Global Citizenship: By identifying and explaining the values and beliefs in Yoruba culture, students embrace cultural diversity and understand global perspectives.
Critical Thinking: Analyzing cultural stories fosters deeper insights and connections to broader societal issues.
Critical Thinking: Analyzing Anansi as a trickster figure requires students to look at detailed characteristics and cultural contexts.
Communication: Articulating their analysis effectively will enhance their ability to convey ideas clearly.
Learner's Mindset: Comparing themes and motifs across cultures encourages an openness to new ideas and continued learning.
Collaboration: Discussing and comparing with peers promotes collaborative learning and valuing different perspectives.
How do the stories of the Orishas illustrate the values and beliefs of the Yoruba culture?
In what ways does Anansi the spider embody the traits of the trickster archetype?
What are the common themes and motifs in the Orishas and Anansi stories and how do they compare to those of other mythologies?
Critical Thinking: Analyzing myths to understand cultural values and societal influences.
Communication: Articulating insights and interpretations through writing and discussions.
Comparative Analysis: Comparing themes, characters, and beliefs across different myths.
Research: Investigating historical and cultural contexts of African mythology.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2: Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3: Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3: Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9: Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
Magnus Chase: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan/
The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec/
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint /
Athena’s Child by Hannah Lyn/
A Spartan’s Sorrow by Hannah Lynn /
Daughter of Sparta by Claire Andrews
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