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In teams, you will be assigned a vocabulary word from our Mythology unit and a definition on the back. Your team will put together a skit using the word that illustrates the definition to your classmates. You have 5 minutes to plan your skit.

 Literary Analysis Pre-Assessment PART ONE: Analytic Response Paragraph Turn this assignment into the bin for your class period. PART TWO: Literary Terms Pre-Assessment Silently complete this test and turn it into the bin for your class period. When you are finished, pick up a Mythology book and review the pages of reading for understanding.

FROM AROUND THE WORLD

  What are the characteristics of a creation myth?  How do different cultures explain the beginning?  What are the similarities and differences in creation myths from around the world?  What unique cultural traits are revealed in the creation myths? Essential Questions

  Nothingness  Primal ooze  An egg  A serpent  The formation of the earth and geography  The peopling of the world The Characteristics of Creation

  While we watch this short clip that illustrates the Greek Creation myth, compare what you see with your reading in Mythology yesterday. WD-RwtU  What similarities and differences are their from the Biblical Creation story? Greek Creation Myth

  A type of creation myth popular among Native American tribes.  The emergence story stresses the idea of the Earth as a womb from which the people emerge gradually, as in childbirth.  At each stage they grow in knowledge and ability Emergence Stories

  Type of creation myth used on occasion in Japanese legends  Type of creation in bible “let there be light…”  Gods sitting around discussing things to create and then creating, altering, etc. Spoken Word Stories

  Type of creation myth used in the Bible, Greek, and Roman stories.  The world begins with two individuals and all other humans are descendants of these two. Ancestor Stories

  Type of creation myth used in Germanic, Greek, Roman, and Egyptian stories.  The world begins with a swirling chaos, winds, fires, and from this begins life. Chaos Stories

  Type of creation myth used in some African tribal stories.  The man, animals, environment can all be created out of clay. Clay Stories

  Type of creation myth used in some Hindu, Norse, and Greek cultures.  A creature consists of everything in the world, but not until he/she/it is separated do they all truly exist.  From one part of something, another forms. Dismemberment Stories

  In your teams, you will read various Creation myths and record information about the myths on you worksheet to organize the information.  When your team finishes a myth, return the folder and select another myth until you complete all of the myths. CREATION MYTH EXPLORATION