Journals:Posts must be at least 150 words in length and will be in response to a posted question.

### RUBRIC FOR JOURNALS### separate each journal (10 poin" rel="nofollow">ints possible) This rubric is a rough guide to how your journals are graded. There may be some overlap between categories; i.e. a post that has 100 words and fully addresses the prompt or question but is somewhat disorganized and has several spellin" rel="nofollow">ing or grammatical errors will likely fall in" rel="nofollow">into the 7­8 or 4­6 poin" rel="nofollow">int category despite possessin" rel="nofollow">ing some characteristics of the 9­10 poin" rel="nofollow">int category. 9­10 poin" rel="nofollow">ints ? At least 100 words ? Fully addresses the prompt or question ? Min" rel="nofollow">inimal spellin" rel="nofollow">ing and grammatical errors ? Is well­organized and easy to follow the author’s train" rel="nofollow">in of thought 7­8 poin" rel="nofollow">ints ? Falls under 100 words ? Mostly addresses the prompt or question ? Some spellin" rel="nofollow">ing or grammatical errors ? Some organization problems 4­6 poin" rel="nofollow">ints ? Falls under 100 words ? Only somewhat addresses the prompt or question ? Several spellin" rel="nofollow">ing or grammatical errors ? Significant organization problems 1­3 poin" rel="nofollow">ints ? Falls severely under length requirement ? Does not address prompt or question ? Spellin" rel="nofollow">ing or grammatical errors to the extent that they in" rel="nofollow">interfere with the ability to understand what is written 1/first journal : Religious studies can be a challengin" rel="nofollow">ing field for many students. This is due, in" rel="nofollow">in part, to the way in" rel="nofollow">in which religion and opin" rel="nofollow">inions about it can be very personal for many people (in" rel="nofollow">in a way that, say, history or economics may not be). Additionally, it is not a subject that most of us are used to approachin" rel="nofollow">ing academically in" rel="nofollow">in the same way that we learn to approach other subjects durin" rel="nofollow">ing elementary school or high school. After this week's assigned readin" rel="nofollow">ings and other material, did any of your preconceived notions of studyin" rel="nofollow">ing religion change? Did anythin" rel="nofollow">ing surprise you or puzzle you? ##and there is readin" rel="nofollow">ing lin" rel="nofollow">ink for it ## http://writin" rel="nofollow">ingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/religious-studies/ http://www.columbia.edu/~daviss/work/files/presentations/casshort/ 2/journal : One thin" rel="nofollow">ing (among many) that is frequently debated by scholars of American religion is how much we should study those at the margin" rel="nofollow">ins of a religion vs. those who consider themselves to be in" rel="nofollow">in its orthodox center. For example, in" rel="nofollow">in thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing about this week, do we learn more about Puritanism by studyin" rel="nofollow">ing someone like John Win" rel="nofollow">inthrop or someone like Anne Hutchin" rel="nofollow">inson? What do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink about studyin" rel="nofollow">ing the outsiders of a tradition vs. its "in" rel="nofollow">insiders"? ##and there is readin" rel="nofollow">ing lin" rel="nofollow">ink for it ## https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/in" rel="nofollow">intrel/win" rel="nofollow">inthrop.htm http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/30-hut.html http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5788/ http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/iro/parker/in" rel="nofollow">index.htm http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/jeffin" rel="nofollow">ind2.asp 3/journal : Many of the most devoted spiritualists (those who saw spiritualism as somethin" rel="nofollow">ing that completely in" rel="nofollow">informed their view of the world rather than those who saw it primarily as a form of entertain" rel="nofollow">inment or a way to try to contact your dead aunt) were in" rel="nofollow">involved in" rel="nofollow">in causes like the campaign for women's right to vote, dress reform (arguin" rel="nofollow">ing that some forms of women's clothin" rel="nofollow">ing like corsets were harmful and should be replaced), abolition of slavery, etc. Why do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink many people who were deeply in" rel="nofollow">involved in" rel="nofollow">in spiritualism were also attracted to these social causes? ##and there is readin" rel="nofollow">ing lin" rel="nofollow">ink for it ## http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1357 http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/WomansExp/id/963/rec/1 http://library.syr.edu/digital/collections/h/Hand-bookOfTheOneidaCommunity/ 4/journal : It's the year of your choice in" rel="nofollow">in the 1960s, and you're a reporter. You have the opportunity to in" rel="nofollow">interview one of the figures we've discussed or read about in" rel="nofollow">in this week's unit, but you can only ask them three questions. Who do you in" rel="nofollow">interview, and what do you ask?