General Resources on The Hero's Journey

Documentaries:

• Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth
• Lifting the Veil: Joseph Campbell and the Monomyth

Movies:

• Goonies
• 9
• Shrek
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
• The Matrix
• Harry Potter
• Wizard of Oz
• Alice in Wonderland
• The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings

Short Videos:

• "What Makes a Hero?" from TEDed animated [4 minutes]
• "The Hero's Journey" on Vimeo [2 minutes]
• "Monomyth in Hollywood" (Harry Potter, Star Wars, Wizard of Oz) [7 minutes]
• An Anti-Hero of One's Own from TEDed [4 minutes]
• Vampires: Folklore, Fantasy and Fact from TEDed [7 minutes]
• The Hero's Journey through Hollywood movies [2 minutes]
• Joseph Campbell Discusses Star Wars on PBS [2 minutes]
• Monomyth in The Matrix [4 minutes]
• "The Hero's Journey" Part 1 from Extra Credit Part 2 (includes video games) [15 minutes total]
• The Hero's Journey - Hollywood Movie Mash-Up (clips from 168 movies) [11 minutes]
• "The Hero's Journey in Film" (Toy Story, Matrix, Star Wars, Rocky, The Graduate) [11 minutes]
• "The Hero's Journey" narrated clips (Harry Potter, Star Wars, Willy Wonka, The Matrix)
• Looney Tunes Guide to Fairy Tales from Looney Tunes (compares fractured fairy tales to the Joseph Campbell model)

Websites:

• The Hero's Journey from The Writer's Journey
• The Hero's Journey (side-by-side table of Star Wars and The Matrix)
• What Your Six Favorite Movies Have in Common [infographic of hero's journey in Harry Potter, Star Wars, Matrix, Spiderman, Lion King and Lord of the Rings)

Articles:

• "Steps in the Hero's Cycle" Version 2 by Joseph Campbell (visual diagram)
• "Monomyth" from Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
• "Why Vampires Never Die" by Guillermo del Toro
• "Exploring the Dark Side: The Anti-Hero's Journey" by James Bonnet
• "When 'Hero' Rings Hollow" by Don Gomez
• The Hero's Journey overview

Extended Text

• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Lesson Plans:

• The Lightning Thief Unit (includes chapter quizzes, vocab, activities, etc.)
• Greek Gods Event Kit (includes word search, trivia and activities)
• Greek Heroes Event Kit (includes word search, maze and personality quiz)
• The Lightning Thief Event Kit (includes word search, crossword, and maze)
• Reader's Guide to The Lightning Thief (includes plot summary, Greek God overview, activities, and discussion questions)

Documentaries:

• The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
• Gods and Goddesses

Movies:

• The Lightning Thief

Websites:

• Ancient Greek WebQuest
• Ten Signs You May be a Half-Blood (online quiz)
• Meet the Greek Gods
• Camp Half-Blood Cabins (includes information about each cabin's inhabitants and god)
• The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece (National Geographic Kids)
• Ten Facts About the Ancient Greeks (National Geographic Kids)

Extended Text

• I am Legend by Richard Matheson

Movies:

• I am Legend

Extended Text

• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Movies:

• Neverwhere mini-series from BBC

Extended Text

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling

Short Videos:

"Harry Potter and the Translator's Nightmare" from TED Ed (6 minutes)