Thursday, November 2

Today is Thursday of Week 11. If you have not done your story yet for this week, that means today is Storytelling Day... and there's a new option for that assignment available starting this week; find out more about that below, and here is a link to all of this week's assignments.

Class Procedures and Reminders

New Story option. Now that the projects are really taking shape, there will be a project commenting option this week and for the rest of the semester. So, if ...and only if... you wrote a story post last week, you can choose to do some extra project comments this week instead of writing a new story post. If you enjoy exploring the projects and giving people feedback on their stories, this might be a good option for you! You can find out more in the assignment instructions.

Project Stack. If you turned in an assignment before 6PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and I will keep making my way through the Sunday evening assignments today. 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 enjoyed the reading this week, then... keep on reading! There is an extra credit reading option you can do every week. 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 something from the British Museum's new #LivingWithTheGods exhibit: this is Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess hiding in a cave (some of you in Myth-Folklore may remember that story from the Japanese mythology unit).

Maps. Many of you have been reading Native American stories this week and last, so I thought you would enjoy this Map Of Native American Tribes, with a related story from NPR:

Storybook Archive. This project is from the Indian Epics class: Guide to India: Food and Travel. Every destination brings new food and new stories!

Free Book Online: Today's free book is The Dine: Origin Myths of the Navaho Indians by Aileen O'Bryan. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents. This is a relatively recent book (1956), and it is not copyrighted because it is a government publication originally prepared for the Smithsonian Institute.

Story of the Day. Today's story is an Indian folktale: The Blue Jackal. This story might remind you of the many Aesop's fables about an animal pretending to be something that it is not.

Video: The video for today is an extraordinary piece of vintage video footage: Native American dummers and dancers in 1894. Find out more at the Library of Congress.

Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat is fighting fear by confronting it: Confront your fears. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.

Event on Campus: The International Bazaar will be happening from 10AM-4PM on the South Oval today (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

And don't forget: tomorrow, Friday, is the India Students Association Dhamaka 2017; they will be tabling at the Bazaar and you can buy tickets there, or you can get tickets at this link.

November 2: All Souls Day. After the holiday of All Saints on November 1 comes the holiday of All Souls on November 2. In many Catholic countries, the two days — November 1 and November 2 — are celebrated together as the Day (or Days) of the Dead, Día de los Muertos in Spanish. Learn more in this video from Google (there are English subtitles you can turn on):

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