Knowledge Base

 

Reserve Books and Resources For Honors and SOE Computer Class

DVDs 

Time Machine - Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked (History Channel) DVD

Simon Schama's Power of Art Starring: Simon Schama DVD

How Art Made the World (2006) Starring: David Attenborough, George W. Bush DVD

Books

Superheroes and Gods: A Comparative Study from Babylonia to Batman

Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education by Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema, and Kimberly M. Sheridan

Super Heroes – A Modern Mythology Richard Reynolds

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott Mccloud

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott Mccloud

The Power of Pictures: Creating Pathways to Literacy Through Art, Beth Olshansky

The Power of Art (Hardcover) by Simon Schama

The Collins Big Book of Art: From Cave Art to Pop Art (Hardcover) by David G. Wilkins

Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code - Stephen Skinner

How Art Made the World: A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity   Nigel Spivey

The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell

Symbols and Allegories in Art (Guide to Imagery Series) - Matilde Battistini; Paperback

Nature and Its Symbols (Guide to Imagery Series) - Lucia Impelluso

Gods and Heroes in Art (Guide to Imagery Series) - Lucia Impelluso

Angels and Demons in Art (Guide to Imagery Series) - Rosa Giorgi

Superheroes and Gods: A Comparative Study from Babylonia to Batman (Paperback) by Don LoCicero

Thinking In Pictures, Temple Grandin

Archetype and Digital Storytelling Resources 

National Gallery of Art Lesson Plans

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/origin_myths/

Artwork (all of these resources are available through The National Gallery of Art)

Archetype: Destroyer
[Hades in] Abduction of Persephone, Rembrandt, 1632, Painting

Archetype: Innocent
The Abduction of Persephone, Rembrandt, 1632, Painting

Archetype: Mother
Ceres (Roman name for Demeter), Antoine Watteau, 1715, NGA

Archetype: Temptress
Venus de Milo (Aphrodite), Louvre
Birth of Venus, Botticelli, 1478, Uffizi-Florence
Venus Adorned by Graces, Annibale Carracci Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 1590/1595, National Gallery of Art (NGA)
Venus With a Mirror
, Titian, 1555, NGA

Archetype: Trickster
Mercury, Attributed to Righetti after Bologna, 1780-1800, NGA

Archetype: Warrior (Hero)
Mars in his Chariot, Peruigino, 1500

Other Artworks Related to Myths
Achilles, Barnett Newman
Ceres, Watteau
Diana and a Hound, Paul Manship
Fall of Phaeton, Rubens
Hercules,
Roman-3rd Century
Laocoon, El Greco
Pandora
, Redon and Farnese

Music

Archetype: Destroyer

Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Verdi - Overture to "The Force of Destiny" (La Forza del Destino)

Archetype: Innocent

Mendelssohn - Spring Song (used in cartoons)
Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers (compare to Ellington version)
Brahms - Waltz in A flat
Rubinstein - Melody in F
J. Strauss II - The Blue Danube
Grieg - Morning, from Peer Gynt (Ellington - Morning Mood)
Schumann - The Merry Peasant (piano, 50 seconds)

Archetype: Mother

Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" 2nd movement (Goin' Home)
Smetana - The Moldau

 

Archetype: Temptress

Bach - Oboe Concerto in D minor, 2nd movement
Sibelius - Valse Triste
Ravel - Bolero

Archetype: Trickster

Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance (Flight) of the Bumble Bee
Smetana - Overture to The Bartered Bride
J. Strauss II - Trisch Tratch Polka
Delibes - Notturo, from Coppelia
Dvorak - Humoresque

Archetype: Warrior (Hero)

Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra - fanfare
Suppe - Light Cavalry - overture
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries, from The Valkyrie
Wagner - Prelude to Act III - Lohengrin

Mood: Anger
Mozart - 40th Symphony, 1st movement
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, 1st movement

Mood: Confidence
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat, 3rd movement
Schubert - German Dance #1
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement

Mood: Joy/Happiness
Vivaldi - Spring, from "The Four Seasons"
Rimsky-Korsakov - Aborado, from "Capriccio"
Vivaldi - Mandoline Concerto in C, RV 425
Schubert - Ballet Music in G, from "Rosamunde"
Mendelssohn - Symphony #4 in A, "Italian" 1st movement

