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Cultural Mythology Unit
Cultural Mythology Week 1 |
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Introduce Cultural Mythology Handout: Cultural Mythology Personal Brainstorming: List 3 binary oppositions For each, write a descriptive paragraph, clearly coding one pole of the binary as negative and the other as positive. Use loaded words and contexts to create coding. |
Cultural Mythology: Read and discuss the case of Saved by the Bell (on essay assignment handout) Handout: Lists of Cultural myths Class activity:classify and group myths according to domain: politics, society, individual, education, etc. Group activity: assign 3 myths to each group list examples of each myth informing a book, novel, newspaper, television story,movie, etc. |
Reading Video 1 Handout: Camera Angles and Distance Definitions: subject, foreground, background Class brainstorm: how can meaning be created by angles and distance? Small group activity: deconstruct magazine photographs |
Reading Video 2 symbolic images: juxtaposition, colour, lighting,
camera movement, sound Group activity: deconstruct yesterday's images' symbolic content & suggest music to view each photo by |
Reading Cultural mythologies in video texts Video 1: Swollen Members: lady Venom (gender) Video 2: Puddle of Mud: Blurry (family breakdown) Video 3: Sparxxx: rural/city binary |
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Cultural Mythology Week 2 |
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Review essay assignment Explain viewing process Explain discussion rubric Explain Title Sequence View Title Sequence. Fill out viewing sheets. Discuss: What mood, atmosphere created by colour, lighting, music, setting, shots? What events, character roles, character relationships predicted? |
View Segment 2(~20 min) |
Discussion segment 2 |
View Segment 3(~20 min) |
Discussion segment 3 |
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Cultural Mythology Week 3 |
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View Segment 4(~20 min) |
Discussion segment 4 |
View Segment 5(~20 min) |
Discussion segment 5 |
View Segment 6(~20 min) |
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Cultural Mythology Week 4 |
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Final Discussion Individual Brainstorm: choose cultural mythology for essay research |
Lab: search magazine, newspapers, etc. for operation of mythology in North American life |
Lab: search magazine, newspapers, etc. for operation of mythology in North American life begin drafting essay |
Second Viewing Movie (Primary Source Research) |
Second Viewing Movie (Primary Source Research |
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document revised 9 Aug 2005
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