Core Content:

AH-4-HA-S-DT3

Drama/Theatre

AH-4-PCA-S-DT1

Students will identify purposes for which dramatic works are created (e.g., sharing the human experience, passing on tradition and culture, recreational, artistic expression)

EL-4-DIU-U-1

Students will understand that reading a wide range of print and non-print texts builds an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of different cultures.

I Can Statements to be posted:

I can describe myths from different countries using drama terms.

I can identify that myths are created as part of a tradition and culture.

I can read books from many different cultures.

Week 1: Students will review the CHAMP's expectations for the Library Media Center and be introduced to the Playaways and the fact that they can now check them out. They will then review the location of non-fiction,  then view the downloaded video "Myths" (8:00) to introduce the unit. The Library Media Specialist will have a variety of materials on myths and legends from the 200 and 300 areas on display for checkout and students will check out a book for the first time.

Week 2: Students will listen to the books "The Golem" by David Wisniewski (398.21 Wis) and "When Solomon was King", by Sheila MacGill-Callahan (398.22 Mac) and then choose books to check out.

Week 3: Students will view the downloaded videos "Pandora's Box"(4:43) and "Daedalus and Icarus" (6:17) from ancient Greece and then choose books to check out.

Week 4: Students will listen to the books "Savitri", by Aaron Shepard (294.5 She) and "The Hammer of Thunder", by Ann Pyk (293 Pyk) and then choose books to check out.

Week 5: Students will view the downloaded videos "Perseus and Medusa" (3:53) and "Romulus and Remus" (6:54) from ancient Rome and then choose books to check out.

Week 6: Students will listen to "Daughter of Earth", by Gerald McDermott (292 McD) and "Cyclops", by Leonard Fisher (398.21 Fis) from ancient Greece and Rome and then choose books to check out.