HW#4; The Creation Myth of Rome

Tonight's homework is the 'creation myth' of Rome: The story of Romulus and Remus.

Watch this video from youtube....

...and read this story.

Then answer these questions:

1. Why were Romulus and Remus both raised away from their uncle?

2. How did they both come to be rulers of their land?

3. How did Romulus come to be the only ruler of the land? why?

4. About what year did all this take place according to the MYTH

5. About what year did this take place according to SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES (archeology)?

6. LATIN was the language of Rome. Where does the term 'Latin' come from?

7. What was the name of the river that Rome was founded near?

8. Describe the difference between a CREATION MYTH and HISTORICAL (or scientific) 'FACT'

9. Why is the creation myth more interesting than the science?

10. What is our 'creation myth'?

We're going over this in class on Tuesday.

HW #3

go to youtube.com (or another video website that you think may work) .

1. Find a video that is related to the Hindu concept, Brahman. Your video must
a. Describe the relationship between Brahman and the three Gods that you studied.
b. Teach me something about Hinduism that you firmly believe I will learn

2. Link this vide to your blog
OR
or ... OR ... or embed the video that you choose in your blog.

Here's how you embed a video in your blog from youtube.com ....

*find your video and play it
*as it is playing, look for the button that says 'embed' (it is usually loacted on the bottom right of the video)
*When you click that button, you'll see some code and an option to copy the code. Copy the code (it will be on your computer's clipboard)
*Now go to your blog, and click the "NEW POST" button
*In the upper right corner of the "NEW POST" window, there will be 2 tabs. One says"compose" and the other says "Edit Html". Click the "Edit Html" tab.
*Now right click/paste the code into your entry and click "Publish Post"