Morning thought:
Too deep (in the pool) and you might drown, too shallow and you won't learn. The ZPD in action? ;-)
Other thought:
I am wondering if Star Wars is so embedded in the western psyche at this point (it is a popular reference, even if you haven't seen it), so it's hard to think about it objectively - but district 9, being a newcomer (and one without such a cult following), makes it easier to examine.
#6531675 grasshopper98 wrote:
AK, not too deeply, if we don't do that we don't learn how to swim, no one gets to be a better swimmer staying on the shallow end of the pool!
We did a mix, wasn't so much a game, but in Anthropology of Folklore we saw STar Wars (first one) and District 9, the discussion was on the hero's journey and the identified key components (call to action, etc.) in Star Wars, that was EASY, but District 9 got a lot of discussion as you had to look harder. We then talked about and wrote about our own hero's journey, which there are many adventures and they identified one "call to action" they answered and one they "refused" and what was the difference in where their journey went next.
I might try to create a card based game for one of my classes in the spring, the Anthropology of Religion might work.
We all are on our own hero's journey whether we are aware of it or not.