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This The Metamorphoses and Genesis: A Comparison of Creation-Flood Stories lesson plan also includes:
- Unit Overview: Ovid’s Metamorphoses (.html)
- Preparation for Introducing Genesis (.pdf)
- Ovid’s Creation Story: Book I (.pdf)
- Ovid’s Creation Story: Book I - Teacher Version (.pdf)
- The Metamorphoses and Genesis: Comparing Creation Narratives (.pdf)
- The Metamorphoses and Genesis: Comparing Creation Narratives - Teacher Version(.pdf)
- The Metamorphoses and Genesis: Comparing Destruction by Flood Narratives (.pdf)
- The Metamorphoses and Genesis: Comparing Destruction by Flood Narratives - Teacher Version (.pdf)
- The Metamorphoses and Later Works of Art (.pdf)
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Creation and destruction. Scholars use a Venn diagram to compare the creation story in Ovid's The Metamorphoses with that in the book of Genesis. Pupils then note differences between the two texts and offer suggestions for why the texts differ.
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- Some families may object to using stories from the Christian Bible as literature; check with your school's policy before teaching the lesson
- Encourage class members who have them to use their own versions of the Bible or the Torah for the exercise
Classroom Considerations
- The first lesson in a three-part unit, which can be taught independently or in sequence
- The translation of The Metamorphoses used in the lesson is by A.S. Kline
- Participants require access to devices with internet
- Requires copies of several worksheets
Pros
- Includes a link to "A Teacher's Guide to Religion in the Public Schools"
- A teacher version of the worksheets is provided
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- None