A Legend Adventure

You have just finished reading several versions of Arthurian legends.  All of these legends have 5 components:

1. A hero

    One who follows the tenets of the Chivalric Code

2. A Quest   

    The most famous quest was for the Holy Grail

3. A Perilous Journey

4. Enchantments (mysterious or supernatural happenings)

    An excerpt from a book talking about the culture of the Middle Ages

     5. Triumph of Good over Evil

    Chivalry Today offers many podcasts discussing our interpretations today compared to the medieval views 

Even today, modern legends contain all or pieces of these components. 

Look at this website created by a storyteller who points out that there are 7 stages to a traditional legend: Legend

And no, most people agree that Chivalry is not dead!

Take the book you have read for this assignment and use the program Gliffy to create a spider web which will give examples from the book which correspond to each of the five elements of a legend. 

    This is an example in Gliffy of a very simple start of the project

You may use any program (or a poster board) to display your complete web which will demonstrate to your class how your book fits the legend genre. Gliffy is just one suggestion of how you can create your story board.  The use of icons (images) to portray your elements will add even more authenticity to your depiction.

The pictorial demonstration will serve as a springboard to your formal writing assignment.

Sites to provide additional information, text, images:

Camelot Project - very searchable site containing text, images, bibliographies, and basic information

Glossary of terms used in legends

King Arthur and links from Wikipedia

The Labyrinth - a little harder to search, but well worth the effort

Timeless Myths - More background on Arthur

Suggested books for the project:  (Individual books are tagged in our card catalog by typing in "Legendary Heroes Project")

*Bell, Hilari - Flame / Fall of a kingdom (Farsala Trilogy)

Clement-Davis - Fire Bringer

Cadnum, Michael - In a dark wood (Robin Hood)

Irving, John - A prayer for Owen Meany

*Lawhead, Steve - Hood

*LeGuin, Ursula - Annuls of the Western Shore series

*McKinley, Robin - Hero and the Crown

*Pattou, Edith - Hero's Song (Song of Eirren)

*Paul, Donita K. - the Dragonkeeper Series

*Pierce, Tamora - several series to choose from

*Sandall, Lisa Ann - Song of the Sparrow

*Stewart, Mary - The Crystal Cave

Stroud, Jonathan - Heroes of the Valley

Any Star Wars novels

Harry Potter series

Graphic Novel Heroes - Superman, Batman, Blue Avenger, etc.

    * - this book (or series) can be found in our library