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HONR 229L: Climate Change: Science, Economics, and Governance
Prologue and The Maya
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12 September 2016
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Great if you can lead a discussion of the prologue, even though this was not
covered on the Admission Ticket for today’s meeting.
The prologue works in a theme that history is often distorted by the bias of those
who tell the story.
a) relate your impression of how this theme is woven into the prologue.
b) see if the class can provide some examples of history being distorted by those
who tell the story.
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The prologue states “eventually, I arrived at a five-point framework of possible
contributing factors that I now consider in trying to understand any putative
environmental collapse”.
Please prepare a slide (or two) that lists these five-points, and contains a phrase or
two under each of the points explaining how it will be used in the book
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The prologue works states “climate change was even more of a problem for past
societies … than it is today”. Summarize the reason Diamond states this is the
case.
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Please address using bulleted phrases, organized as you see fit, the main points
Jared Diamond conveyed about The Maya in this chapter
In other words, what was the chapter about !
Feel free to use illustrations, either from the book, included here for
convenience or from another source. If from another source, please
use proper attribution
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Please address using bulleted phrases, organized as you see fit, something new
you learned upon reading this chapter.
Be specific if you can … i.e., nearly all of us have heard of The Maya, but
what about The Maya was new to you upon reading this chapter
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Describe how the history of the The Maya may be applicable to the situation faced
by the world’s population may face in the future, with respect to global warming
(hint: climate change will induce changes in precipitation patterns)
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