American Folklore, Mythology and

Importance of Myths and Legends in the American Context

- They shape American identity

- They define America's uniqueness

- They influence the political and cultural realm

Defining Folklore, Myths and Legends

Mythicamerica.wordpress.com

Columnist for the New York Times

Mythical Creatures and Folktale Heroes

Ira Chernus

journalist and professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado

"Galop" : General Remarks

The Mythology of America

• Defining the purpose and structuring the essay
• Writing a coherent body paragraph
• Linking the different sentences within your body paragraphs
• Beware of the words: media/information/news/fake news/prevent from/avoid!
• Review the conditional forms! https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/conditional-sentences-3

Understanding the American Values:

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Plot

American Themes

Common Mistakes

Spring Semester Course Work

1) the Washington Post proved that the President Nixon

5) All American's presidents have been men.

• Meritocracy
• Wealth
• Individualism
• City v. wilderness

Fishbowl Activity

6) C. Underwood nominates an entire feminine cabinet

Week of April 1st

2) It is not the enemy of it's own people.

What is a persuasive essay?

7) the idea of an impeachment is made possible thanks to the new democrat majority.

• 5-paragraph essay
• convince the reader : use facts /evidence but also emotional language
• Clear thesis statement
• No refutation paragraph

3) More and more people claim that the press is not anymore the guardian of democracy.

8) This will force him to have less extreme views.

4) When another woman will run for the presidential election, she will have greater chances.

9) This shows that neither the House neither the Senate has the possibility to repeal...

10) the president can use executive order....

Storytelling Time

Activity 1: Chain story

One afternoon, Jake was at the library to study for an exam, as usual he borrowed one of the books and sat down. As he opened it, a photograph flew out of it and fell onto the floor. He bent down to pick it up...

Activity 2: In groups write a short story starting with one of the following prompts

American Folklore, Myths and Legends

1) It sounded like violin music, and it was coming from the basement...

2) "It's not what you think," Peter said...

3) There is one thing in the world I'm afraid of...

4) She'd imagined this moment so many times, but she never expected....

5) At first, I thought it was the cat, but it was...

6) It all started with a rash on my....

Week # 1