2. HUM 105 (Jerusalem) Week
5 Learning Team
Assignment
HUM 105 (Rome) Week 5
Learning Team Assignment
Secular
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word
paper on the secular organization
that was assigned to your team in
Week 1. Explain how one to three
of its locations functions as a
sacred place(s). As you do so,
explain what elements mythic
sacred places have in common,
and how they function in their
cultures. Illustrate your analysis of
your chosen contemporary secular
place by comparing it to at least
one other sacred place taken from
a traditional myth.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word
paper on the secular organization
that was assigned to your team in
Week 1. Explain how one to three
of its locations functions as a
sacred place(s). As you do so,
explain what elements mythic
sacred places have in common
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3. HUM 105 (Washington) Week 5
Learning Team Assignment Secular
Organizations and Sacred Places
Paper (UOP)
HUM 105 Entire Course
(UOP)
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word
paper on the secular organization
that was assigned to your team in
Week 1. Explain how one to three
of its locations functions as a
sacred place(s). As you do so,
explain what elements mythic
sacred places have
HUM 105 Week 1 DQs
HUM 105 Week 1 Individual
Assignment: Theories of Myth
Paper
HUM 105 Week 2 DQs
HUM 105 Week 2 Learning Team
Assignment: Discussion
HUM 105 Week 3 DQs
HUM 105 Week 3 Individual
Assignment: Comparing Gods and
Goddesses Paper
HUM 105 Week 4 DQs
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4. HUM 105 Week 1 DQ 1,
DQ 2 and DQ 3 (UOP)
HUM 105 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Theories of Myth
Paper (UOP)
What do the differences between
the various creations myths tell
us about the culture of origin of
each narrative?
Write a 700- to 1,050-word
paper summarizing and
applying theories of myth to
selected creation myths. Myth &
Knowing discusses a variety of
theoretical approaches scholars
use to better understand
mythology. Select three of those
theories
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5. HUM 105 Week 2 DQ 1,
DQ 2 and DQ 3 (UOP)
HUM 105 Week 2 Learning
Team Assignment Discussion
(UOP)
How do the goddesses described
in the myths studied resemble
human women?
How do they differ?
Answer the Learning Team DQ
using the secular location that I
posted to your LT forum. In
what ways does your assigned
city function as a sacred place?
What event(s) occurred there
which caused a mythology to
arise? What specific place(s)
within that city carry sacred
and/or mythological
significance? Use Chapter 6 of
the textbook to support your
answer.
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6. HUM 105 Week 3 DQ 1,
DQ 2 and DQ 3 (UOP)
HUM 105 Week 3 Individual
Assignment Comparing Gods
and Goddesses Paper (UOP)
Myths of the male divine focus on
gods. Many of the gods are fathers, and
many father other gods.
How do these myths of paternity relate
to the creation myths you studied in
Week One?
How do myths of masculine divine
determine how cultures concoct the
ideal for men?
Write a 1,250- to 1,500-word
paper comparing myths
focusing on goddesses and
gods. In this paper, please
include the following:
Describe the elements and
functions of goddess myths.
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7. HUM 105 Week 4 DQ 1,
DQ 2 and DQ 3 (UOP)
HUM 105 Week 4 Individual
Assignment Tricksters Ancient
and Modern Presentation (UOP)
Are tricksters role models for
human action? If so, how so?
And if not, what function do
these myths have?
How do deceiver anatomies
associate to heroes? Do
deceivers assist, endanger, or
challenge heroes?
Prepare a presentation on the
trickster. Identify a figure from
contemporary popular culture
that is not explicitly drawn from
mythology.
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8. HUM 105 Week 4 Learning
Team Assignment Peer
Review (UOP)
HUM 105 Week 5 DQ 1,
DQ 2 and DQ 3 (UOP)
Using the Peer Review form that
is posted in the Course Materials
forum, complete a peer review of
the rough draft from one of the
members of your Learning Team.
What is the worth of an object,
such as a nation’s flag or its
national symbol? What does it
symbolize, or what likely
significance is attached to such
physical objects? In short, how
are such items mythic?
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