You will be writing 2 papers limited to no less than 250 and no more than 500 words apiece. In each paper you will defend one respective side in this debate pertaining to the Elgin marbles and the information given in your handout as well as using information provided in the video below. One paper will be in defense of Lord Elgin’s actions and retaining the marbles in London – the other paper will be in defense of restoring the marbles as a remedy to an illegal act of theft.
Both arguments are due on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Grading will be based on the Amity school-wide reading rubric.
An additional article of interest related to this topic can be found at the following link.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/arts/design/turkeys-efforts-to-repatriate-art-alarm-museums.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
It regards a current effort by the government of Turkey to repatriate items from several museums worldwide.
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