What is a hero? How is a hero? Who is a hero? Exploring the Hero's Journey and our own journey, beginning in Africa and exploring our planet and our Universe. We will explore our own roles as heroes in our tribes and communities and the tools and resources we have to leverage in our adventures, from curiosity and hunger to math, agriculture and arrows. Once we get a lay of the land and have discussed weaknesses, traps and other challenges, we work together to make a Crew Map to help guide us on our journeys. Our Learning Logs will help us stay on course, monitoring the hazards and challenges as well as celebrating strong choices and triumphs. We will begin to explore myths, legends, folklore and the role of stories in human history and survival.

*needs map, reading?

Eventually we'll start each day with our OR—to start, we're all going to stand and stretch and move cluster by cluster quietly to the Sharea.

Opening Ritual

Morning Meeting—Heroes

Anthropology—Children of Africa

Mathematics—Basic Maps

Scientific Exploration—Tools, Tribe Map

Readers Workshop — CoA

Writer's Workshop — Plot/Map/Structure, Language

Close Up Shop