Curriculum ideas

Thanks Miranda, for your quick reply. And for anyone who is interested, i found an awesome website.

http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/asia

From there you can search myths in four different categories: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Hindu.

The best information is on the Korean page. The Chinese and Japanese pages are pretty brief. However, on all the pages there is a section on the left-hand side which lists the different mythological characters and heroes. SO if you know who yoou're looking for, this would be pretty useful. When you select the character name, a definition/description pops up. On the Korean page, the website offers the geography, history, and context of the myths.

This website actually offers myths, folklore, heroes, geneology, and more from all over the world, so anyone looking for Greek mythology or Arthurian legends would enjoy this website.

I plan to use the website to get the background info I need to teach a myth from China, Japan, and Korea. I hope to be able to compare those myths to the Greek and Roman myths I already teach.

I hope someone else can use it too. Happy browsing!

Do these myths have any religious backgrounds to them, Did you find any religious significance? I teach a world religions course and I am always looking for more in depth research. Thanks and reply back if you can.
M. Herrera

As a teacher of social skills to high functioning autistic students in high school, I am finding a whole lot of supplemental material I can use to teach social etiquette. I was browsing through one of the books given to us at the beginning of the seminar, 'Chinese Civilization- a sourcebook' by Patricia B. Ebrey and I came across the chapter entitled "Emperor Taizon on Effective Government" It had some sections dealing with topics we cover in the class e.g. "Discouraging Slander", " Avoiding Extravagance", etc. I will definitely adapt these to enrich my classes since my students are so into the Japanese/Chinese culture in other areas.