Walk the old city

Walk the boundaries of the old city–when it was walled–and post your impressions here.  (You can access a web page that discusses the old city from the Schedule.)

Friday’s summary homework

Summary Essay Write a 500-600 word summary of “The Boundaries of Bohemia.” Imagine that your reader is a well-educated person who has not read the essay. Your purpose is to write a short synopsis that will substitute for reading the essay itself. Therefore, you must: identify the essay’s main purpose: what is the writer trying […]

Homework

Identify the main point of each paragraph in “Bohemian Paris.”  You can write this as a separate outline, or you can write marginal comments on the .pdf itself using a comment function.  Bring your work to class Wednesday.

Homework

For Tuesday, summarize the reading on Levittown, identifying the article’s main points in 100-200 words.  Cut-and-paste your summary as a response to this message.

Mellencamp v. Springsteen

John Cougar Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen are both singing about life in a small town, but their opinions seem to differ.  Who’s right and why?

Blog posts

Welcome to HONS 110.  Use the tabs in the menu bar to navigate among official documents for the course, such as policies and the schedule. Throughout the semester, you will use this space to post public messages to the class.  This is a place for you to practice civil discourse, especially how to argue.  It […]