Unit 1: Foundations

Unit 1: The Oral Tradition and the Native Americans

Contents on the Test- Make sure you KNOW the plot, characters, etc of the selections. 

What is culture? The Seven Elements of Culture Notes

The Elements of the Hero's Journey- Video- See below; Notes; heroes and monsters slides

The Monomyth- Video- See below

Beowulf- know characters and events from the excerpts in the purple textbook- The Anglo Saxons

Creation Myths (Genesis, The Quran, Australian/Aboriginal, African, Native American); The Big Myth

Trickster Tales- "The Coyote and the Buffalo"