Pandora; Intro to Heroes

Class today actually began with a political cartoon that contained a reference to Greek mythology:

The first guy's shirt says "Apple"

Students were invited to connect the visual representation to the myth of Pandora, which we read last week, as well as to the current event that is unfolding right now with regards to privacy and security. Many students impressed me by sharing familiarity with this news story, and developing opinions as to whether Apple should, or should not, comply with the government's request to unlock the iPhone in question.

Definition of "repressive"

Definition of "regime"

But before classes could break out into the peculiar brand of loud, half-baked debate that Freshmen seem to prefer, class pivoted back to Mythology. Specifically, to Heroes.

And who is more qualified to introduce Heroes than Bonnie Tyler herself??

Here is a link to the Identifying a Hero notes.

And here is a link to the 4-Column organizer chart for the Heroes we'll be reading this week.

Students also completed a small reading quiz on the Jason & The Argonauts HW from over the weekend.

HW: Read Perseus (yes, that Perseus. The one that connects to Percy Jackson) and complete his column on the Hero Chart linked above.

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