Overview

Schedule

"Elements of Culture"

Assessments & Team Activities

Practice Research

Practice Instructions Project

Extra Credit

iFAQs

Abbreviations

ASA = Asian Art (anthology)

EB = "Encyclopedia Britannica" (on-line)

PPT = "PowerPoint Slides" (click to view)

RAP = Religions of Asia in Practice (anthology)

RDR = Course Reader

TRA = "Team Readiness Assessment"

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Schedule

All readings in this schedule must be completed by the day under which they are listed. This requirement is assessed via TRAs, homework and End-of-Unit Challenges throughout the semester. --> Accessing the Readings

CAUTION: I reserve the right to make revisions to on-line materials prior to their discussion in class at the relevant point in the semester. Therefore WAIT until that time to print out scenarios and reading guides.

Unit 1a: Late Medieval India (11th - 17th century CE)

Dates Tasks Readings

Tue, Feb 11

TRA 1a
(individually & in teams)

overview of Scenario 1a & Reading Guide 1a
—> **now posted**


STUDY key concepts in these overviews for TRA 1a:

BROWSE on-line information regarding contemporary practices described in Scenario 1a:

"Transform Space Into Place" (YouTube video; see also City Repair website)

A. one Christian athlete's connection to God (SacBee article)
    (see also his church's web site)
B. singing & dancing in a holiness church (YouTube video)
C. an animated retelling of an important story of one of Muhammad's followers (YouTube)

Thu, Feb 13

Application Exercise (ApEx) Set 1a

(*2 HOMEWORK PAGES REQUIRED* - use optional homework worksheet if helpful: PDF | MS Word)

LOCATE EXAMPLES from & BEGIN ANNOTATING these historical records to address the Scenario homework, using Reading Guide 1a & EB links below to get oriented:

A. "Akbar Riding the Elephant" & Memoirs of Jahangir (ASA: RDR, 9-13)

B. "Exemplary Devotion of the Servant of Hari" (RAP: RDR, 14-20

VIEW the following images to inform your reading of the above sources:

Tue, Feb 18

Bring Practice Research
Form (MS Word/PDF)
to class for *REVIEW*

ApEx Set 1a, continued

(*HOMEWORK PAGE REQUIRED* - use optional homework worksheet if helpful: PDF | MS ord)

LOCATE EXAMPLES from & BEGIN ANNOTATING these historical records to address the Scenario homework, using Reading Guide 1a & EB links below to get oriented:

C. "Life of Guru Nanak" (RAP: RDR, 21-27)

VIEW the following images to inform your reading of the above sources:

Thu, Feb 20

End-of-Unit Challenge 1a

  • 10 multiple choice questions
  • culminating team activity

 

FINISH ANNOTATING & REVIEW all the assigned historical records, guided by Reading Guide 1a, to prepare for End-of-Unit Challenge 1a:

IMPORTANT: annotations should include information about terms marked with asterisks (*) in Reading Guide 1a, which must be drawn from these **ONLINE** EB articles (click links below to access) and will be assessed in at least one of the multiple choice questions.

WARNING: make sure that you use these links to access EB; going through the library's database page may lead to different material, which will likely confuse you when preparing for TRA.

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