Andersen, Amy Project

Fulbright-Hayes Seminar Abroad-Greece/Bulgaria 2008 Curriculum Project Amy Andersen, Ed.D. Curriculum Project for Language Arts/Social Studies Education Methodology Course Level: Undergraduate Education Majors (Juniors or Seniors) Objectives: • Effectively integrates language arts and social studies • Effectively build on students’ cultural and linguistic backgrounds to enhance language and social studies development • Use a variety of instructional techniques to promote reading comprehension and social studies understandings • Create a jackdaw or “teaching trunk” related to some part of a country and culture other than the United States • Relate historic mythology, folktales/folklore, etc. from this culture to modern times • Create a new myth or folktale based on modern happenings and research on their country/culture • Explain how the project they create will help students in the grade level they choose Students in a reading/language arts and social studies methodology class designed for elementary and middle school pre-service teachers will take part in several activities geared to help them create a unit plan for their own classroom based on study of mythology and folklore of a country and culture from outside the United States. The students will complete a unit in class designed by the professor and then use this experience as a model on which to build their own unit on a country/culture of their choice.

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Greek culture and history in general Background on Greece including architectural/spiritual icons related to Greek mythology including the Parthenon in Athens, The Temple of the Oracle at Delphi, and the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Concepts and culture of modern Greece Bulgarian culture and history in general Background on Bulgarian folktales and how they relate to historical and archeological sites in Bulgaria General literary characteristics of myths and folktales

Collaborative Group Work Students will split into groups of four. There should be six or seven groups in each section of the class. Each group will first choose the country they would like to use as the basis of their study, either Greece or Bulgaria. Students will then choose a myth or folktale from that country as the focus of their study. They will choose from the following myths/folktales: Greek Myths Gaea-Mother Earth/Creation of the World Creation of the Titans Creation of Man by Prometheus Persephone and Demeter Pandora King Midas The Golden Fleece Adventures of Theseus Others if approved by instructor Bulgarian Folktales Tiny Man The Ogre Called Ouch and the Three Girls The Boy, the Puppy, the Kitten and the Small Frog Bang! Bang! A Gift From the Heart “Clever Peter” short tales (at least three) Why March Has 31 Days Others if approved by instructor Groups will read and discuss the critical attributes of their myth/tale. They will identify 5 items to create based on their myth/tale to go into a teaching trunk related to the tale. These will include the following: • “Baseball” type character cards that include a picture of each major character listing character traits as the statistics • Information about the country/culture at the time period depicted in the tale. Groups will identify and research four important ideas/concepts related to the time period and the myth/tale. These will be presented as small posters in the teaching trunk. • Groups will design a small board game or electronic game based on the plot line of the myth/tale they read. • Groups will include “artifacts” in the trunk to represent new ideas they have learned about the culture they are studying. For example, for a

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Greek myth or Bulgarian story, groups might include dolls with examples of dress. Groups will include four items from modern times that could be included in a new version of the myth/tale and be ready to explain how they could be incorporated in a new version of the myth/tale.

After creating this teaching trunk, each group will present it to the class explaining each piece and how their students would benefit from the items included. Each group will be evaluated by the instructor and other students in the class. A rubric will be included for evaluation purposes. Creation of New Myth/Tale After each project is presented, the groups must write a new folktale or myth based on current events in Greece or Bulgaria. Groups will take into account the attributes of the literature they studied and include these attributes in their new tale/myth. Groups can use the ancient/traditional characters in a modern setting or use modern characters they create themselves but told in the same style as the original. These new tales/myths will be shared with the class and bound into a book for future use. Culminating Project The culminating project will allow students to take the experience of creating the teaching trunk in a group and applying it to a new situation individually. Students will plan a unit of their own for the grade level of their choice. They will describe a teaching trunk for use with a different country/culture their own students might be interested in. They will gather resources for the literature their students will study through these teaching trunks or allow older students to create the teaching trunks on their own. Each unit plan must include the following: • An overall timeline of the project • Full lesson plans for to teach students about the literature and culture of the country of choice (at least 5) • A full description of the items included in the teaching trunk for the country/culture they choose or a full description of the model trunk they would use to demonstrate the process for older students creating their own. • Three to five lessons on facilitating students to write their own version of the myth or tale from their chosen country/culture. • A culminating activity appropriate for the grade level/age of their students • A comprehensive list of resources for student use while working on all aspects of the project. This should be a combination of web and other resources. There should be at least 30 of these.

