ANTIGONE
Homework for tonight – add one or two examples of Greek tragedy (other than Antigone) to your tree map.
Today we spoke about how to respond to a short answer question. Here is the short answer template organizer we used in class and some of the important things to remember:
The format is almost identical to your [...]
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 [...]
MYTHOLOGY/NOTE TAKING
Today we started taking notes on the Greek creation myths. It is important that we understand that we are working on how to take notes, as well as learning the Greek myths. Here are a couple of things we need to remember about note taking:
Don’t try to write down everything, that would defeat the [...]
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.
MYTHOLOGY
Today we shared our experiences with the use of repetition as a memory tool. We want to keep in mind that the use of repetition in the wording and the plot of orally reproduced stories is a result of these stories being easy to pass on from one generation to the next. We also noted [...]
WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY?
Homework for Monday: Tell the PINK ELEPHANT JOKE to someone you know and be ready to discuss how it went on Monday. Hint – REPETITION.
WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY?
We have been defining the term “mythology” using the first chapter of Kenneth Davis’s book Don’t Know Much About World Myths. One of the ideas we discussed is the passing on of ideas via an oral tradition. We did an activity that demonstrated the difficulty of remembering details when passing information on by [...]
