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Who’s Your Hero? Myths, Legends, and Heroes Buddy Meeting 2 Friday, November 19, 2010 8:30 – 9:40 a.m. The second cross-aged buddy meeting for the ancient worlds @ CHA theme year focuses on mythology. To accomplish the goals of providing problem solving and discovery activities for the cross-aged meeting experience, we will be engaged in learning about and creating puppets of mythological heroes. Lesson: To learn some myths, legends, and heroes of our 6 targeted ancient cultures and make stick puppets of various gods/goddesses/heroes to retell these tales. In keeping with the spirit of the lesson, we are requesting that the students dress as their favorite heroes for our Buddy Meeting. Lesson Objectives: To introduce and reinforce typical examples of the year’s targeted ancient cultures’ myths, legends, and heroes To provide opportunities for older students to teach and guide younger students in discovery activities To provide background information for myths and legends of all cultures – and to understand these beliefs fulfilled a human need to understand the world around us To provide enrichment opportunities for all age levels Lesson Materials Provided: Myths, Legends, and Heroes Powerpoint Presentation A story for each culture to be read by the older student leaders Hercules Roman Strongman Athena Greek Goddess of Wisdom Lu Tung-Pin Chinese Immortal The Hero Twins - Mayan Heroes Isis Egyptian Goddess Robin Hood Medieval Hero Cutouts for each figure (front and back) Sticks to paste figures on Backdrops of Ancient Temples of worship Teachers need to provide scissors, glue, markers, crayons, colored pencils Vocabulary Myth a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. Legend a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical. Hero/Heroine Classical Mythology . a. a being of godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity. b. (in later antiquity) an immortal being; a demigod. God/Goddess In mythology, an immortal, supernatural being who is the subject of traditional sacred stories; in religion, an immortal, supernatural being who is the object of worship and prayer. Organizational Schema 1. Introduce the concepts of ancient myths, legends, and heroes with the Powerpoint Presentation. We all enjoy a good story! Today’s focus is the stories from our ancient worlds! As we view and discuss these slides, see if you see any characters you have ever heard of before! 2. Distribute the 6 stories so each student pairing will receive a different culture. - Allow time for the stories to be read to the younger children Now we will hear the complete story of one of these heroes, read by our MS friends. As you listen, see if you can figure out how this story might have gotten started. 3. Distribute the 6 mythical figures and backdrops to coordinate with each story. Now that your group knows your story, you can create puppets to retell the story for the rest of the class. You will also get to see and hear your classmates’ ancient stories! 4. The students color, cut out, and paste together the puppets. As students work, circulate and engage them in conversations about their particular hero, eliciting their understanding of what made him/her heroic 5. Each group can act out the stories to each other or to the class. - student leaders may reread the story while the younger children act out the action. - groups may create their own myths Provide positive and encouraging responses to their retelling – supplying important details if they were “missed” in the recreation You might want to save these for your decorating your booth in May, or collect them and use them again if you have some time. Enjoy! Don’t forget to encourage students to look for myths and legends in the library like these we read today and like the one Mr. Schwaber told us at the Spirit Assembly. (that story is available as an audio file @: http://storynory.com/2007/01/15/in-the-cyclops-cave/ * If time permits : you might allow students to make more than one puppet or create another character from the myths. (see extra figures) Myths, Legends, and Heroes Powerpoint References: Pegasus – Greek Flying Horse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus Romulus and Remus – twin infants raised by wolves who founded Rome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus Achilles – hero of the Trojan War, killed by an arrow to his heel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles Unicorn – mythical one horned horse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn Wang Mu – Chinese Mother of the Sky http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/chinese-goddesses.htm 8 Chinese Immortals – Mythical people who traveled throughout China doing good deeds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Immortals Dragons – mythological creatures who could fly and had supernatural powers, different interpretations in Europe and Asia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon Perseus – killed the gorgon Medusa by outwitting her http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus Odysseus/Ulysses – Greek king of Ithaca who had adventures traveling home form the Trojan War, hero of Homer’s Iliad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus Chac – Mayan Rain http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/mayan-mythology.php?deity=CHAC Hunahpu and Xbalanque– Mayan Twin Heroes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Hero_Twins Ymil Kaxob – Mayan Maize God http://www.lost-civilizations.net/mayan-godsmythology.html Aeneas – Trojan hero from Virigil’s Aeneid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas Atalanta – Roman huntress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalanta Minerva – Roman equivalent to Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva Nut – Egyptian Sky Goddess http://www.egyptianmyths.net/nut.htm Isis – Goddess of Life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis Ra– Egyptian Sun God http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra Robin Hood – Medieval Sherwood Forest Outlaw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood King Arthur – legendary King of England http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur Sir Galahad – Knight of the Round Table who found the Holy Grail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galahad The Hero Twins shooting a perched Principal Bird Deity with a blowgun.