Daily Lessons for Teaching The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: The idea of myth is an important one the stretches across cultures, countries, and religions. Campbell's life work centered on revealing the power of myth and all its possibilities for those who choose to explore their own myths and stories. Today's objective is to talk about the importance of myth as we understand it today.

1) 1. Have each student define the idea of...
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