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
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• 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
Essential Questions
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 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?
The Characteristics of
Creation
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 Nothingness
 Primal ooze
 An egg
 A serpent
 The formation of the
earth and geography
 The peopling of the
world
Greek Creation Myth
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 While we watch this short clip that
illustrates the Greek Creation myth,
compare what you see with your reading
in Mythology yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxoR
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 What similarities and differences are their
from the Biblical Creation story?
Emergence Stories
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 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
Spoken Word Stories
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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.
Ancestor Stories
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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.
Chaos Stories
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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.
Clay Stories
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Type of creation myth used in
some African tribal stories.
The man, animals, environment
can all be created out of clay.
Dismemberment Stories
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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.
CREATION MYTH
EXPLORATION
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 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.