World Mythology Project

Examples Fall 2013

Fall 2016

As the culture researcher, you will ask the following questions:

• • • Where in the world is this and how did the culture divide the world? For example, on a map, where would you find the Greeks? Where did the gods live? Humans? The dead?

    • What was the environment like and how did it shape the myths?

    • What type of rule/government was there and how did it shape the myths?

    • What was society like? Were there divisions among people?

As the pantheon researcher (the gods of a particular mythology considered collectively), you will collect the following information:

• • A diagram of the pantheon. You may have to create your own. You will be submitting this to me.

  • Who was in charge/deity of:

    • everything/ruler?

    • love?

    • nature? (you may break out into specifics)

    • life?

    • death?

    • war?

    • anything else that is important to the culture

  • How the culture balanced good and evil.

  • The role of the gods in the culture

As the hero/myth researcher, you will do the following:

• • • Choose 2 heroes to research.

    • A summary of his/her deeds

    • A list of traits shown by the hero that the culture tried to emulate

    • Read and retell a creation myth using a web 2.0 tool (book or cartoon or animation) -Check my list for options in the materials on Schoology

After you have completed your research and answered each of the questions, you will create your presentation.

• • Requirements are:

    • Images cited correctly using creative commons images

    • works cited in MLA format for all information

    • Cover page

  • Notes Check List -check here and print this out to fill in your notes. This will help you make certain all of the questions are answered for your presentation.

  • Rubric -check here to see how you will be graded and how many points each aspect is worth.