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Modern American Myth-Making In Mass Media Texts, Kassandra Andreadis
Modern American Myth-Making In Mass Media Texts, Kassandra Andreadis
Honors Theses
What is an American myth? “Myth” can have many meanings and can refer to many different types of works. For example, Edwards and Klosa refer to Frankenstein as “an important mythic text” (Edwards and Klosa 34), which provides a middle point between ancient myths (e.g. the Odyssey) and current myths, showing that myths have continued to be produced and establishing myth-making as a continuous process. This process continues into the present, all over the world, so it stands to reason that the United States of America has its own myths. The identity of those myths is less certain. While ideas …
Leap Up! For Children: A Church Based Education Program, Cheryl Hubbard
Leap Up! For Children: A Church Based Education Program, Cheryl Hubbard
Honors Theses
It is important to create an accepting environment for children to begin to appreciate faith in God. Adults need to recognize that even though children may not be able to talk about God, they do have an ability to think about and appreciate God (Lester 174). Because children have an active imagination and are just beginning to develop some logic skills, this is an easy segue for a child to understand many of the stories and parables that adults may discount. When children ask questions, it is important to get them to think through the issue and to provide some …