Your initial discussion post for each forum should be organized according to the following outline:
Paragraph One: Name your chosen theme. Include a quote from one of the primary texts that responds to your chosen theme. Discuss its significance, context, and how it relates to the theme.
Paragraph Two: Include a quote from a different primary text that responds to your chosen theme. Discuss its significance, context, and how it relates to the theme.
Paragraph Three: Compare the similarities and contrast the differences between the two texts in terms of their relationship to the theme, and discuss their overall significance (why these connections and differences matter and what they mean). Do not repeat from the previous two paragraphs.
Choose two primary texts from the Unit 2 class materials to discuss one pair of the following themes:
“Us” vs. “Them”
“Natural” vs. “Unnatural”
“Harmony” vs. “Disharmony”
“Right” vs. “Wrong”
“Self” vs. “Other”
“God’s law” vs. “Man’s law”
“Compliance” vs. “Rebellion”
“Faithfulness” vs. “Unfaithfulness”
“Courage” vs. “Cowardice”
“Ignorance” vs. “Knowledge”
The reading is :Christopher Columbus, selections from Letter to King Ferdinand of Spain -1493.pdf