Honors Humanistic Traditions I: Week 1

Introduction to the Course

• What are the humanities?
• Questions in the Humanities

Fiero Intro

Prehistory: Questions

• Where do we come from, and why does it matter enough to tell stories about it?
• What cultural forms are the oldest?
• Are there cultural forms that are universal to humans?
• Why do stories about origins continue to fascinate us?

Stories of Creation

• Myths and Folklore
• Myths of Creation and Origin
• Ancient History Sourcebook: Human Origins
• Forms of Creationism
• Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture

Prehistoric Art

Fiero Chapter One

Ancient Egypt: Questions

• What is civilization?
• Why would a civilization as complex as Egypt's develop where it did?

Resources

• Ancient History sourcebook: Egypt
• Ancient Egypt (British Museum site)
• Pyramids
  • Nova: Pyramids
  • National Geographic - pyramids

Egyptian Art