HST100_Essay_Assignment
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EDUCATION IN CHINA, TIMBUKTU (MALI),
AND PARIS
(1180-1600)
When you submit your assignment, the question number and the prompt should appear before each
answer.
Each answer will be worth 10 points.
For each question, you are expected to write ONE or preferably TWO long paragraphs.
One-sentence
answers will receive zero.
Every claim you make should be backed up by evidence from the texts assigned.
You must show that
you have actually read the texts by citing examples and their corresponding page numbers.
For
instance, "quotation" (text no. x, p. x).
In addition, please
double-check your spelling, grammar, and coherence
. This will be a factor in your
grade.
All your sentences should be complete.
1.
In texts 1, 2, and 3 on pp. 353-361, what courses of study did institutions of higher learning in China
prescribe for students, and why?
2.
In texts 4 and 5 on pp. 362-365, what courses of study did institutions of higher learning in Timbuktu
(Mali) prescribe for students, and why?
3. In texts 6, 7, and 8 on pp. 365-371, what courses of study did institutions of higher learning in Paris
prescribe for students, and why?
4. In texts 1, 2, and 3 on pp. 353-361, what was expected of a well-educated man in China, and what
cultural values do these expectations reveal?
5. In texts 4 and 5 on pp. 362-365, what was expected of a well-educated man in Timbuktu, and what
cultural values do these expectations reveal?
6. In texts 6, 7, and 8 on pp. 365-371, what was expected of a well-educated man in Paris, and what
cultural values do these expectations reveal?
7.
Now that you have answered questions 1-6, what similarities do you see in the education offered in
these three different locations?
8. Now that you have answered questions 1-6, what differences do you see in the education offered in
these three different locations?
9. In what way can you identify yourselves with those readings? Or in what way is it difficult for you to
identify yourselves with those readings?
Explain.
10. Which school would you or would you not have liked to attend?
Why or why not?
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