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Thursday, November 13, 2008
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Homework for Friday: Please make a list of all the people/gods/characters who are important to the story of the Trojan War. Use a tree map to categorize them.
At this point you should know the following myths:
Mesopotamian – Gilgamesh, Babylonian Creation, Marduk
Egyptian – Egyptian Creation, The Death of Osiris, Mummification Origins, Pharaohs as God-Kings
Greek – Greek [...]
MYTHOLOGY/NOTETAKING
Homework: Please read and take notes on the next two sections of the text (What kind of jar… and Why did winter…). Notes should be readable, contain important info, and be to the point.
Today we looked at the Prometheus myth and the rebellion of the Greek gods against the Titans. Both of these stories will [...]
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Mythology/Creation Myths
Homework for tomorrow is to use a flow map to sequence the events in the Mesopotamian and Egyptian creation myths. You will need your World Myth chapters on Mesopotamia and Egypt.
CREATION MYTHS
Homework for tomorrow – Please look over Mesopotamian Tree Map (below), Egypt Notes (below), and Egypt Reading from World Myths (you have hard copies) in preparation to tree map important information as we did in class today for Mesopotamia. You and your partner will have tomorrow’s class to complete the tree map. We worked through the [...]