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1 Creation Stories; Due:
Personal questionnaire Class:
Notes on creation myths
Read, discuss Yanomamo Myth (creation stories).
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2 Class: Group work on creation stories-
prepare to act out. Discuss Book reports and
book list; |
3 Due:
Animal or Angel writing
assignment Class: Demonstrate class website; Jared Diamond excerpt from The
Third Chimpanzee;
What Makes Us
Human; Present Creation stories |
4 Due: Select book for Book
Report Class: Read and discuss Creation stories |
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Labor Day Vacation |
8 Class: Comparison of Cream/Robert
Johnson's version of Crossroads and Grateful Dead/Otis Redding's version
of Hard to Handle Work on Creation Story skits |
9 Due: Creation story skits
Class: Creation story performances;
Engrish PowerPoint |
10 Class:
Introduce Hero myth and
PowerPoint ;
Read Jospeh Campbell the
Power Of Myth and do worksheet questions. |
11 Class:Share Ms.
May-Beaver's Notes on Biblical Creation story;
Read Jospeh Campbell the
Power Of Myth and do worksheet questions. |
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14 Due: Creation Myth comparative
essay Class: Watch Lion King and note how the
movie follows the Hero cycle |
15 Parent Open House Due:
Jospeh Campbell the Power
Of Myth and do worksheet questions Class: Finish
the Lion King; Class
Writing on Hero-
Evolution
PowerPoint and evolution
notes |
16 Due: Read "Can
you believe in God and Evolution" Class:
Review homework. Article on Kentucky's Creation Museum; Notes on
Evolution; Evolution
PowerPoint |
17 Class: Review Evolution and 4
ways species change over time; Judgment Day: Evolution
on Trial |
18 Judgment Day: Evolution on Trial |
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21 1st Quarter progress reports
Class: Read "Divided Over Evolution" and write a movie review |
22 Class: Race: Matter of Illusion |
23 Discuss video about race; Read
articles about evolution- race. Attitudes about race |
24 Due: Portrayal of race on tv
Class: Field Trip- Vermont Folklife Museum and Middlebury College |
25 Class: Read articles about
evolution- hair and lice; youth energy and coffee, skin |