The Moon and its Myths:
The moon has caused a lot of curiosity throughout the Earth's lifetime. Through today's scientific discoveries, we have a good understanding of the moon. However, this understanding has not always been this strong. Past cultures have not known exactly what the moon is. These cultures used their cultural background to come up with what they believe are reasonable explanations behind the moon's role. Below are two examples of moon myths.
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Chinese Myth: Ancient Chinese believed there
were twelve moons, one for each month in a year. The mother of the twelve moons
was Heng-O. It was believed Heng-O washed her children in a lake at the
beginning of each month. The lake was in the western side of the world. One by
one, each moon would travel in a chariot to the opposite side of the world.
This trip took a month. They also believed the moon was made out of water, and
either a toad or hare lived inside moon.
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Mayan Myth: The Mayans believed the moon goddess
was Ix Chel. Ix Chel was believed to be an old woman who wore a skirt, crossed
bones, and a serpent in her hand. They also believed she carried around a jug
filled with water that she used to create floods and heavy rainstorms to Earth.
Ix Chel was also looked to as a protector for weavers and women in childbirth.
One way I could integrate space exploration into the social studies curriculum is relating the different big events in space exploration to the timeline we are discussing in the social studies curriculum. By doing this, students will have better overall census of the time period.
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