Creation Myths

 Today we are going to discuss some of your answers on "The World on the Turtle's Back", write words of the day (Colloquial, Dotard), look at the rubric for your creation myth, and write a creation myth.

Here is a slideshow about "Creation Myths" - go HERE 

A) “The World on the Turtle’s Back” – Creation Myth

 

Blog writing: What are some elements of a creation myth?  How are these elements shown in “The World on the Turtle’s Back”. 

Compare/Contrast “The World on the Turtle’s Back” with “Adam and Eve”

Study questions in textbook: “Analyze a Creation Myth”

Students write their own creation myth.

 

RUBRIC for student’s Creation Myth

 

4 -- Student creates an engaging story that has realistic characters and all three main elements of a creation myth: 1) describes how the universe, earth, and life began; 2) explains the workings of the nature world; 3) supports and validates social customs and values

 

3 – Student creates a story with realistic characters that has two of the three main elements of a creation myth: : 1) describes how the universe, earth, and life began; 2) explains the workings of the nature world; 3) supports and validates social customs and values

 

2 – Student creates a story with at least one element of a creation myth: 1) describes how the universe, earth, and life began; 2) explains the workings of the nature world; 3) supports and validates social customs and values

 

1 – Student’s story has none of the elements of a creation myth.

 

Compare with "Adam and Eve" - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=1477

 

Creation myths is a story that a) describes how the universe, the earth, and life began b) explains the workings of the natural world, c) supports and validates social customs and values. 


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