The Kennedy Center: Writing Myths

Add many seconds of beauty to your class with a short film and related project. The resource centers around a competition based on one-second segments of film, and the final compilation that came from the contest. Pupils identify...

Students investigate how people throughout history have used myths to understand natural occurrences.

Following a reading of the epic poem Beowulf and the contemporary text inspired by it, Grendel, students create their own monster. Lesson plans provide assessment criteria, extension ideas, and a list of resources.

This site from the Kennedy Center provides a great overview of the life and career of playwright Tennessee Williams is found here. Information is given on his childhood, education, and his works and achievements in writing plays.

This website from the Kennedy Center provides a very good biographical sketch of Arthur Miller. Content of the article includes information on Miller's life before becoming a playwright, his many plays, and the many awards he has...

Nothing comes close to opera when it comes to affairs of the heart. Opera has always been addicted to love, and its romances can range from the hilarious to the dramatic. But don't expect a standard "Boy Meets Girl" story when you take...

Silly journal and essay prompts may be fun to write, but they don't model the kind of writing needed for college papers and standardized tests. The 15th part in a series of 24 covers the concept of reading to write—during and after...

This Teacher Resource from the Kennedy Center helps students examine where and how humorists derive the material presented to their audiences. Activities encourage students to analyze elements of humor and the style of entertainers, and...

Explain a natural phenomenon in an original myth. After researching the phenomenon they have chosen, young readers use factual information to include in their myth.  They find synonyms and new phrases to create vivid images as they...

This ArtsEdge lesson plan provides strategies for teaching the creation myth to high school students. Students participate in writing intensive activities which relay the various implications of these myths and their relation to the...