I chose the story about Noah and the Ark. This is a classic biblical story that i grew up hearing. I am interested in reading this story because I am already familiar with the general idea of it, and would like to read another depiction of it.
(Noah and the Ark Depiction - Wikimedia Commons)
Future Storys:
One story I think sounds interesting is Apuleis's Cupid and Psyche. It is similar to the story Beauty and the Beast, and since I love that movie I think I might like this story as well. I also think that Cupid is such an interesting character in our society, so that also intrigued me about the story.
I was so excited to see that Alice in Wonderland was on the list too. Truthfully, I cant remember many details about the story or movie because its been so long since Ive seen them. This used to be one of my favorite story's as a child, so I am very interested to read and learn about it again.
The third story that stood out to me is the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes story. I took a course called native science and earth systems two semesters ago, and we read and learned about ancient story's and what they told us about our land and earth. I really enjoyed that class and this story reminded me of similar stories we had read in there.
Reading Noah's Ark and then Cupid and Psyche for the Week 2 and Week 3 options sounds great, Macey: it will give you a sense of the incredible variety of storytelling that happened in the ancient world since they are so different from each other. I am also really glad you are interested in stories about the earth; origin stories are one of the strongest storytelling traditions around the world, and the Native American tradition is especially rich in that type of story. Maybe you might even want to do a Storybook about creation/origin stories, "why" stories as they are sometimes called: it is a really fun topic to research and learn about!
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