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Module 1: Resilience in the Great Depression |
Lessons 1–5: What makes Bud a survivor? |
Lessons 6–10: What hardships did people face during the Great Depression? |
Lessons 11–16: How is Bud transformed by his journey? |
Lessons 17–21: What sustained people’s spirits during the Great Depression? |
Lessons 22–25: How does hardship alter the characters’ perspectives in Out of the Dust? |
Lessons 26–29: What makes the characters in Out of the Dust survivors? |
Lessons 30–34: How can enduring tremendous hardship contribute to personal transformation? |
Module 2: A Hero’s Journey |
Lessons 1–9: How does Ramayana: Divine Loophole exhibit the genre expectations of the monomyth? |
Lessons 10–18: How does The Odyssey exhibit the genre expectations of the monomyth? |
Lesson 19–27: How do translations of The Odyssey and Ramayana expand our understanding of these texts? |
Lessons 28–36: How does the monomyth genre persist in and influence the stories we tell? |
Module 3: Narrating the Unknown |
Lessons 1–8: How do the settlers respond to the challenges of their journey to the unknown? |
Lessons 9–15: Who has the greatest impact on Samuel’s development during his time in Jamestown? |
Lesson 16–20: How do the settlers’ and the Powhatans’ responses to the challenges of Jamestown impact its development and decline? |
Lessons 21–32: How does the art and science of observation contribute to a more complete narrative of Jamestown’s development and decline? |
Lessons 33–38: How did the social and environmental factors in the unknown world of Jamestown shape its development and decline? |
Module 4: Courage in Crisis |
Lessons 1–6: How do Shackleton and his crew respond to the hostile environment of Antarctica? |
Lessons 7–13: How does Armstrong’s portrayal of Shackleton and his crew develop the concept of heroism? |
Lessons 14–22: How do Malala and her community respond to the hostile environment in Pakistan? |
Lessons 23–28: How does Yousafzai’s and McCormick’s portrayal of Malala develop the concept of heroism? |
Lessons 29–31: How can the challenges of a hostile environment inspire heroism? |
Lesson 32: What is the story of the year? |