HonorsÕ Freshman
Sequence
HHI 21: Identity:
Self in the World
Fall 2009
Themes/Discussion
Handout
Friday, September 11, 2009
Readings Due:
Judge and Langdon, Connections; A World History
Chap. 1 ÒThe Emergence of Human SocietiesÓ
1) What makes humans different from other animals?
2) Where is the origin of modern humans (homo sapiens)?
3) What was early agriculture like? Where did it arise? What was its importance?
4) What types of human socities developed?
5) What is necessary for the development of complex societies?
Johnson, Sources of World Civilization, Vol. 1
pp. ix-x, 1-4.
1) What constitutes a civilization?
2) Where did the first great human civilizations develop?