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Duration: 45 minutes

Assessments: Student writing

 

Description

This project was loosely coupled with work happening in History classes around global issues and global leaders.

Students were asked to identify the evil that each myth addressed as they worked through the reading comprehension section of the project. Once the evil was identified, students had to connect that evil to something that has taken place in modern history. One student actually made a connection between Hera's command for the entire countryside to refuse to give shelter to one of Zeus' lovers and the US embargo with Cuba...

Several students were able to use the work that they were doing in History class for this question, while many of them relied upon other units of study from the year or outside knowledge.

Students were asked to write up their connection in preparation for presentations.

Connection to Evil
Students were asked to fill this out to show that they were understanding each myth they had to read. The final questio...
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Author Reflections

The connections were the weakest part of almost every group presentation. We did not spend enough time really fleshing this out with students, and many students tried to find a modern conflict that mirrored the myth (which is really difficult due to the outlandish plots of most of the myths) instead of simply connecting the evil presented in the story.