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      • Unit 1: Advertising, Revenue and Regulations
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      • Unit 1: From Traditional Media to New Media Technologies
      • Unit 2: Uses of New Media Technologies in Society – Mass and Digital Communications
      • Unit 3: Use of Interactive Multimedia Tools, Including Digital Games in Classrooms
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      • Unit 1: Young People in the Virtual World
      • Unit 2: Challenges and Risks in the Virtual World
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      • Unit 1: Concepts and Applications of Information Literacy
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    • Module 11: Media, Technology and the Global Village
      • Unit 1: Media Ownership in Today’s Global Village
      • Unit 2: Socio-Cultural and Political Dimensions of Globalized Media
      • Unit 3: Commoditization of Information
      • Unit 4: The Rise of Alternative Media
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Home / Resources / What makes a hero? – Matthew Winkler

September 19, 2014     Module/Unit: Module 3, Unit 3

What makes a hero? – Matthew Winkler

Title: What makes a hero? – Matthew Winkler

Link: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-hero-matthew-winkler
Media type: Moving images
Age:
primary, secondary, tertiary
Language: English
Subtitles: French, Hebrew, Spanish, Turkish
Length: 04:34
MIL modules and units: M3U3
Subject tags: Literature, Art, social studies
Theme tag: Communication, technology and media Culture, inter-culture dialogue Education

Joseph Campbells Hero’s journey or Mono-myth is found in many of the most popular stories of all times, whether they are in books, movies, games or plays. Use this flipped classroom lesson to further investigate how the Hero’s journey is constructed and relates to stories all around us. Answer the questions in the questionnaire on the website and/or use the questions found in Module 3 unit 3.

Download the What makes a hero-Matthew Winkler Lesson Plan here

Source: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-hero-matthew-winkler
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Language: English
Subject: Art, Literature, Social Studies

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