Digital+Mythology

Myths and Legends - and Digital Storytelling
Remember the stories you heard when you were little like Humpty Dumpty and Sleeping Beauty? Stories like these have been told over and over again for generations. You may even tell them to your children!

Just like these stores, many tales are very old and date back centures. But a story does not have to be old to be a myth or legend...but most of them are. Creatures from outer space, mythical beasts and strange beings can be found in these old stories. You can find heroes (usually handsome), ghosts (often headless), witches (very old and ugly), dragons (ferocious), treasure (mostly buried), devil dogs (red eyed) and strange horses (some even headless).

Sometimes myths and legends are about very good people and acts of real kindness, but many indroduce us to characters that you would not want to meet on a dark night!


 * //**[|How to use Movie Maker 2]** This guide has been produced to assist teachers and students wishing to create their own movies and perhaps use images, sounds and video clips from the E2BN Myths and Legends site and other archives to develop their own stories.//


 * //**[|Storyboard template]** Myths and legends storyboard template than can be used for preparing animations, making movies or analysing stories.//


 * //**[|Animating a myth part 1 – the storyboard]** Lesson plan for using animation in the classroom – in ‘animating a myth part 1′, pupils choose an existing myth on the myths and legends website, analyse the story and then prepare it as a storyboard.//


 * //**[|Animating a myth part 2 – creating characters & settings]** Lesson plan for using animation in the classroom – in ‘animating a myth part 2′, pupils use the storyboard which they created in ‘animating a myth part 1′ and construct the characters and settings.//


 * //**[|Animating a myth part 3 – creating the animation]** Lesson plan for using animation in the classroom – in ‘animating a myth part 3′, pupils use the storyboard which they created in ‘animating a myth part 1′ and the characters and settings produced in ‘animating a//