Week 2 Reading Overview


Here is my tentative plan for the semester!

Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4.

Week 3: Ancient Rome - Cupid and Psyche

Week 4: Later Legends - Women Saints

Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6.

Week 5: Buddhism and Hinduism - Ramayana

Week 6: Indian Folktales and Fairy Tales

Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. [Week 8 is review week.]

Week 7: China Folktales

Week 9: Japanese Fairy Tales - Lang

Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11.

Week 10: Apache Tribe

Week 11: Sioux Tribe

Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13.

Week 12: Nursery Rhymes

Week 13: English Fairy Tales

Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15.

Week 14: Brothers Grimm - Librivox

Week 15: Italian Fairy Tales

Once I began exploring the readings, I realized that I interested in fairy tales and short stories. Learning about what stories children all over the world grew up hearing, is intriguing to me! Of the readings I picked, I am most excited about the Ramayana story. I am Hindu, but I never truly learned about Ramayana in depth. I just had a general idea/summary about him. After the provided reading, I might even read the further readings about him. For this reason, I can't wait for the Middle Eastern and Indian unit! Since I do not know much about the mythology and folklore, I don't know what else the UnTextbook is missing! Everything I saw in the textbook looked interesting. I even started reading the Arabian Nights Frametale Stories for fun! 
(Quote by C.S. Lewis
Flickr)

This image depicts a quote by C.S. Lewis, a British writer. I choose this image, because the majority of my reading consists of fairy tales. No matter what you choose to read, age does not matter. I can't wait to start reading the fairy tales! 


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