Week 2 Reading Overview

Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4.

Week 3: Homer's Iliad

Week 4: Ovid's Metamorphoses III

Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6.

Week 5: Ramayana

Week 6: Turkish Fairy Tales

Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. [Week 8 is review week.]

Week 7: Japanese Mythology

Week 9: Chinese Fairy Tales

Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11.

Week 10: The Song of Hiawatha

Week 11: Alaskan Legends

Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13.

Week 12: King Arthur

Week 13: Faerie Queen - Britomart

Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15.

Week 14: Lang's European Fairy Tales II

Week 15: Dante's Inferno


Heroic tales are a favorite of mine. This statue of Arash Kamangir exemplifies the idea of a mythical hero to me: grand action, and grand sacrifice. While I'm not choosing the Persian tales, Arash will forever be a favorite of mine.

Personally, its hard to pick one unit to be excited for. I can't wait to get a better understanding of the tales I already know and love, such as the Iliad or that of King Arthur, as well as getting to experience new cultures' own mythology, such as in the Turkish Fairy Tales as well as in the Alaskan legends. I had hoped that the Celtic units would have included more of the Irish heroic tales, such as that of Fionn mac Cumhail or Cuchulann. Even just considering the stories I have ahead of me has made me begin to brainstorm my Storybook project. 

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