Week of 2/4/2013 Change Week
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Unit 1 Exam is on TUESDAY... begin constructing your notes and don't leave it all until Monday...!
-Check out our Reference folder for the Guiding Questions for Review.
Assigned On: 1/31/2013
Due: 2/4/2013
Reading
(2/5/13)
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In your TEXTBOOK, please read Section 2 found on page 25. Be familiar with the various concepts of what man is, which are briefly outlined in this
section - remember to take pointed notes!
Assigned On: 2/5/2013
Due: 2/6/2013
Reading
(2/6/13)
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After reading the "Intergalactic Exploration Report" and the Unit 2 Introduction handout (both in the Readings folder if you missed it), answer in your
notes:
-why must secular humanism fail as a moral system?
-why can't a theory of biological evolution account for the mind/spirit?
-what four characteristics of the mind does our Harvard director point out as showing an "unbridgeable gap" between man and animals?
Assigned On: 2/6/2013
Due: 2/7/2013
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Reading / Questions (2/7/13)
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Read sections 3a-3d starting on page 25 of your textbook. Then, on a separate sheet of paper with proper heading, answer questions 6-9 on page 41.
Complete sentences required.
BONUS: Interview a dog on the following topics: 1) What is it like being a dog? 2) What happens to dogs when they die? 3) When a dog wakes up at
night what does it think about? 4) If a dog could go anywhere in the world, where would it go? Record interview on video no longer than 3 minutes,
and put it on a transferable file to bring to class Monday.
Assigned On: 2/7/2013
Due: 2/11/2013
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Reading (2/11/13)
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Please read Dr. Kreeft's "Catholic Christianity Chapter 4: Man" (given in class or viewable in our Readings folder). After reading, please answer IN YOUR
NOTES the questions found in our Homework folder ("Catholic Christianity Ch 4 Questions")
Assigned On: 2/11/2013
Due: 2/12/2013
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Essay (2/15/13)
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Write a full paragraph essay (7 sentences minimum) in response to the following prompt:
If the Creation account in Genesis is not "unscientific," then how should it be read, and what truths are being conveyed about the cosmos and about
man?
Assigned On: 2/15/2013
Due: 2/19/2013
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Reflection Paragraph
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On a separate sheet of paper, record at least 7 sentences in response to the following question: If man is made in the image and likeness of God,
should he be treated a certain way? What way?
This will be collected by the substitute in class tomorrow!
Assigned On: 2/20/2013
Due: 2/21/2013
Week of 2/25/2013 Change Week
Reading
(2/22/13)
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Remember to re-examine Kreeft Ch. 4, sections 8 and 9. Draw out key points from these sections into your notes for Monday!
Assigned On: 2/22/2013
Due: 2/25/2013
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Reading (1/9/13)
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In the "Readings" folder, follow the link to C.S. Lewis' online book Mere Christianity, and read Book I, Section 1 which is entitled: "The Law of Human
Nature."
Remember: the best practice is to take a few notes on all reading, to help you grasp the material!
Assigned On: 1/9/2013
Due: 1/10/2013
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Reading (1/10/13)
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In the Readings folder, read the pdf excerpt from C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity Book I, Section 4.
Assigned On: 1/10/2013
Due: 1/11/2013
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Reading (1/11/13)
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In the Readings folder, follow again the link to C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, and read Book I, Section 5. Afterwards, find the homework in the
Homework folder entitled: Mere Christianity Questions_1. Either print it and complete it, or write your answers on a separate sheet of paper with
proper heading.
Assigned On: 1/11/2013
Due: 1/14/2013
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Video + Commentary
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In the Media folder, access the Fr. Robert Barron video on morality (there are a few versions, in case one file type won't open). In your notebooks, take
down the key points.
(You might start out with: People don't say "I do what I want, I decide what's right" in areas like... or People don't want to admit a Right and Wrong
but stick to moral subjectivism because...)
Assigned On: 1/15/2013
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Due: 1/16/2013
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Be familiar with the syllogism found in the Argument From Desire - what is the major premise, minor premise, and conclusion?
(Find it in the Readings folder if you missed the handout)
Assigned On: 1/17/2013
Due: 1/18/2013
Week of 1/21/2013 Change Week
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Start the search. After watching Fr. John Nepil's video AND the video at the bottom of my homepage (my teacher
Reflection (1/18/13)
page, not our morality page), write a reflection. The guidelines are found in the Worksheets folder.
Have a great weekend!
Assigned On: 1/18/2013
Due: 1/22/2013
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Reading (1/23/13)
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Read Ahlquist's lecture on "The Everlasting Man" (in the Readings folder if you missed it in class) carefully with a view to answering the following
questions with your own opinions, AND what you believe Ahlquist's answers to be (underlining and margin notes help!):
-Is man unique among creatures of the earth?
-Why does society decay?
-Is Christ a paradox?
Come prepared for seminar!
Assigned On: 1/23/2013
Due: 1/25/2013
1/28/2013 Change Week
Reading
/ Questions (1/25/13)
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After completing your Ahlquist and Chesterton reading, please complete the Everlasting Man assignment in our homework folder. Remember also to
review your seminar notes from this week and have a good handle on our discussion thus far for Monday!
Assigned On: 1/25/2013
Due: 1/29/2013
Reading
(1/29/13)
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Start reading Kreeft's Catholic Christianity. Investigate points 1-15 in the first few pages of the selection handed out in class (also in our readings
folder), taking pointed bullet-notes for each small section.
Assigned On: 1/29/2013
Due: 1/30/2013
Reading
(1/30/13)
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Read the remainder of our packet from Catholic Christianity (everything following section 15) taking pointed notes for each section!
Assigned On: 1/30/2013
Due: 1/31/2013