Week 05: Mo 24/We 26

Ancient Greek Mythology (orgin. c. 1000 BCE, Greece)

Section 16:
Week 05: Mo 24/We 26
Readings: eR—“‘Education, Not Indoctrination’: Atheists Protest Texas Homeschool Convention as Promised” (Christian News Network), “10.5 Tips When Coming Out to Family or Friends as an Atheist” (We Are Atheism), “Atheist Group Sets Up Chicago Display Protesting Christmas Scene and Celebrating Bill of Rights” (The Raw Story), “Bill O'Reilly Debates Atheist Over Obama Swearing in on Bible at Inauguration, Jan 18, 2013” (Fox News), “CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Tells Atheist Tornado Survivor: ‘You Gotta Thank the Lord’” (The Raw Story), “Diana Nyad, Atheist, Teaches Oprah a Thing or Two about Belief, Awe, and Wonder” (Huffington Post), “Five Facts about Atheism” (Pew Research Center), “How to Talk to an Atheist about Christianity” (Crisis Magazine), “Religion in America’s States and Counties, in 6 Maps” (Washington Post), “The Genesis of Alabama’s Only High School ‘Freethinkers Club’” (Southern Education Desk), “eBay Kills Eve Brannon's ‘Take an Atheist Leader to Church’ Ad Again and Again” (Huffington Post)
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations; Watch—“Lisa the Skeptic” from The Simpsons (FOX); Lecture—“Twelve Essential Grammar Rules to Know”
Due:  SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES

All assignments, including in-class essays, are due or take place on Wednesdays. 

Sec: 80:
Week 05: Mo 24
Readings: eR—“‘Education, Not Indoctrination’: Atheists Protest Texas Homeschool Convention as Promised” (Christian News Network), “10.5 Tips When Coming Out to Family or Friends as an Atheist” (We Are Atheism), “Atheist Group Sets Up Chicago Display Protesting Christmas Scene and Celebrating Bill of Rights” (The Raw Story), “Bill O'Reilly Debates Atheist Over Obama Swearing in on Bible at Inauguration, Jan 18, 2013” (Fox News), “CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Tells Atheist Tornado Survivor: ‘You Gotta Thank the Lord’” (The Raw Story), “Diana Nyad, Atheist, Teaches Oprah a Thing or Two about Belief, Awe, and Wonder” (Huffington Post), “Five Facts about Atheism” (Pew Research Center), “How to Talk to an Atheist about Christianity” (Crisis Magazine), “Religion in America’s States and Counties, in 6 Maps” (Washington Post), “The Genesis of Alabama’s Only High School ‘Freethinkers Club’” (Southern Education Desk), “eBay Kills Eve Brannon's ‘Take an Atheist Leader to Church’ Ad Again and Again” (Huffington Post)
Class: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES; Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations; Watch—“Lisa the Skeptic” from The Simpsons (FOX); Lecture—“Twelve Essential Grammar Rules to Know”

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Sec. 16:
Week 06: Mo 03/We 05
Readings: eR—“Texas Public Schools are Teaching Creationism” (Slate), “The Growing Partisan Divide on Evolution” (Moyers & Company), Creationism Versus Evolutionism: When Will this Debate Ever End?” (Huffington Post), “Public’s Views on Human Evolution” (Pew Research Center), “Creationists Cite ‘Academic Freedom’ to Teach Beliefs in Schools” (Al Jazeera America), “How Evolution Gets Used and Abused in the Science-Religion Debate”
Class: SYNTHESIS ESSAY; Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations; Lecture—“On Wordiness”
Due: PERSUASIVE

Sec 80:
Week 06: Mo 03
Readings: eR—“Texas Public Schools are Teaching Creationism” (Slate), “The Growing Partisan Divide on Evolution” (Moyers & Company), Creationism Versus Evolutionism: When Will this Debate Ever End?” (Huffington Post), “Public’s Views on Human Evolution” (Pew Research Center), “Creationists Cite ‘Academic Freedom’ to Teach Beliefs in Schools” (Al Jazeera America), “How Evolution Gets Used and Abused in the Science-Religion Debate”
Class: SYNTHESIS ESSAY; Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations; Lecture—“On Wordiness”
Due: PERSUASIVE