Zelda and World Mythology - Videos + Create-Your-Own Boss Project

Let's compare Hyrule's creatures to real-world mythology! Includes bosses and friends from all Zelda games, and explores myths from America, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe (including Greek Mythology).

The Zelda video game franchise includes a ton of cool creatures, characters, items, and enemies! Many of these beasts and objects from Hyrule are inspired by the mythology from the real world. Over five recordings, we'll explore mythical stories from our world, and compare them to the creatures Link encounters in the many Zelda games. Links are provided to further explore each mythology and brainstorm your own Zelda characters and bosses based on mythology.

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• This course has five parts to it. Each part consists of a downloadable video presentation (between 30 and 50 minutes long) hosted on Google Drive, along a project idea to expand the students’ understanding.

• In a regular school setting, these materials are ideal for reverse instruction or a flipped classroom unit. For instance, you can assign the video recording to watch at home for homework, and then use the extension activities for class projects. The recordings also work well for sub days and much-needed sanity days!

• If you are using these materials in a home school setting, you could choose to do one part per day or one part per week, doing the projects as time allows. Feel free to have your child email me at lauren.rae.ard@gmail.com, if they have any questions or want to share what they’ve done with the materials.

• This unit also includes a link to my notes and Prezi presentation I use throughout the course, in case you want to give some of the presentation, or expand on the material yourself. Please keep in mind that the video may not match up exactly with the notes and lecture materials, because I do alter and add to my notes as time goes on.

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Week 1: Mythology of the World (mythologies that exist in multiple countries) - 51 minute recording

Week 2: Greek Mythology - 34 minutes

Week 3: Norse Mythology, Celtic Mythology, and European Folklore - 45 minutes

Week 4: Asian Mythology and Mythology of the Middle East - 40 minutes

Week 5: Mythology of the Americas, Africa, Australia, and Polynesia - 40 minutes