Monday, October 30

Today is Monday. Week 10 is now over... and Week 11 has begun. It is Native American stories in Myth-Folklore again, and Krishna or Jatakas in Indian Epics. You can find the week's assignments at the Class Calendar.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. My goal today is to read and reply to all the projects that were in the stack on Friday. While you are waiting on comments back from me about your Project assignment, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

Extra Credit. If you didn't get a chance to read last week's announcements, you can do the Back-Up and Review extra credit option today! Find out more in the extra credit section of this week's assignments.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Class Twitter. From yesterday's Twitter @OnlineMythIndia, here is another good one from Tom Gauld.

Words from India. The word ARYAN is from Sanskrit, meaning "noble, honorable," like the characters Rama and Sugriva in the Ramayana, thousands of years before Hitler co-opted the word for his murderous purposes (as also the swastika):

Storybook Archive. This project is from the Indian Epics class: Indian Horror Story: Tales of the Lingering Souls. This haunted house was owned by a mysterious man named Yash, whose eerie portrait has presided over a series of grisly deaths that echo the episodes of the ancient epics. I'll have more scary projects for Halloween in tomorrow's announcements!

Free Book Online: Today's free book is Indian Heroes and the Great Chieftains by Charles A. Eastman. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents. Charles Eastman was a remarkable man, a Santee Dakota who was both a physician and a writer; you can find out more at Wikipedia, and you can learn more about his life in this movie about Wounded Knee:

Story of the Day. Today's story is from the Jatakas of India: The Otters and the Wolf. This is a great story about the dangers of quarreling.

Video: The video for today is from the Smithsonian: Native American Ledger Art. Find out more at Wikipedia: Ledger Art.

Here is a Ledger Art record of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864:

Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat is not afraid of making mistakes: Sometimes, being wrong is the only way we can learn. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.

Event on Campus: The India Students Association is sponsoring Diy-A-Halloween in the Union Food Court at 6:30PM tonight (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

October 30: Kansa Vadh. Today is the holiday that celebrates the young Krishna's defeat of his uncle, the wicked King Kansa. Here is more information about the holiday, and there will be Kansa Vadh traffic at Twitter today. Here's a children's video about Krishna and Kansa:

Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.