Instead of giving a final test, I asked my students to make board games based on the Odyssey. Creating a board game for the Odyssey is not an original idea; lots of teachers have assigned this to their classes and shared their lesson plans on the internet. I decided to try it in my class, […]
The Iliad vs. The Odyssey vs. Vacation I just finished teaching the Odyssey for the first time, and I began ruminating on the fact that, as far as Homeric epics go, I prefer the Iliad. But I also like National Lampoon’s Vacation, so I thought I would make a chart about it. One thing that I learned from teaching […]
It was fifteen years ago today, on September 6th, 1997, that I spent the afternoon touring Liverpool by myself. It was also the day of Princess Diana’s funeral. In August, 1997, I was a 20-year-old student beginning a semester abroad. I had just gotten settled at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford, where I […]
Here’s what I read in August. (The image above is the August illustration from the Rich Hueres manuscript. In the image above, the nobles are going out hawking, while the peasants swim in the river. See July’s post for more information about the Rich Hueres manuscript.) I started teaching at a new school this month, […]