From: titus213@adelphia.net
The Ndembu in Africa.
Common themes in mythology should be mentioned, to give some structure to
the whole.
"robin" wrote in message
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> Jack,
>
> Thanks for the excellent response - I'll update my outline and research
> accordingly. The Americas are more thoroughly fleshed out than most of
> the others because that's where I'll be starting. Also, since
> materials for American Indian and Classical myths are much more readily
> available here than those of some of the other cultures, I'll probably
> end up spending a bit more time on them. But I do want to help the
> kids understand that there are a *lot* of different cultures that
> existed in, say, North America, and not just generic hollywood-style
> 'Indians'. Each with their own way of life and beliefs. And of course
> the same thing goes for the other regions mentioned.
>
> Neither my local library nor amazon.com seem to have the Alpers book
> you mentioned...I'll have to look and see what I can find.
>
> That said, do you think the larger divisions I have outlined make sense
> as distinct 'sections'? I'm assuming {Poly,Mela,Micro}nesia will all
> fit in 'Oceania' with Australia and the rest.
>
> * North and Sourth America
> * Africa
> * Classical, European, and Slavic
> * Middle East
> * Asia
> * Oceania and Hawai'i
>
> I'm sure there are gaps, and I'm lumping completely distinct cultures
> together, but given a limited amount of time, young kids, and my own
> lack of knowledge, I still want to cover as broad a cross-section of
> cultures as I can. I think the general idea will be to introduce a
> given culture with a description, some sort of visual, and one or two
> myths from that culture. Also any interesting surviving historical
> artifacts (machu picchu, pyramids, etc.), and who lives in that area
> now.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -RN
>
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