Topics

Topic 1: Greek Mythology - Olympian Gods I've always been very intrigued by Greek mythology. We were required to take a mythology class in high school and I always really enjoyed learning about all of the gods and goddesses. One way I thought I could spin my storybook would be to pick a few Olympian gods and put them on a game show where they competed against each other to see who was the "Ultimate Greek God". 

Research So Far: Olympian Gods I've found a site through the links provided that gives a pretty good description of each god and goddess, as well as some background information and pictures.

Topic 2: Constellations Another thing I've always been fascinated by, but never really got the chance to study is constellations. I've always wanted to take an astronomy class, but one wasn't required for my major so I never got around to taking one. Since I do fly, everything about the sky and outer space is so interesting to me. I would love to visit space someday and learning about the stars just intensifies my desire to do so. I'm not sure how I would set up my storybook for this one quite yet.

Research So Far: Constellations Storybook. I did find a storybook from a previous semester that someone has done over constellations and I looked through that. 

Topic 3: Egyptian Myth I know a lot about what the Bible says of how the earth and animals were created, but I thought it would be interesting to do a storybook over a different culture's views on that. The history of Egypt has always caught my eye, the little that I know of it, but what I've read so far has been very interesting.

Research So Far: Egyptian Myth The story in the UN-Textbook goes through the different gods and the beginning of it all.

Topic 4: Icarus It just so happens that I really enjoy flying and the history behind it, as I'm sure anyone that has read my introduction is aware of. I've heard briefly of the story of Icarus and I would love to do a storybook over flying. I'm sure there are tons of great mythology stories over flying, I've just yet to run across them. I think I would really enjoy doing a storybook over different mythology stories of flying.

Research So Far: Wikipedia has some good information over Icarus and his story.

(The Flight of Icarus, Jacob Peter Gowy)