Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Compare means tell how things are alike or similar, and contrast means tell how things are different.
- Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text, and there are common themes in literary text.
- A myth is a type of traditional literature, that often explains the early history of a people or some natural or social phenomenon, that typically involves supernatural beings or events.
- Culture is the customs or institutions of a particular nation, people, or another social group.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Identify the theme in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
- Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes in literature from different cultures.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Literature often includes universal (common) themes than can help the reader better understand other perspectives and cultures.
Vocabulary
- Compare
- Contrast
- Treatment
- Theme
- Stories
- Myths
- Traditional literature
- Cultures
