Topic Name Description
Unit: First Words Page 03 - Reading: The Enuma elish
Book 06 - Reading: The Gilgamesh Epic

Here you will find the text of the epic broken up by chapters. If you would like an epub version of this for your eReader you can download one here. If you want a PDF to print out, click on this book and then click Print Book in the menu on the left.

Page 09 - The Flood Narrative
Book 10 - Readings: Ancient Hebrews and their flood Narrative

Historical text: 

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Book 11 - Readings: Ancient Greeks and their flood Narrative

Historical text: 

 Ancient Greece by USHistory.org  is licensed CC-BY under a Creative Commons Attribution

Unit: Search Engines vs Electronic Databases Page 06 - Citing Your Sources
Unit: The Written Word Page 01 - The Written Word Introduction
Unit: It's Greek to Me Page 02.1 - Justice League Ancient Greece
Page 04 - Heracles or Hercules?
Page 05 - A New Direction
Page 7.5 - William Blake Poetry
Unit: Read This Book! Page Frankenstein Texts
Page Frankenstein Audio
Page 09 - Review and Author Choices
Unit: Blogging Page 01 - The Why: Introduction to this unit
Page 03 - Creating Your Blog
Unit: Shakespeare Again?! Page 01 - Yes, again and here's why...
Page 02 - Video Intro
Page 03 - Othello Texts
Page 03.1 - Othello Audio
Page 07 - Emilia, Desdemona and Feminist Criticism
Unit: Norse Myth Page 04 - Unit II: Odin's Wisdom
Page 09 - Unit III: Reading Creation Myths
Book 13 - Myth Selections

The Myths


You've already read the creation story about how this whole crazy world got started from the Ginnungagap all the way to the development of the nine worlds encompassed by the World Ash Yggdrasil. Now the fun can begin.


After reading this collection of Norse Myths you will have a good foundation with which to work. It will also provide you with a solid understanding of the culture which produced the heroes of the sagas which you'll study later.


Required Readings: The events and gods related to each story are fair game for the quiz. You'll want to make certain that you know which gods are associated with the stories and any major events that take place.


If you would like PDF or EPUB version of the books from which these came, check out the Resource: Course Texts.


I have linked to adequate versions of the myths, but you may feel free to review all of the course texts to gain a deeper understanding of each story. By reading multiple interpretations you may find extra details or gain new insights.


Assignments when finished reading:


1: Assignment: Thor's Journey to Utgard

2: Who do you think you are?

3: Fill in the (Ginnunga)gap


Optional Readings:


Feel free to expand your knowledge of Norse Myth by searching for any of these following stories in the course texts.


Freya's Necklace

Frey & Gerd

Thor & Geirrod

Heimdall




Page 17 - Unit V: This is the End
Page 19 - The Story of Ragnarok: Twilight of the Gods
Page 23 - Heroes of the Sagas
Page 24 - The Monomyth (Again)
Unit: Current Events Page 01 - News Sources
Page 01.1 - How to Detect Bias in the News Media
Page 01.2 - Writing a Review
Page 04 - Media Watchdog Groups
Page 05 - How to Communicate with Journalists
Page 06 - Contact the Media
Unit: The Future of Communication Page 01 - The Why: Introduction to this unit
Page 03 - Net Neutrality
Page 05 - Memes
Page 10 - Licenses and Terms of Use
Unit: Problem/Solution Page 01 - Problem/Solution
Writing and Research Resources Page Writing Traits
Page 01 - Research Resources
Page 02 - Research Resource: Writing a Research Paper
Page 03 - Research Resource: Citing Your Work
Page 04 - Information Resources
Course Resources Page Proper Formatting
Page Uploading to and Sharing in Google Drive
Course Info for Teachers Page Course Attribution
Page Teacher and Student Course Resources
Page What to know before you teach this course
Page Course Feedback/Report an Issue
Page Year at a Glance
Page Standards Alignment