Week 1: Exploring the Un-Texbook

Week 2: Since reading the Illiad and the Odyssey in the ninth grade, I have been intrigued by Greek mythology. When looking at the Un-textbook I was excited to find that this was an option for the first two weeks worth of readings.  I have already completed the reading for this week, and I decided on Greek Myths: Ovid III.  All of the sections were appealing, and it was a hard choice to only pick one, but so far I am please with my selection!

Week 3:  For this week I am looking into reading Cupid and Psyche.  Its fascinating that this story is claimed to be the oldest fairy tale, in writing, and that it displays a plot similar to "Beauty and the Beast." I was rather sad that "Classical Greece" and "Biblical Traditions" were put on the same unit, for I would have loved to do readings from both.  I know this was an option, but my love of Greek mythology won this battle.

Week 4:  Growing up I always knew I was passionate about science.  It started off as an obsession with medicine, then it was marine biology, Egyptology, and it has since come back to medicine.  With this being said, this week I have chosen the unit Ancient Egypt.  Although this was an ancient civilization, the fact that many of their structures still stand today, make their stories that much more surreal.

Week 5:  Although I wasn't able to read any of the "Biblical Traditions," I was pleased to see that there was an opportunity to delve into the culture of the regions that are noted in biblical texts.  This being said, I have chosen to read Folklore of the Holy Land: Moslem, Christian and Jewish.

Week 6: My mother is Filipino, and the unit covering Filipino Popular Tales evidently caught my eye. Growing up I heard a few stories here and there, and I'm excited to see if I recognize any in this unit.  

Week 7:  One of my uncle's is Japanese, and very proud of his culture.  I am choosing to cover the unit Japanese Mythology not only because it appears captivating, since it's about gods and such, but I would like to learn more about the culture through it's ancient tales.