Sunday, October 9, 2011

Week 08: Mayans

The Temple of Kukulkan (or "El Castillo") was a major religious site
















Mo 10.10
Read: eR—Interview with Dave Silverman from The O’Reilly Factor (FoxNews), “Fox News Facebook Page Gets 8,000 Death Threats” (All Facebook), “Reading the Bible (or the Koran, or the Torah) Will Make You an Atheist” (BigThink), “Culture War Update—The Dividening of America—American Atheists vs. Ground Zero Cross” from The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Class: Watch—“Lisa the Skeptic” from The Simpsons (FOX)

We 10.12
Read: eR—“Coming Out of the (Atheist) Closet” (Harvard Crimson), “Atheism Billboard Greets O.C. Drivers (Los Angeles Times), “In US, Atheists Know Religion Better than Believers. Is that Bad?” (Christian Science Monitor); Scene from Bill Maher: But I’m Not Wrong (HBO)
Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Assignment—Synthesis essay
Due: PERSUASUVE ESSAY; REFLECTION 4

UPCOMING:

Week 9

Mo 10.17
Class: Presentations; Writers workshop
Due: SYNTHESIS ESSAY (DRAFT 1, BRING IN THREE COPIES)

We 10.19
Read: GO—0:00-35:18
Class: Guest speaker TBA

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