Unit 1: world view

 Different types of worldviews

- Materialism – very similar to Atheism with believing that there is nothing after this world when we die,
we just disappear and there are no consequences for our actions
- Idealism – That the material world is an illusion and when we die, we escape from the “prison” of the
physical world and we will enter the spiritual realm
- Monism – the spiritual and physical world are the same thing and there is no difference
- Theism – Very similar to Christianity about a God that exists that created everything and that there is a
beginning and end in the universe, it also believes that there is a physical and spiritual world and when we
die, we will go into the spiritual world
 Worldview In poetry
- we can identify the worldview of poems by looking at the authors background and also analyzing
the narrative and word choices
- we can also look at how the author uses different poetic devices to portray what he/she is trying to
say to the reader
- one of the things we can ask ourselves after reading the poem is what is real and what
solutions the author gives us to the world’s problems

Unit 2: Genesis & Narratives

 CER
- Claim – have a claim
- Reasoning – have reasoning to why you are making this claim
- Evidence – evidence to support that your claim is correct
 Traditional stories – stories that have been passed down from each generation orally. They have a
quality that people enjoy which makes the stories last thru the centuries
Myths – narratives that try to explain the mysteries of the universe
- Features gods/supernatural beings
- Explains how something came to be
- Reveals consequences of human behavior
Epic – long stories or narratives that take place over a vast and exotic setting
- The hero needs to undertake on a long journey to survive
- It is written in poetic literature and uses poetic devices
- The hero has admirable qualities such as courage, strength, intelligence, etc.

 Genesis Narratives
- Creation interpretations
  Calendar Day
- 24-hour day
- Literal days
- Earth was made with appearance of age
- Young earth – earth is only a several thousands of years old
 Day Age
- Unspecified
- Long periods
- Eras
- Old earth – earth is millions or billions of years old
 Analogical Day
- Work week
- Repeated rhythms
- Order of creation is not important
 Literary Framework
- Literary device
- Pattern and repetition
- Planned with preparation and dedication
 Gap Theory
- Formless and empty
- A gap
- Organizing and order
 Noah’s ark Position Paper
We also talked about the different interpretations of The Flood whether it was
- Figurative
- Literal
- Metaphorical
After discussing these we wrote a paper with giving evidence on what we want to defend. I decided to write
about the evidences supporting that the flood was a literal event based on geographical and biblical evidences.