Mood: Love/Romance
Liszt - Liebestraum, No. 3 in A flat
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, 2nd movement
Grieg - Ich liebe dich (I Love You)
Massenet - Meditation, from "Thais"

Mendelssohn - Wedding March, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty - Introduction

Mood: Mystery/Fear
Bach - Toccata in D minor
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave Opus 31

Mood: Nobility
Purcell - Trumpet Tune and Air
Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, 1st movement
Wagner - Arrival of the Guests at Wartburg, from Tannhauser

Mood: Pain
Albinoni - Adagio
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Verdi - Prelude to Act I, "La Traviata"
Mahler - Symphony No. 5, Adagietto

Mood: Sadness/Melancholy
Beethoven - "Moonlight" Sonata, 1st movement
Dvorak - The Last Spring
Beethoven - Fur Elise
Schumann - Traumerie
Bach - "Air" from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D
Handel - Largo, from "Xerxes"
Wagner - Sigfried's Death and Funeral March

Other Music Resources Related to Myths
Dido and Aeneas by Purcell
La Mort d'Orphee by Berlioz
Claude Debussy's Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun
Igor Stravinsky's Apollon Musagete
Calypso
, sung by Suzanne Vega on Solitude Standing
Wooden Horse, sung by Suzanne Vega on Solitude Standing

 


 

 

Poetry

Archetype: Mother

Mother o' Mine by Rudyard Kipling
Son to Mother by Maya Angelou
Godmother by Dorothy Parker

Archetype: Temptress
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Archetype: Warrior/Hero
Inaugural Poem by Maya Angelou
These Heroics by Leonard Cohen

Orpheus Poems
Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes by Rainer Maria Rilke - 1904
Orpheus In O'Hare by Doug Tanoury - 9/19/1997
A Musical Instrument by Robert Browning

Other Poems on Mythology
Hellas (Chorus Form) by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Prometheus by Longfellow
Endymion by Hamilton
The New Pygmalion by Lang

 


 

 

Websites

http://herokids.wordpress.com/
Heroes Journeys

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth
Monomyth

http://www.world-mysteries.com/awr_7.htm
Symbols

http://changingminds.org/index.htm
Index of thousands of entries of how we change minds

http://healing.about.com/od/sacredgeometry/Sacred_Geometry.htm
Sacred Geometry

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/
International Heroes

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/explore/lll.cfm
ARTSEDGE lessons

http://artsMIA.org.html
Compares myths from around the world and gives corresponding art pieces

http://www.artsMIA.org/mythology/index.html and http://www.artsMIA.org/mythology/downloadables.html
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts area focused on World Mythology; audio files and slides for downloading

http://www.creative-harmonics.org/art/index.html
Sacred indigenous art.

http://www.crystalinks.com/creation.html
Various theories presented regarding sacred geometry, etc.

http://www.therafoundation.org/Projects/ntuapapaodysseusgroup/archetype
Geometric archetype in ancient art.

http://www.lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/mythology.html
Allows user to type in the god and get a description, as well as a series of images; limited to western art and Greek mythology

http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/areas/
Provides extensive links to myths of many cultures

http://www.essortment.com/all/archetypesinli_rfnd.htm
Discussion of a couple different archetypal frameworks.

http://www.thearchetypalconnection.com/
Information on what archetype is and why it matters.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Movies-and-Femininity
Sun and moon archetypes in the movies.

See handout on movies from http://ancientsky.com/movie-list.pdf

http://www.virtuescience.com/archetypal-geometry.html
Discussion of archetype in geometry.

http://www.goertzel.org/dynapsyc/1996/natphil.html
Discussion of Archetype in science.

http://www.purpleonion.nl/background/archetypes
Three Hindu archetypes.

Books

The Golden Bough - James G. Frazier
Superheroes and Gods -
Don LoCicero
Superheroes and Gods: A Comparative Study from Babylonia to Batman -
Don LoCicero
The Journey of Luke Skywalker - Steven A. Galipeau
The World of Myth: An Anthology (Paperback) - David Adams Leeming (Editor)

Psychological Reflections on Cinematic Terror: Jungian Archetypes in Horror Films - James F. Iaccino

Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education - Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema, and Kimberly M. Sheridan

Super Heroes – A Modern Mythology  - Richard Reynolds

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art - Scott Mccloud

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels - Scott Mccloud

The Power of Pictures: Creating Pathways to Literacy Through Art, Beth Olshansky

The Power of Art - Simon Schama

The Collins Big Book of Art: From Cave Art to Pop Art (Hardcover) - David G. Wilkins

Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code - Stephen Skinner

How Art Made the World: A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity - Nigel Spivey

The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell

Symbols and Allegories in Art (Guide to Imagery Series) - Matilde Battistini; Paperback

Nature and Its Symbols (Guide to Imagery Series) - Lucia Impelluso

Gods and Heroes in Art (Guide to Imagery Series) - Lucia Impelluso

Angels and Demons in Art (Guide to Imagery Series) - Rosa Giorgi

Superheroes and Gods: A Comparative Study from Babylonia to Batman (Paperback) - Don LoCicero

Thinking In Pictures, Temple Grandin

Mythology - Edith Hamilton

Miscellanious

NGA Teaching Packet on Mythology:
Department of Educational Resources
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C. 20565
Phone: (202) 842-6796

Stefan Stenudd website

http://www.stenudd.com/myth/

 Joseph Campbell page

http://www.mythsdreamssymbols.com/campbell.html

  DVDs

Time Machine - Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked (History Channel) DVD

 Simon Schama's Power of Art Starring: Simon Schama DVD

 How Art Made the World (2006) Starring: David Attenborough DVD

Professional Ed. Technology Journals

University of Colorado Denver listing of ed. technology journals
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/ejournals.html

Comprehensive list of educational technology journals
http://www.educational-software-directory.net/journals.html

Comprehensive list of Infornational technology journals
http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/journals.html

ISTE Web Site
http://www.iste.org/

New Zealand Ed Technology on-line journal
http://www.fno.org/


International Journal of Educational Technology

http://www.ao.uiuc.edu/ijet/

Journal of Technology Education
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/

 

Standards

ISTE NET Standards - http://cnets.iste.org/

 

Learning Styles and Jungian Thought

Albritton, R. R. P. S. C. (1996). I’m Not Crazy I’m Just Not You. Barron-Tieger, P. D. T. B. (1995). Do What You Are. Boston: Little, Brown & Company.

Barron-Tieger, P. D. T. B. (1995). Do What You Are. Boston: Little, Brown & Company.

Barron-Tieger, P. D. T. B. (1997). Nurture by Nature. (First ed.). Boston: Little, Brown & Company.

Bates, D. K. M. (1984). Please Understand Me. (Fifth ed.). Del Mar: Prometheus Nemesis Book Company.

Campbell, J. (1968). Creative Mythology. (6thth ed.). (Vol. IV). New York: Penguin Books.

Campbell, J. (Ed.). (1971). The Portable Jung (9thth ed.). New York: Penguin.

Fontana, D. (1993). The Secret Language of Symbols. (First ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Gough, A. T. H. (1991). Portraits Of Type. (1 ed.). Palo Alto: CPP Books, Division of Consulting Psychologists Press.

Hamilton, E. (1969). Mythology. (4 ed.). New York: Mentor.

Jay, R. (1996). Teach Yourself Mythology. (1stst ed.). London: NTC Publishing Group.

Jensen, E. (1996). Completing the Puzzle: a Brain-Based Approach to Learning. (1 ed.). Del Mar, CA: Turning Point Publishing.

Jensen, E. (1996). Brain-Based Learning. (1st ed.). Del Mar: Turning Point.

Keirsey, D. (1998) Please Understand Me II. (1 ed.). Del Mar: Prometheuus Nemesis Book Co.

Lawrence, G. (1995). People Types & Tiger Stripes. (Third ed.). Gainesville: Center For The Application of Psychological Type, Inc.

Mamchur, C. (1996). Cognitive Type Theory & Learning Style. (First ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Mamchur, C. (1996). Cognitive Type Theory and Learning Style. (First ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision d Curriculum Development.

Sherman, J. H. J. R. G. (1997). Intimacy and Type. (First ed.). Gainesville: Center For Applications of Psychological Type.

 

Web Links for Learning Styles

Click here for more links: Learning Styles

 

Technology

Alexander, S. (1996). Teaching and Learning on the World Wide Web . Internet.

Bailey, J. (1996). After Thought. (First ed.). New York: Harper Collins.

Ball, E. (1994). Catch the Technological Wave. The Technology Teacher (March), 7-8.

Bangert-Drowns, R. K., J., & Kulik, C-L. (1985). Effectiveness of Computer-based Education In Secondary Schools. Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 12(3), 59-68.

