The Myths of Dymos:
Power of Vedion - Suggested Activities
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Publisher's
Description:
Glenn, David.
(2010). The Myths of Dymos: Power of Vedion. Tate
Publishing. ISBN-10: 1616632577. Litland recommends age
10-14 but content appropriate for all ages.
Our story
mixes visions of paleontology with mythology in a
fictional dark-ages setting of another world co-existing
with our own. Classroom and homeschool teachers can use
such stories to thematically bond science, history and
literature curriculum, enriching the learning of both. A
natural starting point is...
Litland.com of
course! Our resources pages gives numerous links to
helpful sites
http://www.litland.com/links.html . Scroll down and
take a look...perhaps start with the sites on mythology,
finding pictures and explanations for myths that you can
compare to the characters of the story.
Tying in
history as part of your social studies curriculum...
The Dark ages,
middle ages, medieval times...all describe a similar
time period in which feudalism and chivalry ruled after
the collapse of the Roman empire. Find out more about
this time of British history at the British Library
online (also from Litland.com’s resources page) http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/medieval/medievalrealms.html
. Check out the videos and pictures of town life, rural
life, monsters and more to compare with details in our
story.
Then move onto
the paleontological side of the story. Again the British
Library has materials that can be sorted through for
your purposes:
http://entrypoint.bl.uk/Results.aspx?query=dinosaur&Web=True&OG=True&ILS=True&BLD=True
. Scroll down the list; you’ll find pictures in a
gallery, books for all ages of children, historical
information for students, and higher level journal
articles for the college-prep crowd.
Elsewhere,
Pre-K lessons can be found at PBS’ Dinosaur Train
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7433/preview/
. Younger readers might enjoy the simple information
found on Thinkquest
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001504/ . A sample
lesson plan for grades 6-8 available at
http://discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/when-dinosaurs-ruled.cfm
. Older students will find more precise information at
Dinosauria On-Line...don’t let its cryptic graphics fool
you. Students will find very detailed information such
as a lengthy list of all dinosaur names at
http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/dmlf.htm
A neat site
for all ages is kidsdinos.com. Check out the
megalosaurus information as an example:
http://www.kidsdinos.com/dinosaurs-for-children.php?dinosaur=Megalosaurus
It is part of the “kids know it network” which provides
great resources in all areas of interest. However, that
site is littered with advertisements so help your child
to maneuver it.
By now the
students will be hungry, so perhaps check out what
people ate in those times! Prepare a feast for home or
class:
http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/medieval.html
(Be sure to read our criteria
review against character education guidelines in the
10-14 age group and our commentary on the
Litland.com Blog !)
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