After examining the Egyptian, Greek, and Christian Creation stories, as a class we recognized similarities and discussed that all of those groups created a tale that gave people a sense of security. You will not read a creation story from another global culture to share it with the rest of the class and examine its purpose and how it compares to other myths and religions.
Multicultural Creation Stories
China
Japan
Mayan
Mexico (Aztec)
India
New Zealand
Elements of your Creative, kinetic Presentation
(Prezi, Glogster, Museum Box, Youblisher, Popplet, Voki)
- Summary of your creation story
- Information about the Ancient Culture this creation story comes from.
- Hierarchy of the Gods from the story
- Information that examines the power of these gods.
- Connection to Egyptian, Greek, or Christian creation story.
- Statement that explain the overall purpose of this story (other than explanation of creation, ex. providing a sense of safety to the people)
Resource
Click here for Digital Database
-Use World History in Context, under Gale-Cengage Libraries
-If accessing the database from home use the Username: cecil
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