Critical thinking skills assignment?
Critical thinking skills assignment: You will apply those questions to any source you want from the Course Reader, found in the Announcement section on Canvas. Choose any source we have read so far, from page 1-36. You may want to choose Plato’s Allegory of the Cave because I spent a lot of time contextualizing that source in class.
Your task for the critical thinking skills assignment will be to analyze a primary source from the
Course Reader. The essay should be 1 – 2 pages. It should answer the questions, who, what,
when and why? It is recommended you use this format:
Introduction: Who? When?
Next 1-2 paragraphs: What? What does the primary source say?
Next 1-2 paragraphs: Contextualize the primary source. Why does the author write what he/she
does? What historical events and trends are shaping the author’s perspective? This the
challenging part.
Email submissions will not be accepted. Late assignments will lose two points
Answer preview
History by Herodotus
Who: Herodotus is well known for introducing the subject of history. He wrote about past human actions like the Persian war. The writer’s birthplace was Halicarnassus, a city in Greek (Herodotus, 1). When: After exile, he started living in Athens. During the long travels across the Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, Egypt, and Babylonia, Herodotus got an interest in…
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