Barbour, I. (1989). Ethics In An Age Of Technology. (1 ed.). (Vol. 2). San Francisco: Harper.

Barker, D. (1995, March). Seven New Ways To Learn. BYTE On CD-ROM, 20, 50-75.

Barksdale, J. M. (1996, March/April 1996). New Teachers:  Why schools of education are still sending you staff you’ll have to train in technology. Electronic Learning, 15, 38-45.

Bass, A. B. (1991). IT in Schools. In T. Forester (Ed.), Computers In The Human Context (1 ed.). Cambridge: MIT Press. 548

Baum, D. (1985). Unfolding Meaning. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, Becker, H. J. (1989). Computers In Education Survey. Journal of Educational Computing, 7(4), 385-406.

Bickhard, M. H. (1995). World Mirroring Versus World Making:  There’s Got to Be a Better Way. In L. P. S. J. Gale (Ed.), Constructivism In Education (First ed., Vol. One, pp. 229). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Borrell, J. (1992, 1992). America’s Shame:  How We’ve Abandoned Our Children’s Future. Mac World, 9, 25-30.

Briantais, A. C. a. E. (1996, September). A French Approach To Instructional Technology Design. Learning and Leading With Technology, 24, 19-20.

Brod, C. (1984). Technostress. (1 ed.). Menlo Park: Addison Wesley.

Caine, G., Renate M. Nummela Caine and Sam Crowell. (1994). Mindshifts. (1stst ed.). Tucson: Zephyr Press.

Cardwell, D. (1995). The Norton History of Technology. (2 ed.). London, England: W.W. Norton & Company.

Cassagne, J. (1992, 1992). The World View. Mac World, 9, 25-30.

Centron, M. J. (1988, December). Class of 2000:  The good news and the bad news. The Futurist, 22, 10.

Ciolek, T. M. (1997). Today’s WWW, Tomorrow’s MMM: The Specter of multi-media mediocrity. Educom Review, 32(3), 23-26.

Clark, S. (1996, June). School’s Out. NetUser, 1, 9-18.

Collins, A. (1996). Whither Technology and Schools?  Collected Thoughts on the Last and Next Quarter Centuries. In D. C. D. Charles Fisher, Keith Yocam (Ed.), Education & Technology:  Reflections on Computing In the Classroom . San Francisco: Apple Press.

Cornish, E. (1996). The Cyber Future . Bethesda, MD: World Future Society.

Cromer, J. (1984). High Tech Schools:  The Principal’s Perspective. (1 ed.). Reston: National Association of Secondary Principals.

Cuban, L. (1986). Teachers and Machines: Classroom Use of Technology Since 1920. (1 ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.

Cuban, L. (1986). Teachers and Machines. (first ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.

Cuban, L. (1995, May/June 1995). Reality Bytes. Electronic Learning, 14, 18.

Cuban, L. (1995, October 1995). De’ja’ Vu All Over Again? Electronic Learning, 15, 34-37,61.

Currance, C. (1986). Making Effective Educational Use of Advanced Technology (pp. 11-35). Washington D.C.: National Governor’s Association Center for Policy Research.

DeTray, J. (1984, 1984). An Interview With Steve Wozniak. InCider, 2, 53-59.

Dewey, J. (1991). How We Think. (First ed.). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.

Dixon, R. G. D. (1994). Future Schools: How To Get There From Here. Phi Delta Kappan (January), 360-365.

Douglas Downing Ph.D. & Jeffery Clark, P. D. (1997). Statistics The Easy Way. (Third ed.). Hauppauge, NY: Barrons.

Druckrey, G. B. T. (Ed.). (1994). Culture On The Brink (1 ed.). (Vol. 361). Seattle: Bay Press.

Dwyer, K. (1996). Goals 2000:  Midterm Progress Report. Communique (February), 1-4.

Dyrli, O. E. (1995). What Every Teacher Needs To Know About Technology. Technology and Learning (May), Insert.

Enouchs, I. M. R. L. G. (1993). A Microcomputer Beliefs Inventory for Middle School Students:  Scale Development and Validation. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 253, 383-389.

Frear, S. (1996, October 1996). Electronic Education For the Next Generation. MacHome Journal, 4, 86-88.

Gauger, R. (1995). The High-Tech Highway. The Technology Teacher (March), 15-21.

