Tuesday, September 18

Today is Tuesday of Week 5. Here is a link to the Week 5 assignments. I hope you will enjoy the new readings this week: Mideast and India in Myth-Folklore, and a new Ramayana in Indian Epics.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Lists. There are now project lists for both classes: Myth-Folklore and Indian Epics. I've also got slideshows on those pages, and I'll update titles and slides as the websites evolve. Now you can start to get a sense of the projects people are doing in both classes, and you might get some ideas for your website as you look at the other sites. I've embedded a combined slideshow for both classes in the sidebar of this blog too!

Project Stack. As always at the start of the week, the stack is HUGE. If you turned in something by noon on Saturday, you should have comments back from me now, and you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. How cute is this? Sammie made this at Cheezburger for a growth mindset post: Do something you've never done.

Featured Storybook. Many traditional legends and fairy tales involve criminal activities, and that calls for a detective. Fairytale Case Files. From light-hearted tales of elves to the brutal baking of a witch in her own oven, Wolfgang Forrester is on the case!

Myth Video. For those of you doing Egypt in Myth-Folklore this semester, here's a fun mash-up from Amy Burvall: King Tut ("Walking on the Sun" by Smash Mouth). Checkout more mash-ups at Amy's YouTube channel.

India Video. Any Battlestar Galactica fans out there? (I love that show!) The opening number is based on the ancient Sanskrit Gayatri mantra.

India Item. And here's an ancient proverb to ponder, inspired by the Ramayana: The birth of a golden deer is impossible; nevertheless, Rama longed for the chase.

Writing. As you write, you need both kinds of thinking: logic and imagination. Learn more here: Divergent-Convergent-Lateral Thinking.

Growth Mindset Cats. This cat needs logic and imagination in order to think outside the box.

And here's something from Maurice Sendak to inspire your reading this week: Reading is fun!

Where does creativity come from? Manoush Zomorodi explains how boredom can lead to your most creative ideas:

Event on Campus. At the FJJMA today, Carol Beesley Hennagin will be giving a gallery talk about her "Still Looking" photography exhibit (details).

Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

September 18: Iriarte. Today marks the birthday of the Spanish aruthor Tomás de Iriarte in the year 1750. You can find out more about his life and career at Wikipedia, and you can find his fables (translated into English) at the Freebookapalooza. If you read Spanish, you can find the originals at Spanish Wikisource. This portrait of Iriarte is by Joaquin Inza:

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