Responses are to be restricted to 3 pages each,  so they must be carefully crafted: part of the exercise is the compression of a strong, well-grounded position into a very small space. (Normal type size --this one [12]-- double spaced.)  They are to be written in full sentences, proper essay format, etc, not in point form. You are making an argument, and must follow its steps. Citation can be as simple as possible. If you refer only to readings done for this course, the author's name will usually be enough in itself, since we know what you've read. If sources outside the course readings are referred to, a simple footnote or endnote with the usual publishing details and page numbers should suffice. If we, as readers, have enough info to locate your source and check your reference, you've done enough.

Essay #3   On readings in Section VII and earlier:  due 26 Nov in class (or before)

Please compare/contrast Boas's ideas and approaches to understanding human lives with those which (as in the 18th Century Enlightenment) place reason at the heart of what it is to be human.