What in the world is this blog? That's the question probably going through your mind as you check this page out. Well, let me fill you in, folks. This blog is made by yours truly. I'm a junior (almost a senior, AH!) at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. I'm studying English and Secondary Education and I play on the women's basketball team here. This little liberal arts college has recently allowed students to take part in what they call a Journey Grant. Essentially, students are allowed a grant to enhance their educational experience. For my Journey Grant, I decided to do what I titled Epic Research over epics, globalization, and the classroom (epic can be a pretty punny word). This blog is going to encompass what I'm doing with my Journey Grant. I could have traveled Europe, studied in some fancy library across the country, but I chose to do this at Jewell. I'll begin blogging at the beginning of June (I know, you're going to be waiting a little while). I'll blog every week (or more if you cross your fingers) over a different epic. The list includes The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Beowulf, The Divine Comedy, The Canterbury Tales, and Paradise Lost. Blogs will consist of a discussion over each epic and how they fit into the classroom today. Our world is ever-shrinking because of a thing called globalization. Globalization is making it to where a student in Missouri can Skype with a teacher in Spain and have lessons over Spanish. The essential question I'll be getting at is why teach these ancient texts in our globalized world? What do they have to offer to students of the 21st century? So, I'll leave you for a month so you can get excited and anxious about my blogs.
Until then,
Cassy
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