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HUMN303 Introduction to the Humanities

Week 2 Digital Field Trip Reflection - Ancient Greece at the Met

This week you will take a digital field trip to view the Ancient Greece Architecture Gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Located in New York, the Met offers one of the United States' most diverse and largest collections of art in the world. Your visit to the digital archive will help you develop your understanding of ancient Greek architectural forms, and provide key details about the contexts that these forms emerged from.

For this assignment you will need to:

Read the Lecture for the week

Engage in weekly Discussions to help develop ideas

Visit the Met Archive at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grarc/hd_grarc.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Produce a two-page reflection assignment (see description below)

For your reflection assignment for this week, please select one primary example from the archive and address the following in a two-page reflection assignment:

Describe the example you have selected and provide the specific URL and the image

Explain the origins and context of the example

Include examples from the textbook this week that help develop your analysis of the work and its context

Provide a link to a contemporary architecture work to help discuss the influence that ancient Greece continues to have on contemporary cultural patterns

HUMN303 Introduction to the Humanities

Week 3 The Tempest - Viewing and Reflection

Plays are meant to be performed, rather than read. The purpose of dramatic arts often extends far beyond the words written on a page; staging, lighting, costumes intonation, expression, and audience experience are all part of the experience of a theatrical production. To help develop your understanding of The Tempest and the cultural role of the dramatic arts, you will view a production of the play this week and write a two-page reflection to explain your viewing experience.

Below, please find several classic interpretations and modern adaptations of The Tempest:

Classic Interpretations:

The Tempest: St. Louis Shakespeare Festival (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

The Tempest: Savage Rose Theater Company (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Adaptations:

The Tempest: Central Washington Production (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

The Tempest: A Rock and Roll Space Odyssey (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

For this assignment, you will view one of the above and complete a reflection that addresses the following:

Identify the performance that you have selected.

Describe the staging, lighting, costumes, and characters of the performance. How do these match or revise the written version of the play?

What type of mood and tone does the performance create? How?

What parts of the play are easier to understand through performance? What are some details that stood out through performance?

What does the performance suggest about the role of theater in contemporary culture?

HUMN303 Introduction to the Humanities

Week 5 Digital Field Trip Reflection - The National Archives

This week you will take a digital field trip to view the Founding Documents Gallery at the National Archives. Located in Washington D.C., the National Archives are dedicated to preserving important historical and cultural documents, including the founding documents of the United States. Your visit to the digital archive will help you develop your understanding of definitions of democracy and political revolution, and provide key details about the contexts that these forms emerge from.

For this assignment you will need to:

Read the Lesson for the week

Engage in weekly Discussions to help develop ideas

Visit the National Archives at: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Produce a two-page reflection assignment (see description below)

For your reflection assignment for this week, please select one primary example from the archive and address the following in a two-page reflection assignment:

Describe the example you have selected and provide the specific URL and the image

Explain the origins and context of the example

Include examples from the textbook this week that help develop your analysis of the work and its context

Provide a link to contemporary issues in government to help discuss the influence that these documents continue to have on contemporary cultural patterns.

HUMN303 Introduction to the Humanities

Week 6 Art Production and Presentation

This week you will use your reading for the week as a point of departure to create your own artistic production in a reflection paper and narrated PowerPoint.

Directions

Complete the reading for this week

Select one of the visual art pieces from the chapter to use as a point of inspiration

Create an art piece inspired by your selected art piece

Write a one-page reflection about the relationship between your art production and the inspiration piece

Create a 5-minute narrated PowerPoint for this week

Include the following in the reflection paper:

Inspiration Piece

Record the title, artist, year, place of origin.

Explain the context and artistic movement.

Your Original Artwork

Methods: paint, watercolor, pencil, crayon, marker, collage, sculpture

NO COMPUTER GENERATED PIECES

Provide a title.

Explain the narrative of your piece and the connection to the inspiration.

Include the following in the presentation:

Provide an introduction.

Explain and show your inspiration piece.

Describe and show your art piece.

Explain the thematic connection between the two pieces.