Epic Hero Webquest

Introduction

Welcome to your webquest on epic heros, epic poems and archetypes.  By the end of the quest, you should be an expert and able to demonstrate your expertise.

Task

You and your team will:

Research the characteristics of an epic poem and its purpose

Research the characteristics of an epic hero and identify the most famous heros from several cultures

Research the concept of the archetype and apply its meaning to modern literature and/or film characters

Create a storyboard demonstrating the hero's characteristics

Process

Divide your team based on research focused tasks.  Each task should be demonstrated on a Google Slide

Team member 1 - what defines an epic poem and what is its purpose?

Team member 2 - find five epic heroes from ancient literature and cultures

Team member 3 - identify what the 7 characteristics are of an epic hero

Team member 4 - research Joseph Campbell's hero's journey and identify the hero's cycle

Use key words, not questions.

Some Helpful sites:   https://sites.google.com/site/epicheroestragicheroes/epic-heroes

http://www.hccfl.edu/media/724354/archetypesforliteraryanalysis.pdf

http://mythologyteacher.com/documents/TheHeroJourney.pdf

Together in Google slides - create a hero's journey using a modern day epic hero, such as Bilbo Baggins, Luke Skywalker, or Harry Potter.

When you are done, you should have four slides with visuals from the individual tasks above plus 11 slides of the modern day hero's journey.