1. Geomythology People, Myths, and Science

2. Geomythology  Geomythology pairs geological evidence of catastrophic events and reports of such events encoded into the mythological lexicon of ancient societies.  What does this mean?

3. Destruction Myths  Great Flood  World Fire  Falling Sky  Great Darkness

4. World Wide Flood

5. Worldwide Fire

6. Falling Sky Great Darkness

7. The Great Flood

8. Three Oldest Recorded Versions  Epic of Atrahasis  Biblical Noah  Gilgamesh http://www.nationalgeographic.com/blacksea/ax/frame.html

9. Epic of Atrahasis

10. Noah’s Ark

11. Gilgamesh’s Utnapishtim

12. Water Covers the Earth

13. Leonard Woolley  Flood Layers at Ur and Uruk  Layers throughout all of ancient mesopotamia  What could this demonstrate?

14. Black Sea Theory

16. Science and Stories Comet Theories Global Warming Earthquakes Volcanic activity Tsunami

17. Think like a geomythologist!

18. Still Epic  Still Epic  We still tell these stories  Even make movies about them

19. Activity  Pans  Water  Clay/large bowls  Sand/cornstarch/potting soil  Salt  Measuring Ruler http://www.ehow.com/info_10025793_flood-experiment-children.html

20. Writing Assignment  Create a legend that explains a natural phenomenon in graphic novel style.  Must include Destruction Destruction Survival Survival Gods/goddesses Gods/goddesses Lesson Lesson  Use a Story Sequence format.

21. Videos  Many of these videos present alternatives views to the Great Deluge. Please preview before watching with children.  http://www.sis- group.org.uk/news/geomythology.htm http://www.sis- group.org.uk/news/geomythology.htm http://www.sis- group.org.uk/news/geomythology.htm  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URPaMGjnCv U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URPaMGjnCv U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URPaMGjnCv U  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZu3GXoKX U4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZu3GXoKX U4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZu3GXoKX U4  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959490/ March 2014 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959490/