Now that the course has begun, here is a brief outline of the essential aspects of our first unit.
- Essential Question: To what degree are history and mythology distinct?
- Essential Understanding: The cultural values of a society can be understood by the myths it creates concerning its origins.
- Essential Question: How does story reflect values of its time?
- Essential Understanding: Stories often tell us more about the context in which they are written than their subject(s).
Text to be used: Virgil's Aeneid
Focus on History:
- Foundation Myths
- Religion
- Vocabulary
- Roman Kingdom
Focus on Composition:
- Personal Myths (earliest memory)
- Multi-event, multi-character,
three act structure
Focus on Skills:
- Reading - Identify evidence in accounts
- Writing - Apply evidence in composition
- Thinking - Evaluate evidence identified
