Micro Research Exercises 1

Every week you will choose one aspect of the topic explored in class (during the lecture, documentary viewing, and/or class discussions) that is of interest to you and explore this aspect further, summarising what you find in a few paragraphs (maximum 500 words). Your findings are to be shared orally with the class at the beginning of each weekly session (around 5 minutes), and your writing is to be submitted for assessment. For example, you may be interested in learning more about Mesopotamian religion at the time of the Patriarchs (week 1); you could read further on this subject (in the prescribed readings, supplementary readings, journal articles, or online) and present the points you find interesting in the following week.