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The Hero's Journey is a form of storytelling that follows a main character on a journey that changes them emotionally. This myth pattern has been studied for years and goes back the original written and verbally told stories of humans. Joseph Campbell brought it to popular culture with the book, The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Christopher Vogler breaks it down even further specifically for writers in the book, The Writer's Journey. 

Students will learn the steps of the Hero's Journey (The Ordinary World, Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call, Meeting with the Mentor, Crossing the First Threshold, Tests, Allies, Enemies, Approach to the Inmost Cave, The Ordeal, Reward, The Road Back, The Resurrection, and Return with the Elixir, and the character archetypes that populate this story structure, and they will create their own "hero" and plot a story idea following this map in the class. Spoiler Note: Character arcs will be discussed for some example characters from films and books which could spoil the ending or twists of them: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, A League of Their Own, Harry Potter series, Star Wars IV-VI, The DaVinci Code, and Avengers: Infinity War. We will go over key plot points and spoil the following films: Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, and Moana. 

There are NO live meetings for this course. There will be a weekly post in the classroom each week which will include: Nearpod video lessons for that week's subject, YouTube links, discussion questions, and resources for the learner's story. Learners may log in and watch the lessons at their own convenience during the week.