Teaching The Power of Myth | Daily Lessons

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: Chapter I, Myth and the Modern World The students will be able to identify and describe relationships.

1) Possible Activities:
* Have the students create a Fish Bone graphic organizer showing the relationships between the myths and culture.
* Have the students work in pairs to categorize and arrange the events (i.e. myths and legends) into items which have a direct relationship with another.
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