Gelernter, D. (1992). Mirror Worlds. (1 ed.). New York: Oxford.

Geoffrey Caine, R. M. C. a. S. C. (1994). Mindshifts. (First ed.). Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press.

Gibbons, S., P. Greenfield, & R. Kubey. (1991, ). Technologies Impact On Children. Paper presented at the Future Tense, Los Angles, CA.

Gibson, W. (1984). Neuromancer. New York: Ace.

Gingrich, N. (1996, October  1996). Whose Job Is It To ‘Wire’ Our Students? Windows, 7, 67.

Harkins, A. (1993). Knowledge Base Learning. Futurics, 17(3&4), 46-60.

Harrington-Lueker, D. (1996, September). Coming To Grips With Staff Development. Electronic Learning, 16, 32-43.

Harris, B. (1995, July). The Geopolitics of Cyberspace. Infobahn, 1, 48-55.

Heim, M. (1993). The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality. New York: Oxford.

Henry, T. (1997, July 25, 1997). Questioning Computers. USA Today, 40.

Hinton, W. D. (1997, ). Clocking Computer Speed. PC Novice, 8, 90-21.

Hogan, M. (1998, January 1998). PC of Tomorrow. PC World, 16, 135-142.

Holland, H. (1995, May/June 1995). A Strong Heart. Electronic Learning, 14, 36-38.

Howard J. Sullivan, A. R. I., James D. Klien, Elizabeth E. Jones, Wilhelmina C. Savenye. (1993). Perspectives on the Future of Technology. Educational Technology Research, 42(2), 97-110.

Ito, R. (1992, 1992). Newton’s World. MacUser, 8, 45-48.

Kalmbach, J. (1994). Just In Time for the 21stst Century. Tech Trends(Nov/Dec), 29-32.

Kantrowitz, B. (1996, Fall/Winter 96). To The Head Of The Class. Newsweek, Special Edition, 10-19.

Kawamoto, W. (1995, March). 3-D Images That Float in Air. BYTE On CD-ROM.

Kay, R. H. (1989). Bringing Computer Literacy into Perspective. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 22(1), 35-47.

Kay, R. H. (1992). The Acquisition of Computer Knowledge: A formative analysis (Paper ). San Francisco, CA: American Educational Research Association.

 

Teaching

Ackermann, E. (1996). Perspective-Taking and Object Construction, Two Keys to Learning. In Y. Kafai (Ed.), Constructionism In Practice (First ed., Vol. 1). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. 25-35

Brooks, J. G. B. M. G. (1993). The Case For Constructivist Classrooms. (First ed.). (Vol. one). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Confrey, J. (1995). How Compatible Are Radical Constructivism, Sociocultural Approaches, and Social Constructivism. Steffe, Leslie P. &. Gale, Jerry (Ed.), Constructivism in Education (First ed., Vol. 1, pp. 189-225). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Publishers.

David Feinstein, P. D. S. K. (1997). The Mythic Path. (First ed.). New York: Tarcher/Putnam.

Freedman, G. W. a. M. (1996). Social Change One On One. The American Prospect(27), 75-1.

Gale, L. P. S. J. (1955). Constructivism In Education. (First ed.). Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple Intelligence’s. (1 ed.). New York: Basic Books.

Hableton, R. K. (1982). Advances In Criterion-referenced testing technology. In C. R. R. T. B. Gutkin (Ed.), Handbook of School Psychology (pp. 351-379). New York: Wiley.

Jamison, D., Suppes, P., & Wells, S. (1974). Effectiveness of Alternative Instructional Media. Review of Educational Research, 44, 1-67.

Janesick, V. (1982). Of Snakes and Circles: making sense of classroom group processes through case study. American Educational Research Journal, 30(1), 39-65.

Jensen, E. (1996). Brain-Based Learning. (1stst ed.). Del Mar: Turning Point.

Jensen, E. (1996). Completing the Puzzle: a Brain-Based Approach to Learning. (1 ed.). Del Mar, CA: Turning Point Publishing

 

Creativity

Cameron, J (2002). The Artists Way

Michael Michalko (2001). Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius

A WHACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD : How You Can Be More Creative by von Oech

Art of Possibility, The : Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander

 

Creativity Web Sites

Creativity For Life

http://www.creativityforlife.com/

Creativity At Work (check-out the hyperlinks on this site for even more information)

http://www.creativityatwork.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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