Unintended outcomes

I just ran into a parent and asked if his student had mentioned the Big Myth Project.  No? Oh, well, it's this.  Hmm...  Maybe I should at least post the due dates...  Here they are! 

15 November, 2013—Creation myth due

22 November, 2013— Ruler figure rough draft due

6 December, 2013— Warrior figure rough draft due

13 December, 2013— Love figure rough draft due

3 January, 2014— Trickster figure rough draft due

10 January, 2014— Second drafts for second quarter (creation, ruler, warrior, love and trickster) due

24 January, 2014— Death or underworld figure rough draft due

31 January, 2014—Nature/agricultural figure rough draft due

7 February, 2014—Mother or family figure rough draft due

14 February, 2014—Wild nature figure rough draft due

21 February, 2014—Crafting/building figure rough draft due

28 February, 2014—Teaching/learning figure rough draft due

7 March, 2014—Student’s choice figure rough draft due

21 March, 2014—Second drafts for third quarter (death/underworld, nature/agriculture, family, wild nature, crafting/building and teaching/learning) due

2 May, 2014—Final form due

Togaeque stolae

Links to toga and stola how-tos:

I like this one for the diagram; I also have a vague recollection that we had the book this came out of as a child...  But no one cited the source!!!  (not that any of my students would do that)

Togaboy's website, also with a nice diagram, but what you'll probably be more interested in are all the pictures people have sent him over the years.  Good for ideas, perhaps?

A blog about toga making and, for those inclined, accessorizing!  Probably some of the most detailed instructions out there.

More food links

Some links recently found by students:

An ancient food blog; this guy not only makes the food, but will tell you what people wrote about it!

A more-or-less authentic cheesecake recipe from an...  Indian food blog?!

Another cheesecake recipie on an Indian food blog...  What's with these people; I mean, sure, contemporary cultures and all that, but...

A list of generic foods from Rome; what's nice about this list is that they tell you what early Romans would have eaten versus later imperial Romans with their massive trade routes et al.

"Iacta alea est!" (aka dicey links)

Obviously, if Julius Caesar liked a good game of dice, it was a big thing.  Augustus, too, was known to roll more than a few rounds.  The trouble, however, is that while we often have the dice and depictions of people playing dice...  A lot of the rules in the links below have been extrapolated.  So, be aware you may be finding contradictory rules.

Viking dice games which is very similar to Roman antecedents. 

A link to a pdf file with some pretty detailed rules, not on dice, but board games.

For those of you who remember playing Iactus, this is where I got the rules from.

Another dice/board combo site.

Not a lot of info on this one, but some good images and comments about how the Romans didn't have a lock on these games.

Like one of the links in the chariots post, this link is to a re-enactment forum.

While this isn't a "real" Roman dice game...  I can't help but put it in because I do like the Iris Project.

I'm not advocating actually buying this die, but they do let you zoom in on the image, which is nice. 

And speaking of images of dice, here's a bunch more!

But then again, what's the use of seeing the dice when you don't know what the actual games looked like: mosaics. 

Fooooooood!

Unlike chariot racing, people are far more willing to try recreating Roman food.  A small selection:

NOVA, a PBS show (ergo, trustworthy), with a whole smattering of recipes, explanations and info. 

Very basic recipes in some very basic formatting but directly cites the first known Roman cookbook by Marcus Gavius Apicius.

Eight recipes from a scholarly book on the subject by Patrick Faas.

FOOD NETWORK?!

More recipes from Apicius but this time, there are links to other foodie sites. 

Not a very discerning collection of recipes, covers ancient Roman, medieval and modern...  Suss it out you must...

Another collection of ancient to modern, but certainly more polished.

And finally, recipes from the Roman Colosseum, sans gladiator parts.

Chariots!

Some links to get you started on building your chariots:

Apparently, Red Bull sponsors these...

Video of a chariot race sponsored by Red Bull at Arizona State.

The website of a company in Jordan which professionally races Roman chariots.

A re-enactment society devoted to Roman recreation; usually, I discourage such websites, but since we are attempting modern recreation...  Makes sense to go to the inspired amateurs. 

An otherwise dubious source...  But they list primary sources, so what the heck?

Video of two "equine extremists."

Another dubious source with primary sources.

Myth: Stage 1--Proposal

Due: 28 March, 2013

One page describing your project—May be typed or handwritten but must be double spaced to allow for comments.

This document is not binding but will serve as a foundation for your work this quarter. 

We will be conferencing tomorrow (27 March) during class to help you formulate a coherent proposal.

Latin 2: Remyth project (take two)

Tell one of the Greco-Roman myths in your own way.   You may be conventional and just write or you can tickle other senses with a more artistic (visual, auditory, taste, smell, etc.). 

Some ideas (but these by no means limit what you can do) might include:

v A blog by one of the heroes, gods or other personality in the myth

v A story written from a perspective different than conventionally told

v A short video acting out the myth

v An artistic work in one or mixed media telling the story as a whole or in sequence

v Or something else…

For either option you must be creative and push the boundaries of storytelling.

There are three stages to this project:

      I.            Proposal—Due Friday, 12 April—Must include three paragraphs outlining your project and potential resources you intend to use: human, material, immaterial, etc.

   II.            Progress reports—Due every week following (19 and 25 April, 3, 10, 17, 24 and 30 May)—You must document how much you have done that week (research or direct work towards).

a.      Some of these progress reports will undergo peer editing

b.     Either the first or second progress report should contain at least one, preferably more, primary sources for your myth

c.     DO NOT just include your progress report in your composition book—It must be a separate hard copy

Final—Due no later than 1 June—You may turn it in earlier if you choose

Latin 1 mythology project due dates

2 November, 2012—Creation myth rough draft

6 November, 2012—Creation myth peer editing

13 November, 2012—Creation myth second draft

16 November, 2012—Ruler myth second draft

27 November, 2012—Ruler myth peer editing

30 November, 2012—Ruler myth second draft due

7 December, 2012—Warrior figure rough draft due

11 December, 2012—Warrior figure peer editing

14 December, 2012—Warrior figure second draft due

11 January, 2013—Love figure rough draft

15 January, 2013—Love figure peer editing

18 January, 2013—Love figure second draft

25 January, 2013—Trickster figure rough draft

29 January, 2013—Trickster figure peer edit

1 February, 2013—Trickster figure second draft

8 February, 2013—Death figure rough draft

12 February, 2013—Death figure peer editing

15 February, 2013—Death figure second draft

22 February, 2013—Nature figure rough draft

26 February, 2013—Nature figure peer editing

1 March, 2013—Nature figure second draft due

27 March, 2013—Final draft due