Saturday, September 29, 2018

Monday, October 1, 2018


Announcements and Reminders for Monday, October 1, 2018:
   
Greek Retake --    
    A retake is available for the test.  The most troublesome part for most students was the section on Greek Heroes.  The stories for that and information for the other parts of the test are available on Canvas.  If you wish to retake the test, study first, then come to Cavetime for your retake.                 

Targets for Today:

I will better understand where the Norse Gods came from and their creation story.

I can create a set of Google slides to teach about an aspect of Norse Mythology.



Today’s  Agenda for Monday, October 1, 2018:

Begin Norse Mythology

1. Did these stories come from the Vikings?  Yes and no. 
Crash Course introduction to Norse Gods 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyU54gV_PWM&t=1s 
to 2:00 to explain where these myths came from 

2. The Norse Creation Myth 
from Neil Gaiman   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a3OmtlxJsU   17:21 

3.  Lets do some research to create slides .

  • two students per god or creature or. . . . 
  • 2-4 slides to present your subject to the class. 
  • include at least one illustration and a list of abbreviated facts you will be able to tell more about  (Think about the slides we had for the Muses, Furies, etc.)


1.     Balder
2.     Bragi
3.     Fenrir
4.     Forseti
5.     Freya
6.     Freyr
7.     Frigg
8.     Heimdall
9.     Hel
10. Idum
11.  Jormungandr
12. Loki
13. Njord
14. Norns
15.  Odin 
16.  Sif
17. Sleipnir
18. Thor
19. Tyr
20. Valkaryes
21.  Yggdrasil 

22.  Ymir





https://norse-mythology.org/

https://onlinelibrary.uen.org/
World Book
Gale Research

https://www.realmofhistory.com/2018/01/29/12-norse-gods-goddesses-facts/


If You Were Absent:




Vocabulary:




 Help and Enrichment 

From the test on Greek Mythology:
Who killed Hector?
Hector pulled out his sword, now his only weapon, and charged. But Achilles grabbed his spears that had been delivered to him by the unseen Athena who wore the Hades’s Helm of Darkness. He aimed his spear and pierced the shoulder and collarbone of Hector, the only part that not protected by armor.
The wound was fatal, and in his final moments, Hector asked Achilles for an honorable funeral.  In Greek culture, it was important to respect the bodies of the dead.  Still furious that Hector had killed Patroclus, Achilles replied that he would let the dogs and vultures devour Hector's flesh. 


Who fought Hector for a full day?

The battle between Hector and Ajax raged on for a full day.  At the end of the day, Zeus sent heralds down to decree the battle a tie.  After the battle, the two heroes exchanged gifts to show their respect for each other. Hector gave Ajax a sword, and Ajax presented Hector with a purple sword belt.
Who covered Patrocolus' body? 
Hector killed Patroclus and stole his armor. This was a great dishonor and Ajax ran to his fallen comrade’s defence.  While the other Greek warriors drove the Trojans back, Ajax covered Patroclus’s naked corpse with his shield.


After eight years and one month, after performing ten superhuman labors, he was stillnot off the hook. Eurystheus demanded two more labors from the hero, since he did not count the hydra or the Augean stables as properly done.
Twelve Labors of Hercules: http://www.crystalinks.com/12laborshercules.html



 Uranos and Gaea's children -- 


The first children of Earth and Sky were the gods of time.  They were ageless and beautiful and so tall that their heads scraped the sky and Mother Earth made the mountains their thrones.

The Titans were not the only children of Gaia and Uranos.  There were the three cyclopes, enormous and powerful as storms, each possessed of only one glowing eye.  And the three hecatoncheires, each of them with fifty heads and one hundred hands.  Vain Uranos looked down upon his monstrous children and was filled with disgust.  He cast them into the deepest chasm, called Tartarus, and shut them away, hidden from sight.



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Norse:
5 minute quick look at Norse Gods 
Crash Course introduction to Norse Gods