Unit 3.0: Covenants

 Noahic
- Parties:
 God
 All of Humanity
 All living things on earth
- Conditions:
 None
- Promise:
 God would never wipe out all life with a flood ever again
 Sign:
 A rainbow
 Abrahamic:
- Parties
 God
 Abraham
 Abraham’s descendants
- Conditions:
 Circumcise every male
- Promise:
 A son (Isaac)
 Father of many nations
 Land (Canaan)
- Sign:
 Blood sacrifice
 Flame and smoke
 Circumcision
 Sinai:
- Parties
 God
 The Israelites
- Conditions:
 Follow the Commandments
 Serve only God
- Promise:
 Protection from enemies
 Food and water
 Protection from illness, miscarriages, and infertility
 Long, full lives
- Sign:
 Stone tablets and Book of the Covenant
 Israelites agreed “with one voice”
 Blood sacrifice
 Davidic:
- Parties
 God
 The Israelites
 David
- Conditions:
 If David sins, there will be discipline
 However, God’s love will not be taken away as with Saul
- Promise:
 God will make for David a great name
 He will give Israel their own land where they can live in peace
 God will give David an eternal royal line
 One of David’s line will have an eternal kingdom
- Sign:
  God’s faithful actions in the past to the Israelites and to David
 The Vision given to Nathan
 The word of God spoken through Nathan
 New Covenant:
- Parties
 God
 All people
- Conditions:
 People must have faith in Christ
- Promise:
 A new heart
 A new spirit
 Help from the Holy spirit
 True holiness
- Sign:
 Jesus’ death and resurrection
 Changed hearts
 Presence of the Holy Spirit
UNIT 3.1:
We also covered legends and tall tales.
 Legends – Stories about heroes or heroines that are passed down through many generations
- Often based on real people and events
- The hero faces conflict and has unusual abilities
- Focuses on hero’s admirable character traits
 Tall Tales – A humorously exaggerated story about impossible events
- The hero is often larger than life
- Problems get solved in humorous ways
- Hyperbole and exaggeration are used to emphasize the main character’s qualities to create humor
Unit 3.2:
 Hammurabi’s Code
- Hammurabi’s Code was the first known written form of laws
- Retaliatory justice – eye for an eye/bone for a bone
- Trial by ordeal (if they completed a challenge and lived then they aren’t guilty)
 Feudalism
- The system where people are given different privileges based on ranking in society
 King/monarch – Guaranteed land to the Lords/nobles
 Nobles/Barons – Guaranteed land to knights and provided money and military service to the king
 Knights – Guaranteed land to their serfs and provided protection and military service to their
lords/barons
 Slaves/Serfs – provided food and service for the knights, lords/barons and kings
Unit 3.3
 Covenants
- Magna Carta – gave the principle that the king and government was not above the law
  Placed limits on the king and his authority
 Made nobody above the law
 The clauses are still part of British law
- Declaration of independence – declared the independence of the 13 colonies from Britain and its king
 People have rights to life, liberty, and pursuit to happiness
 All Men are equal
 They have a duty to defend these rights for themselves and others
- Declaration of Sentiments – all men and women are equal
 Gave men and women the same rights
 Let women take part in politics, education, jobs, religion etc.
- Declaration of Human rights – declares that human rights are universal
 Gave everyone the same rights from every aspect of life
 Rights:
- life
- liberty
- free speech
- civil and political
- privacy
Unit 4: Leaders:
 Rome:
- Hierarchical structure
 Patricians – wealthy families that provide the empire’s military, religious, and political
leadership
 Citizens – the working class of Rome
 Plebeians – all free people who were not part of a class
 Slaves – people with no rights and were considered property of their masters
- Representative government
 Senate – the governing authority and advisory assembly of the government
 Senators – they were men who were a part of the senate, they had broad jurisdiction over tax,
war and peace, crime, military, foreign policy, religion etc.
 Consuls – they were the heads of state, they commanded the army, represented Rome in foreign
affairs, enforced the laws etc.
 Dictators in time of war – during war the senate would elect a dictator and the consul would
approve or deny the person to be a temporary dictator in war
- Written laws
 The Twelve Tables – they were 12 bronze tablets created in ancient Rome around 451 and 450
BCE, they were the laws for the people to follow and because it was written people would not be
able to twist the laws written
 Julius Caesar:
- How he died and the affects of his death
 Conspirators decided to kill him because of greed
 Among the conspirators was Brutus who did not kill Caesar out of greed or jealousy but for the
good of Rome
 He was considered noble because he killed him for the good of Rome not because he wanted
power
  After Caesar’s death it resulted in a war with Brutus and Cassius (a conspirator) against Antony
and Octavius (the heir of Caesar)
 In the end Brutus and Cassius lost and it resulted the end of the Republic and Octavius became
the first emperor of the Roman Empire

 Moral issues:
- Whether it is morally correct to justify doing something wrong
 Lying because you are not allowed to by contract or oath
 Whether it is correct to kill someone if you have no choice or if it’s safer that way
 Counterclaims and rebuttals:
- How to argue properly with a claim
- Fallacies that people use that aren’t the right way to argue:
 Straw man fallacy – making the other persons argument weak instead
 Black and White fallacy – Giving the audience only 2 options to pick from instead of actually
sharing your beliefs
 Giving the audience only 2 options to pick from instead of actually sharing your beliefs
 Texas Sharpshooter fallacy – ignoring the data that is against your beliefs and overemphasizing
the things you agree with

Lit circles:
- They are basically book clubs
 Everyone reads the same book and at the end we discuss a part of the book that we have chosen
 Our book was Ready Player 1
 We then talked about what we learned from the book
 We learned about the conflict, theme, how it ended, and about the author