1 - What is the specific thesis of this essay?
2 - What evidence does Schreckinger provide to support his thesis?
3 - What do you think of Schreckinger's argument? Explain your position.
After everyone had a chance to respond to this, we discussed the following two questions:
1 - Should cultural traditions (like the 7-day week) be maintained or should we consider ourselves free to re-imagine them?
2 - What is a cultural tradition that you might seek to change?
What would this change look like? Why could it be good?
Next, we began reading the background information on The Ramayana. This should be finished for homework. We will start work with the story next class.
Handouts:
"Abolish the Week!" by Ben Schreckinger
[Respond to prompt questions 1-3 above]
Homework:
Finish reading the background information on The Ramayana.
Complete any missing assignments and revise assignments that scored below a 92.
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