Matters
of Life and Death
weekly
schedule.
Week 8 (Oct. 11-15)
Library
research
To be discussed: Strategies for the research assignment. Possible topics.
Assignments:
Formulate a question (or set of questions) you hope to answer in your research;
develop a list of keywords for your literature search.
Complete the online SJSU Plagiarism Tutorial (http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/plagiarism/index.htm)
Analytic essay on Kübler-Ross (due Mon., Oct. 11 by 11:59 PM)
Analytic essay on The Seventh Seal (due Mon., Oct. 11 by 11:59 PM)
Response essay on Schopenhauer (due Mon., Oct. 11 by 11:59 PM)
Activity: Library database tour. (Wed. Oct. 13) Meet in King Library room 217 at class time.
Skills & Information:
To
read for week 9:
Mitford, “The American Way of Death”, pp. 14-19 (CR).
Mitford, “What the Public Wants”, pp. 123-137 (CR).
Ariès, "Forbidden Death", pp. 84-107 (CR).(due by class time
Mon. Oct 18)
Assignments for week 9:
Response essay on Kübler-Ross (due Mon., Oct. 18 by 11:59 PM)
Response essay on The Seventh Seal (due Mon., Oct. 18 by 11:59 PM)