Week 1 discussion
This week, you will choose a Native American story or
myth. Review the myths in the learning
resources and then choose one story, that is, a myth from a particular tribe or
nation.
First, using the material in the learning resources,
describe at least two, but no more than four, particular Native American myths
using ten adjectives in a sentence, e.g. “Based on the following myths, the
Navajo’s mythic identity is ….” It might
be simpler to write out ten sentences with a adjective for each.
Next, cite your myths using MLA format, but put them in a
Works Cited list at the end of your post. No need to clutter up the sentence.
After you have posted on your myth, compare your tribe or nation’s
identity with those of your peers.
Does the identity description hold up given the sources they
cited?
Can you think of any other adjectives that might apply to
their nation’s identity based on the myths they used?
This topic post will be worth 20 points, your replies will
be worth 10 points each. Make sure your
replies consist of four or more full sentences.
Initial posts are due by Thursday at 11:30PM ET and at least
three responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on Sunday
by 11:30PM ET.
Week 2 discussion
Using scholarly sources, choose an artifact that appears in
Egyptian mythologies and explain its significance to one of their stories.
Retell the story in your own words and cite your sources using MLA format. Find
an image of the object and include it in your post if you can. If you cannot,
offer a detailed description of it.
Compare your own artifact with those of your peers. What is
the relationship between artifacts and stories? How do artifacts
“hold” stories, or do they?
This topic post will be worth 20 points, your replies will
be worth 10 points each. Make sure your
replies consist of four or more full sentences.
Initial posts are due by Thursday at 11:30PM ET and at least
three responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on
Sunday by 11:30PM ET.
Week 3 discussion
Using the learning resources, choose an event in Asian
Indian or Hindu history and explain its significance to one of their myths.
Besides the religions of Hinduism you may also draw upon Buddhist, Sikh, and
Jain religions as well. Comment on the
relation between myth and history in your analysis. Describe how the event
becomes mythological. Cite your sources using MLA format.
Comment on your peers’ analysis of myth and history.
Evaluate their descriptions of how events becomes mythological. Are they
persuasive and true to the nature of myth? How else might these historical
events been interpreted mythologically?
This topic post will be worth 20 points, your replies will
be worth 10 points each. Make sure your
replies consist of four or more full sentences.
Initial posts are due by Thursday at 11:30PM ET and at least
three responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on
Sunday by 11:30PM ET.
Week 4 discussion
Using the learning resources, interpret a creation myth from
Chinese mythology. How does this myth compare to other myths that you have
read? What new elements are there? What similar elements? What function do you
think it could serve?
Comment on your peers’ posts and evaluate their
interpretations in light of the learning resources on the nature of creation
myths. Add to their interpretations if you can to complete their analysis. What
did they miss, and/or what did they do well?
This topic post will be worth 20 points, your replies will
be worth 10 points each. Make sure your
replies consist of four or more full sentences.
Initial posts are due by Thursday at 11:30PM ET and at least
three responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on
Sunday by 11:30PM ET.
Week 5 discussion
Compare a Greek hero or heroine with a contemporary hero or
heroine in a book or film. Do both heroes fit the pattern of the hero’s journey
as outlined by Campbell? Does your life fit this pattern in any way? How are
you on the hero’s journey by being a student? Cite your sources in MLA format.
Comment on three of your peers’ posts by offering additional
analysis of their hero myths in regard to Greece, contemporary literature or
film, and their own lives? Discuss why the hero’s journey takes this form.
This topic post will be worth 20 points, your replies will
be worth 10 points each. Make sure your
replies consist of four or more full sentences.
Initial posts are due by Thursday at 11:30PM ET and at least
three responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on
Sunday by 11:30PM ET.
Week 6 discussion
Using the learning resources, analyze the nature of
“the other” in Roman mythology.
The other might be a monster, a villain, or an enemy.
Compare and contrast this Roman “other” to an
instance in our society today, why do we need an “other” and what
function does it serve?
Comment upon your peers’ posts by evaluating their analysis
of the other in Roman mythology.
Cite your sources in MLA format.
Initial posts are due by Thursday at 11:30PM ET and at least
three responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on
Sunday by 11:30PM ET.
Week 7 discussion
What does Norse mythology say about the future? What is
there to hope for and what is there to fear? Analyze one of the myths in the
learning resources and explain the vision of the future in it.
Comment on your peers posts and their analyses of hope and
fear in Norse mythology. Did they get it right in your opinion? Did they miss
anything? Discuss the role of myth in our understanding of the future.
Initial posts are due by Thursday at 11:30PM ET and at least
three responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on
Sunday by 11:30PM ET.
Week 8 discussion
The UNESCO Workshop
Present a rough draft (5-7 slides/pages) of your multimedia
presentation here in this forum by uploading it. Then ask questions of your
peers and answer those asked of you in regard to your Myth in the World
project.
This topic post will be worth 20 points, your replies will
be worth 10 points each. Make sure your
replies consist of four or more full sentences.
Initial posts are due by Thursday at 11:30PM ET and at least
three responses to fellow classmates are expected by the end of the week on
Sunday by 11:30PM ET.
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