Chinese Mythology Lesson Plans

1. The Mythology Connection
...of North Carolina at Chapel Hill LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K?12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina ? and the world. Lesson Plans The Mythology Connection Mythology is fascinating and students enjoy the research and learning more about different characters. By allowing them to choose some of the activities for the booklet, they take more ownership in learning. They also enjoy dressing up and pretending to become a mythological character. This unit...

2. See You Later, Alligator
...ackboard -copies of "Rare Alligator Is Threatened As China Feeds Its People" (one per student) -resource materials in which information and images of "symbolic animals" can be found (geography-related periodicals such as National Geographic, computers with Internet access, global history textbooks, mythology books, library reference books) Activities / Procedures: 1. WARM-UP/DO-NOW: Students respond to the following prompt in their journals (written on the board prior to class): "In many cultures around the world, animals are important symbols of culture and history. Name at least five different animals that ar...

3. The Community Discovered - Stuff Gods Are Made Of
...lopment The purpose of this unit is for students to expose students to Model variations of myths and mythos of various cultures or cultures of interest. CD Curriculum Curriculum Units/ Grade Range Middle School (7-8) Units Lessons High School (9-12) Concepts Cultures Units and lessons are to Topics Mythology incorporate into Antigone existing curriculum the four strands of the grant: arts Purpose Statement integration with How have mythological stories, dramas, art, and concepts a DBAE approach, expressed by the culture group reflect the values, norms, technology and structures within that particular society an...

4. 4-7 Lesson 6
...r shafts. This shaft pointed to Sirius. Built around 2000 B.C., the temple structure of Amon-Ra in Karnak, Egypt, allowed Egyptians to determine the length of the solar year. Their calculations were only about one minute off. The direction a house or temple faced was very significant to the ancient Chinese. They could figure out cardinal directions very accurately to build structures to line up with the four directions and further included their knowledge of the directions in yearly rituals. Early Greeks created myths to explain the movement of the sun across the sky (Apollo/Phaethon). The directions of the sun...

5. The Community Discovered - Storytelling: Using the arts to enrich the curriculum...
{CD Home} Storytelling: Using the arts to enrich the curriculum... Staff Darcee Rothe Staff Development Model Development The purpose of this unit is for students to gain an Model appreciation for other cultures and to use storytelling in a variety of ways. A focus is places on Greek Mythology, African Folklore and Japanese Folklore; however, other cultures are referred to and discussed. This unit explores similarities in the reasons why cultures develop and use storytelling. CD Mathematics steps in with a culminating project involving Curriculum Curriculum Units/ having the students creating a m...

6. The Community Discovered - Storytelling: Using the arts to enrich the curriculum...
{CD Home} Storytelling: Using the arts to enrich the curriculum... Staff Darcee Rothe Staff Development Model Development The purpose of this unit is for students to gain an Model appreciation for other cultures and to use storytelling in a variety of ways. A focus is places on Greek Mythology, African Folklore and Japanese Folklore; however, other cultures are referred to and discussed. This unit explores similarities in the reasons why cultures develop and use storytelling. CD Mathematics steps in with a culminating project involving Curriculum Curriculum Units/ having the students creating a m...

7. Forgiveness
...> Forgiveness _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Printer Friendly Generosity of Spirit Folktale LESSON 14: Forgiveness Unit Contents Generosity of Spirit Folktale 1. Understanding Folktales and Their Philanthropic GRADES: 9-12 Connections 2. Australian Folktales _ 3. Reluctant Givers 4. Gifts of All Sizes Subjects: 5. Chinese Folktales Arts, Language Arts, 6. Inuit Folktales Philanthropy and Social 7. Buddhist Folktales Studies 8. Reactions of the Masters _ 9. Gifts Disrespected 10. Jewish Folktales 11. African Folktales 12. Native American Key Words/Concepts (click to Folktales view) 13. Hospitality You're Here 14. Forgiveness 15...

8. Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Character
...from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library. The story of Cinderella, perhaps the best-known fairy tale, is told or read to children of very young ages. But Cinderella is not just one story; more than 500 versions have been found-just in Europe! The tale's origins appear to date back to a Chinese story from the ninth century, "Yeh-Shen." Almost every culture seems to have its own version, and every storyteller his or her tale. Charles Perrault is believed to be the author, in the 1690s, of our "modern" 300-year-old Cinderella, the French Cendrillon. Famous children's writers and illustrators have inte...

9. Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Plot and Setting
...from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library. The story of Cinderella, perhaps the best-known fairy tale, is told or read to children of very young ages. But Cinderella is not just one story; more than 500 versions have been found just in Europe! The tale's origins appear to date back to a Chinese story from the ninth century, "Yeh-Shen." Almost every culture seems to have its own version, and every storyteller his or her tale. Charles Perrault is believed to be the author, in the 1690s, of our "modern" 300-year-old Cinderella, the French Cendrillon. Famous children's writers and illustrators have inte...

10. BCP Lesson Titles
...sson 9 Percussion & Brass - Lesson 10 Chavez, Toccata & Copland Fanfare - Lesson 13 Songs - Lesson 11 Percussion, Part 2 - Lesson 12 SECOND GRADE - MARCH SECOND GRADE - APRIL Literature Literature Sayings India: "The Blind Men and the Elephant" India: "The Tiger the Brahman, and the Jackal" Sayings Mythology of Ancient Greece (and Rome) China: "The Magic Paintbrush" Japan: "The Crane Wife" Japan: "The Tongue-cut Sparrow" + Overview + Gods and Goddesses + Theater + Mythology History History India - Lesson 31 Hinduism - Lesson 32 Buddhism - Lesson 33 China & Confucius - Lesson 34 Chin Dynasty, The Great Wall - Le...