Teaching The Odyssey
The Odyssey is a spectacular piece by Homer that recounts the trials and tribulations of Odysseus as he makes his way home to his wife, Penelope, after the Trojan War. It takes him twenty years to get home, and he encounters many monsters and vixens on his way, making it a delightful read for students of all ages. Whether they are reading it as a translation or in the original Greek as students of classical languages, or whether they have a toned-down version that is friendly for younger students, they will love the stories from the Cyclops, to Scylla and Charybdis, to Circe, to the suitors begging for Penelope’s hand in marriage. While the story is captivating in and of itself, having the right teaching tools makes all the difference.
Other Books Based on The Odyssey
Epic journeys have always been a popular theme in literature, and many of them have been based on The Odyssey without the audience even knowing about it. Using these as teaching tools can help spark interest in students. Perhaps the most popular adaptation of the famous Greek poem is Ulyssesby James Joyce. This novel follows Leopold Bloom on an epic, one day long journey through Dublin, Ireland on June 16, 1904. The chapter names are characters in The Odyssey, and each chapter contains a monster-like encounter similar to that of the epic poem. Another popular adaptation of Odysseus’ journey is Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. This is a Civil War novel, but the epic journey and hero’s quest is very similar to that of The Odyssey. In this novel, W.P. Inman is the Odysseus character, and he is a deserter from the Confederate Army. He is wounded and trying to return to his love, Ada Monroe. This novel has also been made into a film. Among many other adaptations of The Odyssey, there is The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. In true, feminist, Atwood fashion, this novel is told from the perspective of Penelope and her maids. It gives a very interesting perspective we do not get from the poem itself.
Possible Projects
With higher-level students, a great project would be to pair The Odyssey with one of these other novels and have the students compare the two in some way. They could create a presentation for the class. Each student could take on a different novel, which would give all the students in the class an idea of what these other novels were about. With lower-level classes, the teacher can have the students analyze the hero’s quest and compare it with quests of other heroes in literature. With very young students, an idea for a project would be to create a theme park based on The Odyssey. Divide the students into groups and have each group tackle a specific monster from the epic poem. Each group should come up with a ride that represents the monster, characters that will walk around the park, and menu items for the food court. Once all the groups put their ideas together, you will have a class theme park that represents the entire story.
Illustrations
There are many famous illustrations of The Odyssey out there, and a quick internet search will yield many results to study. However, teachers can also have students create their own graphic representations of the poem. This works especially well with students who are artistically talented. They can create these representations and then share them with the class to see if they have similar ideas about what the poem looks like when visualized.
What You Need To Know About Lockers
Lockers are an essential part of the school, work, or sports setting. In school you need them to protect your things from other children’s things, and also to hide away things that you don’t want others seeing, like a love note or a gift for your boyfriend or girlfriend. At work they’re used to store gym equipment and your “civilian” clothes. In sports, they become a very smelly place to store your sweaty clothes, jock straps, gear, and other things that probably don’t smell too good.
In the first two situations a small locker will do for most people, because I don’t think that we are all space hogs and need absolutely huge lockers. There isn’t enough room in the world for everyone to have a locker of that size. With smaller ones you give people exactly what they want while also making sure to conserve space.
You’ll need steel lockers for a sports scenario though, because these lockers tend to be able to take a bigger beating than the smaller lockers not made of steel. You’re dealing with aggressive sports players – trust me when I say these lockers need to take a beating. There’s nothing worse than buying something that breaks right away, so don’t do it!
Rubber Mulch: Way to Keep Backyard Safe and Stunning
Rubber mulch is gaining a lot of popularity in these days. Gradually it is becoming a status symbol of people’s house. Interior designers also prefer mulches that are made-up of rubber, because these mulches provide a beautiful appearance to the floor. Rubberecycle is the company that has become a leader of rubber mulch manufacturers, as it manufactures all kind of product related to rubber mulch.
People always like to have a lawn or a free space in front of their house or in the backyard, where they can make a garden and play with their kids. People often have a small playground kind of space with their home. These rough or glassy spaces are not safe for kids to play over it, because they can easily get injuries or rashes on their body while playing on such playing areas. Rubberecycle also offer a product for Playground surface that make these plying fields safer and more beautiful than ever before.
Rubber mulch is also useful to enhance the beauty of the garden. Having long lasting greenery associated with your home is everyone’s dream that’s what these green rubber mulches brings to your backyard or free space in front of your home. Rubberecycle also manufacture Shredded rubber mulch, which is easy to fix over the several places of gardens. You can use these mulches between the two plants as a bed to separate those plants, as they look good in appearance. The rubber mulch serves an artificial and synthetic surface for lawns and playgrounds for a very long period of time. Rubber mulches are very durable and recyclable, as well. Rubber mulch also saves your time that you waste over gardening, irrigation of lawn, and maintain the real grass of your backyard. Another advantage with mulch that is made-up of rubber is it won’t wash away in the heavy rainfall like real grass. It keeps surroundings clean, and eliminates the possibility of harms caused by insects and bacteria. This mulch comes in various colors that appear like genuine grass. The biggest benefit with rubber mulches is they don’t require pesticides and fertilizers to look shiny and neat for a long time. It is also very comfortable and gives a natural feel like grassy mulch, so you can spend relaxing-time over it.
This is an economical solution to make your backyard and lawn safe and attractive, because after investing only once; you will enjoy its services over the next three decades. The rubber mulch manufactured by Rubberecycle is capable of absorbing water faster than any other mulch available in the market. There is a vast range of variety available according to the texture, colors, sizes and different purposes of these rubber mulches; people can find suitable color of mulch according to the interior and exterior of their homes. It doesn’t require any kind of maintenance, and eliminates causes of any kind of infection. All you have to make sure is that you never bring it in contact of fire or heat. Rubberecycle is also committed make these mulches as much hygienic as possible and less toxic, as well.
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Getting Medication
In Canada, it can be a pain in the neck to get over the counter drugs by waiting in line. Because of the healthcare system, it takes forever to get a lot of medications that many people would consider to be necessary to their overall well being and health. Without these, people can fall into serious harm and actually become ever more sick. So why isn’t there a better way?
Well it turns out that there is. For example, if you wanted to buy nexium you might have to wait in a different line and it could take hours. Instead, why not pick up your prescription online and save yourself the hassle. You save time, money and it’s infinitely more convenient than sitting in a line for hours.
I know a lot of people these days that have to buy lipitor but haven’t been able to either because of price or time. This is the perfect situation for them to buy online, because it’s never been easier and the ability to get your medication on time is a factor that not many pharmacies are taking into account as much as they should be. They are potentially leaving lives on the table when they do this yet the system won’t change. Luckily for you, you can change the system by changing where you purchase – then they’ll listen!