Core 102

The Idea of Democracy

Roger Williams University

CORE.102.01 LLC: 11:00 -  11:50  MWF,  GHH  208

CORE.102.11 ELI:   12:00 - 12:50  MWF,  GHH  208

Fall Semester, 2014

Michael R. H. Swanson, Ph. D.

Office: GHH 215

Hours:  TH 11-1:00, F, 2:00-4:00,

Or By Appointment

Phone:  ext 3230

E-mail  mswanson@rwu.edu

For Take-Home Examination One

For Wednesday, September 24

For Friday, September 26

Due: Monday,  –by Midnight, December 1, on return from Thanksgiving Break.

Submit by Bridges

Do NOT submit using the Apple .Pages format.

Part One: Match the Number of the Source with the Letter of the Quotation.  15

For Part One, a simple format like this will workjust fine.

Part Two: Choose ONE of the quotations and write a brief reflection on it,

• Explaining the quotation to an “ideal reader”–one as intelligent as you are, but not familiar with the quotation or its source.
  

• Giving your judgment on whether the ideas in the quote are valid or invalid today, and
  

• Briefly explaining why you think so, including what we might do, if anything, to make things better.
  

• DO NOT CONSIDER THE WHOLE ESSAY–JUST THE IDEAS IN THE QUOTE ITSELF. 
  

• DO NOT TAKE THE LENGTH OF THE QUOTATION AS YOUR PRIMARY REASON FOR CHOOSING IT.  SOME OF THE SHORTER QUOTATIONS ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN SOME OF THE LONGER QUOTATIONS.
  

• DO let your interest and ideas be your guide in choosing.  The more you are involved with the ideas, the better your essay will be.