Lori-Ann Rapattoni EDER 309 October 31‚ 2012 “Woman Who Fell From the Sky” Lesson Plan This essay will present a cross-curricular lesson on a Native-American creation story/myth. It will be organized in four parts. These will include a detailed description of the topic‚ instructional objectives and learner goals‚ detailed content of the instruction and an art-based extension of the lesson. The lesson will comply with the learning areas of the Social Studies‚ Language Arts‚ and the
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Creation stories are some of the oldest pieces of literature that exist. Before creation stories were written down and printed‚ they were retold through generations. Creation stories often describe to people who or what they are‚ why they are in a particular place‚ and how they should continue to live in that particular place. “The World on the Turtle’s Back” reminds the people of those three things. In the creation story “The World on the Turtle’s Back”‚ the people are told who and what they are
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Genesis vs. Iroquois Creation Myth All different cultures have their own creation stories‚ mostly all containing the elements of a Higher Power of some sort‚ how the power created the world‚ and the creation a human man. The Christian belief in the Genesis story has these key elements ‚ as does the Iroquois creation myth‚ The World on the Turtle’s Back. Although these two creation stories share similarities‚ they also have some stark contrasts. These contrasts include‚ how the two cultures of
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Title of work you are analyzing: The Iroquois Creation Story Author of the work: David Cusick 1. What is the purpose or function of the work? Why was it written? Explain. Be specific. Include thegenre as well as the reasons it was written. Even though Cusick considers his work history‚ it is a myth. The myth discusses the “foundation” and establishment of the Iroquois world and well as the constant struggle between good and evil. In the work Cusick describes how the land was formed as well
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Satan‚ Prince of Darkness‚ Lucifer‚ Iblis; no matter what title he bears‚ the devil is the most recognizable and distinct representation of evil in existence. In the story of Adam and Eve‚ the devil’s wicked evilness takes the form of temptation. He uses temptation to stray Eve from the path of God‚ the path she was created to follow. In the Lord of the Flies evil disguises itself as temptation yet again. The boys are tempted by their persisting desires to leave their civilized morals behind and
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A basic understanding of the concept of "the Dreamtime" or Creation period is an important part of recognizing the inextricable bond traditional Aborigines have for the land and their culture. Traditional Aborigines believe the earth‚ like the sky‚ always existed and was the home of supernatural beings. At the beginning of time the earth looked like a featureless‚ desolate plain. Nothing existed on the surface. The earth was covered in eternal darkness as the sun and moon were still slumbering under
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Apollo’s birth story begins immediately with a sense of the son of Zeus and Leto’s immense power. The earth is literally scared to let Apollo be born -- and thus it will not allow Leto to lay down and give birth. The earth fears that Apollo‚ born with power as great or nearly as great as Zeus himself‚ will be disgusted by the earth and destroy it. However‚ when Leto is finally allowed to give birth to Apollo on the island of Delos‚ Apollo does not destroy the earth. He does‚ however‚ immediately
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I think that the Mayan creation story‚ has many similarities to Judo-Christian versions of the creation story. For example the creation story that is included in the bible is set over a series of days. The Mayan creation story takes place over a series of days. One part that stood out to me as very similar was that the last day in both man was created. In the Mayan version it is referred to the birth of life and man is created. In the Judo-Christian version man is created when Adam and Eve were created
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fact that it takes a strong woman to bring new life into the world‚ many people view this creation as an act of shame‚ as opposed to a miracle.The Genesis story of the Creation of Adam and Eve is one which shames women‚ labeling them as the reason for mankind’s “fall” from God’s graces and marking childbirth as God’s punishment for women’s folly. Contradictory to this tale‚ Paula Gunn Allen’s creation story “Out of the Blue” marks “the fall” of women as an event to be celebrated‚ as it is the catalyst
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paper is The Meaning and Significance of The Creation Story. There are three main things that will be explains in this paper. The first point is the Meaning of the Creation Story in which will be divided into two categories. The Priestly Creation story and the Yawhist Creation Story‚ these categories will be elaborated accordingly to the background and the main purpose of their writings. The second point will be focus on the Significance of the Creation Story; it will deals with their different style
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