Project Icarus -- Your Chance to Fly...Successfully!
The Blog Planning, Drafting, Critique and Commentary
More Impact Project Presentations
Blogs for Writing
You may select whatever site/program you want for your blog, but it must be accessible from within the DOE network so that you can work on it in class.
Man and the Universe: The Search for Truth
Mythological Motifs and Achetypes
- The Hero's Journey
- Perseus
Remember Medusa? Perseus is the guy who killed her and cut off her head.
- Odysseus
Ever wondered why an "odyssey" is called by that weird name? Here's why. Also probably the origin of the feminist phrase, "Men are pigs."
- Momotaro
The Japanese hero-wanderer who emerged from a peach at his birth.
- Beowulf
Anglo Saxon hero and monster slayer.
- King Arthur
Excalibur & The Knights of the Round Table....
- Maui
Maui--Trickster Hero of Hawaiian legend.
- Coyote
Native American Trickster Hero
- Orpheus and Eurydice
Legendary musician who journeyed to the realm of the dead to reclaim his lost wife.
A description of heroes, with examples from "Star Wars," "Lion King," Arthurian Legend, and the story of Moses
Davis, Bryan M. (1997). The Archetypal Hero in Literature, Religion, Movies, and Popular Culture Retrieved (2/1/09), Web site: http://www.tatsbox.com/hero
Early Storytelling
Comparative Mythology
This collection of images brings together 24 works of art inspired by mythology around the world. The rich variety of images makes it possible...to address a wide range of study areas, including language arts, humanities, art, social and cultural studies, and world religions. Mythological Comparisons will help you explore the relationships among the images. Have fun being creative with these materials!
Windows to the Universe
Comparative myths of the universe. Learn how early man attempted to make connections in his world and make some connections yourself among the many cultures represented here.
The Odyssey
The archetypal literary journey. Chose the short or detailed version.
Contemporary Mythmaking
Mythology in Modern Society
Student Samples--Allusive Poetry
YOU Allude -- Some Fun Quizzes!
thanks to Desiree Dacoco for this idea!
- Which Greek GODDESS Are You?
- Which Greek HERO Are You?
- What mythological CREATURE would you be?
- Which Greek GOR OR GODDESS Are You?
Media Issues
Society's Effects Powerpoint
What kinds of impositions does society make on your life?
br>Media Channel
"Key themes and lightning rod issues"--media mayhem, marketing to kids, hip-hop media, sex, race, and sports, Christmas consumption...and more
Deconstructing Media
How to analyze media and get at the hidden agenda and techniques
Peacefire.Org
Peacefire.org was created in August 1996 to represent the interests of people under 18 in the debate over freedom of speech on the Internet.
Listen Up!
PBS Site on Youth Video Journalism
Resource Sites on Teen Risk Behavior
Resource Links -- Grammar Exercises
Resource Links -- Book Lists
Historical Fiction Reading Lists
U.S. Historical Fiction for Teens
very comprehensive list of US historical fiction, annotated and listed by time period--you can even find out if it is available for borrowing...of course, you'll need to travel to Plymouth, Michigan, to get it!
Young Adult American Historical Fiction
also annotated, this one from the Hewlett Woodmere Public Library in New York!
Historical Fiction Book Lists
annotated, available both in online or printable PDF format...from Punahour School...guess where??!
American Historical Fiction for Young Adults
annotated, from Cerritos Library in California
Book Lists
for historical fiction and problem fiction books choices
Humanities Interactive
Click on Literature and Our Imaginative Heritage-->Bonfire of the Liberties. The bonfire was a very efficient form of censorship in an age when books were handwritten and existed in very few copies. But in the era of printing and mass markets, censors have had to devise other methods of restricting access to publications.
Coming of Age: War Stories
Dispatches
postcards, articles, photos from The Advertiser's on the scene coverage of Hawaii's citizen soldiers in Iraq
"Echoes from the Wall: Conflict on the Home Front During the Vietnam War"
Coming of Age on the Battlefield: Art Gallery
Vietnam
WWII
Pro and Con Posters
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