Greek and Bulgarian Resources for Class Use Books on Greek Mythology (Based on a bibliography compiled by: Inez Ramsey) Aliki. The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1994; pa. HarperCollins, 1997. Ardagh, Philip. Ancient Greek Myths & Legends. Illustrated by Virginia Gray. Chicago: World Book, 2001. Ardagh, Philip. Ancient Greece. Illustrated by Colin King. McGraw-Hill, 2000. Age 8 up. Clement-Davies, David. Trojan Horse : The World's Greatest Adventure. 1st American ed. New York: DK Pub., 1999 Colum, Padraic. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. 1st Collier Books ed. New York: Collier, 1983, c1921. Colum, Padraic. The Trojan War and the Adventures of Odysseus. Illustrated by Barry Moser. New York: Morrow, 1997. Connolly, Peter. The Legend of Odysseus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. D'Aulaire, Ingri. Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths. 1st ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1962. Evslin, Bernard. The Dragon of Boeotia. New York: Chelsea House, 1987. Fanelli, Sara. Mythological Monsters of Ancient Greece. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2002. Fisher, Leonard Everett. The Olympians : Great Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece. 1st ed. New York: Holiday House, 1984. Fleischman, Paul. Dateline : Troy. Collages by Gwen Frankfeldt & Glenn Morrow. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick, 1996. Gates, Doris. A Fair Wind for Troy. Drawings by Charles Mikolaycak. New York: Viking, 1984. Geringer, Laura. Andromeda : The Flying Warrior Princess. Illustrated by peter Bollinger. New York: Scholastic, 1996. Geringer, Laura. Atalanta : The Wild Girl. Illustrated by Peter Bollinger. New York: Scholastic, 1997. Geringer, Laura. Castor & Pollux : The Fighting Twins. Illustrated by Peter Bollinger. Scholastic, 1997. Geringer, Laura. Iole : The Girl with Super Powers. Illustrated by Peter Bollinger, 1997.

Gibson, Michael. Gods, Men & Monsters from the Greek Myths. Illustrations by Giovanni Casell. New York: P. Bedrick, 1991. Green, Jen. Myths of Ancient Greece. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2001. Houle, Michelle M. Gods and Goddesses in Greek Mythology. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2001. Hull, Robert. Greek Stories. Illustrated by Adam Stower and Claire Robinson. New York: Thomson Learning, 1994. Hutton, Warwick. The Trojan Horse. 1st ed. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1992. Kingsley, Charles. The Heroes. Illustrated by H.M. Brock. New York: Mayflower Books, 1980. Kondeatis, Christos. Pandora's Box : A 3-Dimensional Celebration of Greek Mythology. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995. Lang, Andrew. Tales of Troy and Greece. Illustrated by Edward Bawden. London: Faber, 1968. Low, Alice. The Macmillan Book of Greek Gods and Heroes. Illustrated by Arvis Stewart. 1st Aladdin Books ed. New York: Aladdin Books, 1994. Macdonald, Fiona. God & Goddesses in the Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks. Columbus, OH: P. Bedrick, 2002. Malam, John. Gods and Goddesses. Peter Bedrick, 1999. Masters, Anthony. Greek Myths and Legends. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter. Peter Bedrick, 1999. Mattern, Joanne. The Odyssey. By Homer; retold by Joanne Mattern; interior illustrations by Hokanson/Cichett; Wishbone illustrations by Kathryn Yingling. New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1996. McCaughrean, Geraldine. Greek Gods and Goddesses. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. 1st U.S. ed. Margaret K. McElderry, 1998. McCaughrean, Geraldine. Greek Myths. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. 1st U.S. ed. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1993. McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Odyssey. Illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Morley, Jacqueline. Greek Myths. Illustrated by Giovanni Caselli. 1st ed. P. Bedrick, 1998. Nardo, Don. Greek Mythology. San Diego, CA: Kidhaven, 2002. Oldfield, Pamela. Tales from Ancient Greece. Illustrated by Nick Harris. Doubleday, 1988. Osborne, Mary Pope. Favorite Greek Myths. Illustrated by Troy Howell. Scholastic, 1989.

