Curated OER
Archetypes
Ideal for a college-level children's literature class or in a story-writing unit, this presentation defines not only the archetypal characters in literature but provides ample examples from fairy tales to modern films. The slideshow...
Curated OER
Ender's Game: Ender's Shadow Projects
Most likely intended for a secondary remedial class. This lesson engages high schoolers in literary analysis through a creative project. They choose one project focused on taking the protagonist through a hero's journey. This link...
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Star Wars: The Magic of Myth
Online exhibition relates the original Star Wars film trilogy to the "hero's journey" presented in Joseph Campbell's "Hero With a Thousand Faces" and "The Power of Myth." Originally accompanied an exhibit at the Museum, but now stands...
TES Global
Blendspace: The Hero's Journey the Hunger Games
A twenty-part learning module with links to texts, images, and videos to use while reading The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Hero's Journey
A nine-part learning module with links to images, websites, and videos that demonstrate the theme of a hero's journey in literature.