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          For my lesson one, within the Practicum I course, I taught a lesson in the sociology class on religions more so specifically creation myths. I was introducing a brand new unit, as we had just finished a unit on cultures throughout the world. I began with a general "warm up" question, which the students do at the beginning of every class. I asked "How do you think the world was created?" After giving the students time to complete their reflective writing assignment I provided a general refresher of what we had covered thus far with cultures, and how we would begin our new lesson on religions. Culture and religion are often interwoven so it is a simple transition. I explained that specifically that day we would be discussing and learning about creation myths. I therefore explained what a creation myth was stating that it is "a narrative about how the world came to be and how people came to occupy and populate it." I also explained that typically they are referred to as myths because there are often fictional aspects within the story including metaphors and symbolism. I then handed out the "Iroquois Creation Myth" that I have attached. I asked the students to annotate on the side of their papers what they thought went into a creation myth. I then read the story out loud to the whole class. Following my reading I made a list on the SMARTboard of aspects the students believed composed a creation myth from what they had observed from the "Iroquois Creation Myth."

 

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"Iroquois Creation Myth" 

 

Article from: http://dept.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_12.html

Author: Rachel Zane
Last modified: 5/3/2022 8:50 PM (EDT)