Drennon

4431 Mt. Herbert Ave. San Diego CA 92117 December 1, 2010

Dear Senior Committee,

For my senior project I would like to base my graduation project on the different mythologies within different continents and ancient religions. I have always been interested of the different myths that ancient civilizations used to define the change of seasons or the Earth was formed. I plan on explaining how they could have believed that supernatural beings could have possibly created the planet and all it the seasons, elements, and natural disasters. At the moment I don’t have a mentor, but I believe I can possibly contact someone in a college professor in mythology. My audience is mainly going to be informed about the different messages that are explained in each myth. As well as how the people in those civilizations could have thought those entities could have created the world and all that is in it. I’m going to look up all the myths that are mentioned in many civilizations. I will then put all these myths into a blog for all who wish to look at these myths. This will help me broaden the minds of my audience and I so others can be more open minded to how these ancient cities and people saw their lives. It might also give others who wish to look at inspiring fictional ideas for future novelists. Sincerely, Drennon S. Murray Anne: I suggest you make this a Doors to Diplomacy entry. Limit yourself to one kind of myth, or one area, and compare or analyze those myths. Your essential questions might be, "How do myths preserve and define (a given) civilization?" or "What happens when myths travel around the world?"

Anne: National Standards for Arts Education include "Students should have an informed acquaintance with exemplary works from a variety of cultures and historical **periods**, and a basic understanding of historical development in the arts disciplines, across the arts as a whole, and within cultures".

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D2D Entry: I have always been interested of the different myths that ancient civilizations used to define the change of seasons or the Earth was formed. I plan on explaining how they could have believed that supernatural beings could have possibly created the planet and all it the seasons, elements, and natural disasters. ======

Francisco A: I like it, cant wait to see it.

Sarah: Sounds like a really great idea

Mr Loessel: Could you create a power point presentation to give your project a visual element.

carlos- sounds cool you lean and enjoy what your reading on your project you can even compare and contrast the views

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