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You cannot pass the course without satisfactory essays.

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Some of the projects will require discovery learning. For these assignments especially, students should be prepared to think for themselves. Discovery learning means that there will be fewer instructions about the content of projects than what students may be used to from other courses. This can be frustrating for some, especially those who want a detailed formula that will guarantee them a good grade. Instead, students will be encouraged to be creative and write about what is most important to them.

However, all students will be expected to follow very detailed instructions about the form and format of the essay.

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SOME OF THE GOALS OF PROJECT ONE

To develop the sympathetic imagination, the basis of all ethics [see  below].

 To unify the self: our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.

  To explore some of the animal archetypes of the collective unconscious

 

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE:

THE JOURNEY UNDERGROUND, INTO THE REALM OF THE ANIMAL, THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS, STEVEN FARMER MEDITATION, ETC.

At the entrance to Lascaux

Swift Fox unburies a Native American Walrus Man hybrid totem in Alaska

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MOVING INTO THE ANIMAL WORLD, BECOMING ANIMAL

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AFRICA: THE ULTIMATE SOURCE

illustrated by a visit to Animal Kingdom Lodge in Orlando

sign right outside our room!

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POPULAR CULTURE TODAY:

 Finding Your Power Animal in Fight Club

http://youtu.be/boj75h3urLU

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FOX VIDEO

PROJECT ONE

250 POINTS AT STAKE 

+ UP TO 25 POINTS FOR RESEARCH

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DUE DATES:

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PROJECTS ARE DUE IN BLOG FORMAT IN THE P1 DISCUSSION ON CANVAS BY1:30 PM. before the 2-11 class

WHAT IS DUE: an essay in blog format* of at least fourteen-hundred words that must include multimedia (at least two images), at least two of the required citations, and endnotes (*footnotes become endnotes). Must be acceptable college-level writing.**

PENALTIES FOR BEING LATE AND/OR NOT MEETING THESE REQUIREMENTS:

if posted by 2-12 -10; if posted by 2-13 -15; if posted by 2-14 -20; if posted by 2-15 -25; if posted by 2-16 -30;  if posted by 2-17 -35; if posted by 2-18 -40; if posted by 2-19 -45; if posted by 2-20 -50; if posted by 2-21 -55; if posted by 2-22 -60; if posted by 2-23 -65; if posted by 2-24 -70; if posted by 2-25 -75; if posted by 2-26 -80;  if posted by 2-27 -85;

no credit and F in the course if not posted by 2-28

if posted by 3-3 -20; if posted by 3-4 -30; if posted by 3-5 -40; if posted by 3-6 -50 if posted by 3-7 -50;  if not posted by 3-8 -100

YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE RELYING ON YOU: DON'T LET THEM DOWN.

IF ALL FIVE OF YOUR CRITIQUES ARE NOT COMPLETED BY THEN YOU LOSE THE CHANCE TO EARN 65 POINTS AND RECEIVE, INSTEAD, up to -100 WITH NO CHANCE TO MAKE THIS UP, BECAUSE YOUR CRITIQUES ARE OF NO USE TO OTHERS AFTER THEY HAVE WRITTEN THEIR PAPERS. YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE RELYING ON YOU: DON'T LET THEM DOWN.

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REQUIREMENTS:

an accurate word count of at least 1400 words (not counting quotations)

and at least two images

and at least two of the required quotations:

[a] one from a scientific account of your animal (may be from the internet) or from the course anthology section of Animal Speak; and/or the course anthology section of Spirit Animals and/or“Power Animals in Bless Me Ultima, Harry Potter, and Black Elk Speaks: A Few Examples” and/or “Totemism and Power Animals, some definitions .”

 

[b] and one from  a library book not available in any way on the internet. You may choose one of the books on reserve listed below. (Needless to say, the quote from the reserve book can not be from pages reproduced in our course anthology. )

But you will earn more points for a different kind of book about your animal such as a scientific book, for example.

In any case, you must supply complete bibliographical information for the book[s]

Books on Reserve in the PCL for This Project:

Animal spirit guides : discover your power animal and the shamanic path / Chris Lüttichau. -- BF 1275 G85 L88 2009;

Power animals : how to connect with your animal spirit guide / Steven D. Farmer. -- BF 1275 G85 F37 2004 TEXT ;

Animal-speak : the spiritual & magical powers of creatures great & small / Ted Andrews. -- BF 1623 A55 A53 1993;

Power animals : how to connect with your animal spirit guide / Steven D. Farmer. -- BF 1275 G85 F37 2004 CDROM

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PROCESS

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1. Begin with the animal.

You can use selection process you like but the emphasis should be on the animal choosing you rather than vice versa. Then you can then draw on your memories and/or the scientific observations of others (worth extra points) to establish the traits of the animal that interest you.

Here are three contemporary guided meditations that may help you find a power animal in the Native American tradition:

Steven Farmer

Shamanic

Denise Linn

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2. Be the animal

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To get a sense of the animal, in addition to your memories and your research, use your sympathetic imagination, trying to imagine what it is like to be the animal. At least 400 words must be devoted to helping us see, feel, hear, etc. as the animal does.

This of course is good practice for Project Two where you must write even more from the point of view of the animal.

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WHY? REV IEW GOALS:

[2A2a] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience.

[2A2b] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination,which is essential to morality and ethics. Trying to imagine what it was like to be someone else is a form of experiential learning, the kind that can stick with you later. All of this depends on your willingness to be an actor, to willingly suspend your disbelief long enough to play the part. That willingness also enables you to FREE yourself from the world views that you may have inherited without conscious thought or decision on your part.* Trying out the worldviews of other cultures is the humanities equivalent of a scientific experiment. When you adopt, however briefly, another Weltanshauung, and see and feel as a member of that culture would, you test out whether any part of that philosophy of life is one you want to adopt and/or, by contrast, what part of the worldivew you inherited you may consciously want to embrace as an adult.

*William Blake called them your "mind-forged manacles"

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3. Learn from the animal (For example, what could you learn from the animal's ability to "be here now.")

Focus on the animal's traits and what you can learn from them: those that you would like to have more of yourself and those that you would like to see less of in yourself. It would be especially useful if you include traits that you need or don't need to be a better leader.

HOW COULD S/HE BE A LEADER FOR YOU?

HOW COULD S/HE HELP YOU DEVELOP YOUR OWN LEADERSHIP TRAITS?

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4. An optional, EXTRA CREDIT tertiary topic is to imagine not only what it is like to be your animal but also what it would be like to be a Native American who identifies with this animal.

[Note: "Identifies with" us does not mean "worships". Like us, Native Americans usually "worshipped" one God, such as the Great Spirit, rather than animals in general or individual animals]

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