HUM 2450.001/002 Assignments
1/8-1/15/03 (Weeks 1-2)


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»»WEEK 1 (01/08/04)

  • for THURSDAY January 8

    Course greeting & introduction

    »»WEEK 2 (1/13-1/15/04)

  • for TUESDAY January 13

    -- Pohl Ch1. 14-41, 44-47.

  • for THURSDAY January 15

    -- Pohl Ch1. 14-41, 44-47
    Online readings:
    -- Columbus, letter to King & Queen of Spain [1494]. This letter indicates some of the thinking behind European colonization and exploitation of the "New World" that would continue for centuries.
    -- Juan Rogel, description of massacre [1572]. The letter from Juan Rogel describes the rescue of a young boy, the sole survivor of the Indian massacre at Ajacan. The account details the massacre as related by the boy. The letter also describes the revenge taken by the Spanish forces for the massacre of the settlement.]
    -- Capt. John Smith, Description of New England [1616]. John Smith's description of New England to financial investors and interested parties back in England shows how Europeans continued to frame the "New World" in their own terms, and for their own religious and economic uses.
    -- Comalk-Hawikh (Thin Buckskin) "Story of Creation," "Juhwerta's Song," "Notes on the Story of Creation". A selection of creation stories from one section of indigenous tribespeople. The commentary is that of the white recorder and collector of these oral narratives.

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