Humanities personal experiments
Humanities personal experiments
You will choose any idea from the class or the books, and then test it out in your
personal life, studies, or work environment by making some changes in your behavior
over a 2-3 week period. The intention is for you to actually apply the concepts you
are learning. After you actively experiment with your idea, you’ll write a 2-page
report (2+ full pages typed, double-spaced). Due on turnitin.com only. Include:
1) the class concept you chose to test in your everyday life (home/school/work)
2) a detailed description of the specific actions you took over a 2-3 week period
3) the results you got
4) your analysis of the results
5) your conclusions (what you learned about your original concept).
Use idea from weeks 4-7
Week 4 – M: Lies Your Teacher Told You (history; education; intelligences)
T: More Beautiful World: Science
W: Sparks of Genius: Ch. 6-Recognizing Patterns
Week 5 – M/T: Fear & the Need to Belong (conformity; stress; social beings)
W: More Beautiful World: Morphogenesis; Newness
Th: Sparks of Genius: Ch. 8-Analogizing
Week 6 – M/T: You Can Change Your Mind (neuroplasticity)
W: More Beautiful World: Urgency; Doing; Non-Doing
Th: Sparks of Genius: Ch. 9-Body Thinking
Week 7 – M/T: “Don’t Just Do Something – Sit There!” (mindfulness, meditation)