Osborne, Will. The Deadly Power of Medusa. Illustrated by Steve Sullivan. Scholastic, 1988. Philip, Neil. King Midas. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent. 1st U.S. ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994. Rockwell, Anne F. The One-Eyed Giant and Other Monsters from the Greek Myths. Greenwillow, 1996. Rockwell, Anne F. The Robber Baby : Stories from the Greek Myths. 1st ed. Greenwillow, 1994. Steig, Jeanne. A Gift from Zeus : Sixteen Favorite Myths. Pictures by William Steig. 1st ed. New York: Joanna Cotler Books, 2001. Stories from the Stars : Greek Myths of the Zodiac. Compiled by Juliet Sharman Burke; illustrated by Jackie Morris. 1st ed. New York: Abeville Kids, 1996. Sutcliff, Rosemary. Black Ships before Troy : The Story of the Iliad. Illustrated by Alan Lee. New York: Delacorte, 1993. Switzer, Ellen Eichenwald. Greek Myths : Gods, Heroes, and Monsters : Their Sources, Their Stories, and Their Meanings. Photographs by Costas. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum, 1988. Vinge, Joan D. The Random House Book of Greek Myths. Illustrated by Oren Sherman. Random House, 1999. Selected General Books on Greece Bordessa, Kris. Tools of the Ancient Greeks: A Kid’s Guide to the History and Science of Life in Ancient Greece (Tools of Discovery series). Nomad Press, 2006. Cobblestone Publishing. If I Were a Kind in Ancient Greece: Children of the Ancient World (If I Were a Kid in…). 2007 Dalby, Andrew. Siren Feasts: A History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece. MacDonald, Fiona. Ancient Greece (Curious Kids Guides). Kingfisher, 2002. Woods, Michael and Woods, Mary B. Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece. Twenty-first Century Books, 2008. Wroble, Lisa A. Kids in Ancient Greece (Kids Throughout History). Powerkids Press, 1998. Greece- Selected Useful Web Sites http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/ http://www.angelfire.com/pe/GrChildLit/ http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Greece.html http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/main_menu.shtml http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientGreece.html http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek/ http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/home.html http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/

http://yazoo.lib.ms.us:8000/kcweb/kcURLs?search=Mythology%2C+Greek++ Juvenile+fiction. http://www.mythweb.com/

http://www.epl.ca/EPLMaster.cfm?id=ANCIENTGR2 http://www.sclibrary.ab.ca/kids/pathfinders/mythology.htm https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html http://www.greece4kids.com/ http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?folder=95&of fice=3&article=12221 http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/goplaces/0,12405,227674,00.html

Bulgaria-Books and Websites Georgieva, Ivanichka. Bulgarian Folk Mythology by (Sofia 1985) Butler, Thomas. Monumenta Bulgarica (Michigan Slavic Publications 1996) http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/short_tales/more http://www.spiritoftrees.org/folktales/howe/nasrudin_trees.html http://www.spellintime.fsnet.co.uk/Bulgarian%20Oral%20Tradition.htm http://www.spellintime.fsnet.co.uk/Folklore_Section_Tales.htm http://www.childrenslibrary.org/servlet/WhiteRavens?title=Bulgaria&where=c ountry%3D'Bulgaria' http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/sfs/sfs47.htm http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_English/Theme_Folklore/Material/w eatherriddles.htm http://www.purebulgaria.com/en_version/folklor.php http://www.banknotes.com/bg.htm http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/b/bu/bulgaria.html

http://www.rainbowkids.com/HTMLFiles.aspx?page=BulgariaAct http://stnicholas.kids.us/Brix?pageID=82 http://www.europe.org.uk/europlus/bulgaria.html http://www.geocities.com/greetings1001/martenitza.html http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/bgtoc.html http://www.omda.bg/indexa.htm