2011

Rose Power

Thursday 29 December 2011

The beginnings of a cartoon Odyssey

What I have observed from my research of Horrible History books is that images, particularly cartoons, make learning entertaining and easy. The success of these books illustrates this.


A passing reference to The Simpsons in my last post was actually really useful in explaining that cartoons aren't just for children: adults enjoy and understand them too.


Keeping this in mind, I have started to develop cartoon-style summaries of the Odyssey starting with just a few of its 24 books (chapters). 


Here's Book 9 in which Odysseus (or Ulysses as the Romans rebranded him) introduces himself to his hosts in a place called Scheria and begins to tell them the long story of how he got there.


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