Announcements and Reminders:
Your Movie Monomyth project is due TODAY.
Please be ready to present TODAY. It will take more than one class to share the projects, but to receive full points, you must be prepared when you are called to share.
If you didn't finish or didn't do the Hero's Journey story on the template, see the instructions and link here: Friday, March 8, 2019.
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Targets for Today:
I can show that I understand the Hero's Journey
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Today’s Agenda:
1. Fifteen minutes to work on your project, if needed.
2. A story for spring from the Hopi. See the Enrichment material below.
2. Presentations -- If you did not present today, make sure you are prepared for next time.
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If You Were Absent:
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Vocabulary:
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Help and
Enrichment
The Blue Corn Maiden: The Hopi Origin of Spring The Hopi people all loved the corn maidens, beautiful women who brought corn to their lands. Out of the sisters, the most beautiful and beloved was the Blue Corn Maiden, who brought delicious blue corn to the people throughout the year and was not only gorgeous, but a kind and gentle woman as well. One day during the winter, the Blue Corn Maiden went to gather firewood to warm her home, where she came across the Winter Katsina. Common in all the tribes of the Pueblo area, katsinas were supernatural personifications of real world concepts, and the Winter Katsina was the one that brought winter to the earth. Upon setting eyes on the Blue Corn Maiden, he fell in love with her, and invited her back to him home. Powerless to say no, Blue Corn Maiden soon became his prisoner when he blocked his door and windows with snow.
One day while the Winter Katsina was away, Blue Corn Maiden dug her way out through the snow and found materials to light a fire, when warmth flowed into the room, the snow melted and the Summer Katsina arrived to save her. Angry that his bride had been saved, the Winter Katsina arrived to fight the Summer Katsina, only to realize that the two of them simply needed to talk it over.
Soon a deal was struck: for one half of the year, the Blue Corn Maiden would live with the Winter Katsina, depriving the people of corn, for the second half of the year she would live with the Summer Katsina, and the corn would grow again. Soon the people began to look to the Blue Corn Maiden as a sign of springtime. Have you ever had those days in March when it seems as though spring is on the way, only to have to put up with a snow storm the next day? That's because the Winter Katsina is not happy to have to give up the Blue Corn Maiden, and he's throwing a bit of a fit.
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