Week 7 peer review & final

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Week 7 PEER REVIEW

Each week we will ask your pre-selected group to focus on one major strand of the Humanities during this time period. Please be sure that each member of your group selects a different topic from within your assigned strand (History/Culture; Religion/Philosophy; Visual Arts; or Literary/Music). To present your topic in your group, you could either write a post (at least 3 paragraphs/300-500 words, and include photos/videos/music), or do a PowerPoint Presentation (at least 7-10 slides, and include photos/videos/music).

Post your presentation in your group Discussion Forum by Thursday night and respond to several peer postings by Sunday night. Your response could include insights you learned from your peers’ presentations, connections you are able to draw between your peers’ presentations and your own, or revelations you had that help you to interpret this chapter in a new way.

This Humanities course will embrace the adult learning model of drawing upon the insight and wisdom of the group through peer presentations on topics of interest from the participants. Each week, participants will select a topic from a list of options, and will research and present information and insights on that subject to the group. The topics will be identified in four columns or “strands” of similar subjects, based on the division of the Timeline found in the text at the end of each chapter. The four strands are usually divided as: Historical Events; Landmarks in Visual Arts; Literary Landmarks; and Music Landmarks. Sometimes the strands will substitute different topics (such as Religion/Philosophy or Beyond the West) depending on the era covered in the chapter.

The class will be divided into four learning communities at the beginning of the course (group A, B, C, and D). Each of the four learning communities will have a different strand assigned to individually select a topic to present to the group. (Note: this is NOT a group project. Rather, each member of the learning community will individually select a different topic found within your assigned strand.) Each week the learning community will rotate to a new strand, so they will have the opportunity to explore most strands up to two different times. Individuals can select a topic of a similar theme not found in their strand (but also following the theme of the assigned strand) with approval of the professor.

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THERE IS NO NON PEER REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE FINAL PAPER ONLY PEER REVIEW FOR THE DISCUSSION

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Outline 3

The benefit of supporting the home language of immigrant children as a foundation for English language learning and competency

I. Why this is a social justice issue?

a. Our role as a society

b. Two schools of thought in the US educational system

II. The immigrant family

a. Past experiences

b. Hopes and aspirations

c. Challenges, system blockages

III. Advantages of the home language for emerging bilingual children

a. Studies and research

IV. The Outlook

a. What still needs to be done

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WEEK 7 PAPER HUMANITIES

Reflection (before action) is a very important part of the learning process, and an essential component of the Jesuit Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm of: Experience - Reflection - Action. Additionally, synthesis of material is necessary to demonstrate evidence of the higher registers of learning, and this class has been designed to be able to help students demonstrate ‘mastery’ over important concepts in the Humanities. In order to demonstrate ‘mastery’, a student needs to show that they can evaluate ideas, and to create new ideas within a particular discipline. Please keep these motivations in mind as you compose your essay.

From the beginning of this class, we have been working with the following definition of the Humanities: the Humanities consist of the ways in which humans have used philosophy, literature, religion, art, music, history, and language, in order to process, interpret, and document our world and the human experience. Because we want you to be able to evaluate, see patterns, and to synthesize information, please draw on the materials you have read and learned in Chapters 13-15, as well as your own work from Weeks 5 through 7, in order to answer these two questions in your essay ( 4- to 6-pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman font size 12):

Please note: There is no single correct answer to any of these questions. These questions are open-ended because we want to see what you can identify and synthesize.

Please also consider using in your paper headings that relate to each of the three questions (and any sub-parts) below, so as to focus your answer and to ensure you are answering the questions as asked.

1. Please restrict your focus to one strand (philosophy, religion, art, music, history, language, etc.) of the humanities covered in chapters 13-15. Write about:

a. Why is the development of this area of the humanities culturally important? b. What patterns do you see—if any—in the ways that different cultures have expressed this strand of the humanities?

2. What new ideas came to you about the role of marginalized voices; do any of those ideas change your definition or view of the humanities?

3. How has what you have learned over the past seven weeks of this course helped you to understand the human experience in a better way? How (i.e., in what way) will this knowledge cause you to ACT differently in your own life?