Daily Lessons for Teaching The World of Myth: An Anthology

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: Part I: Chapters 1-5 David Adams Leeming's is part of a tradition of comparative literature and mythology, but by drawing from different cultures and periods, this tradition itself has a history of raising questions about disciplinary loyalty and methods. This lesson attempts to characterize the type of work Leeming has written.

1) 1) Group Discussion: Have students work together in small groups to make lists of...
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