beauty
7. Suffering
8. Happiness
9. Enslavement
10. Order
11. Common Good

Step III: Choose your sources

1. Choose two works considered primary sources from each civilization

a. Select at least two works (literature, philosophy, theology, art, architecture, or music) from each culture or society that expresses the chosen theme of your analysis, for a total of four primary sources.

2. Choose two scholarly secondary sources, one relevant to each civilization

a. Select at least two scholarly secondary sources, such as scholarly journal articles, scholarly books, or chapters in scholarly books. Remember that the textbook does not count toward this research requirement.

Step IV: Prepare Your Analysis

In your analysis,

1. Compare how one human theme is expressed in two different societies or civilizations covered in the course.

2. Examine at least two works considered primary sources from each of the chosen societies or civilizations that express the human theme (four works total).

3. Explain how the society or civilization in which it was created influenced each work.

4. Utilize at least two scholarly secondary sources, one for each of the chosen societies or civilizations, to help you contextualize and explain these works.

5. Discuss how ideas about the theme in the societies or civilizations you have chosen influence our thinking today.

Step V: Choose a Format to Present Your Analysis

For your final project, you are encouraged to think openly and choose the format for your original work from the list below that enables you to express yourself most effectively. Note: Unless you choose to submit a research paper as your original work, you must create and upload a transcript to meet the requirements of this assignment. The transcript should include a script of what you read for your presentation, plus any additional dialog and descriptive information that will help others understand your work clearly. If your instructor will need a hyperlink to access your presentation, don't forget to include it at the beginning of the transcript that you upload to the classroom.

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