re: #33 darthstar

I taught creation mythology to my students (High School Freshmen English) for a few years…it was the best way to start the year, I thought. First, they were all coming out of middle school, so getting hit with a ‘heavy’ high school kind of class hooked them, and hooked them well. The Christian kids did just as well as the rest of the students, and by the end of the first four weeks we’d have good discussions of creation mythology (including the Christian myth from the bible) as just that…mythology. And the best part is, they brought up Genesis on their own, after seeing similarities to it in the other creation myths.

My English class does classical mythology in the fall, at the same time that Genesis is being taught in their Bible class. It’s a really good unit. If I were going to be here next year, I would propose a cross-department project between English and religion.