9th Grade Odyssey Unit: Tracing Archetypes and Moral-based Storytelling through Time.
Submitted by Anissa Weinraub on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 15:18.
Through the 9th grade study of The Odyssey, we explored how the story was crafted to teach its
audience basic lessons of the time, (i.e. "How to be a real man." "The importance of loyalty in upholding
social order.") Further, we tracked and analyzed how archetypes were used within the story. From this study,
we looked to the modern version of this lesson-based, archetype-heavy story, the Fairy Tale. Students were
then asked to create an illustrated fairy tale story book. Lastly, they had to reflect on their experiences developed
through their own authorship, and then connect those experiences to a deeper understanding of Homer and The
Odyssey.
The final versions of these stories are in hard copy. If you'd like to read them, head over to school and ask one of
our students to show you.
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