Resources for Group 1

Group 1 will be responsible for the first part of the voyage and any background material on the Trojan War. This part will cover from the theme Odysseus leaves Troy, include the land of the Lotus-Eaters, and go through the Cyclops' island. For the visitor's center, this group will research Homer's life and his work.

• Keep a journal with daily entires on your progress, your questions, your research, you ideas, and even your ideas that sounded good until you tried to make them work. It is just as important to learn from our bad ideas as it is from our good ones.
• Also in your journal keep notes on what the othermembers of your group are doing. They are your greatest resource and you need to know who to ask.
• Review and study sources that tell about your portion of the voyage and the park.
• As a group come up with the slogan and the design of the flag for your area. 
• Study and discuss the following jobs necessary for the project.
• Each member of the group will take one of the following roles:
  • Project Superintendent: The superintendent will oversee the project, and make sure that all of the individual parts come together to complete the project. The superintendent will also take notes on what everyone is doing and make sure that jobs and topics for the museum are not duplicated. This person will be responsible for keeping the group on task and on time. The superintendent will be the "right hand person" helping all of the other group members. This person is also responsible for working with the othe Project Superintendents and making sure that all of the peices of the larger project fit together and are done in a timely manor.
  • Coordinator of Food Service: This person takes the ideas of the group and makes the final decisions about what food to serve and the creation of the actual menu will be done by this person. Disney wants to see the menu exactly as the park visitors will see it. Be creative and stick to the theme.
  • Groundskeeper: This person will ensure that the flag and the slogan that the group has come up with are created, and are visible and that a physical representation of the theme is evident either in the lay out of the park or the plantings.
  • Attractions Coordinator: This person will turn the ideas of the group into the reality of the park. Remember that you need rides, and shows and games for a variety of age groups.
  • Museum Co-Curators: Every person must choose what topic they will research for the groups display in the visitor's center/museum. Each person must research their topic,and turn in a 2 page paper about what they have researched and what they want the visitors to know about their topic
• Decide who will take each role in your group and begin coming up with ideas. Be sure to write down all of the ideas, so that you can use the list to make your final decisions. Then keep the list as you may want to go back to them and rethink your plan as you do the work.
• Review a few maps and get an idea of the topographical qualities of your area.
•  Read a few examples of much abridged versions of the epic. Some of these are quite comical and will help you formulate ideas for your project
•  Review the following sites for ideas for your theme park project. These sites are more serious and deal with the epic in a more serious way.
• Brainstorm with your group and come decide how you area will be laid out.
• Work on you individual responsibilities and get help and suggestions from every member of your group.
• Check out the resources listed below for each section of the visitor's center and gather ideas for that as you work. Make notes about which sites have information that you can use for the museum.
• Be sure to make a decision on what part of the museum you will research for your paper and let the superintendent know so that there are not duplicates.
• Decide how you will make your group presentation and begin creating.
• Be sure to keep the superintendent informed and ask all member of your committee for help. 
• As you conduct your research and work on the project, you should ask the following questions:
  • What is the background of the story?
  • Who is Odysseus and what are his feelings about the voyage?
  • Who are the gods that are involved in Odysseus' life? Do they have a positive or negative influence on Odysseus?
  • Do you want to include them in your park?
  • What are the most important parts of the voyage that should be included in the park? 

   

General Resources for Group 1

• A map to get you started
• A much more detailed map
• The short version of the story from Mythweb
• The more detailed version of the epic also from Mythweb
• A Chronology of the travels of Odysseus with lots of links to other sources
• Greek Mythology :From the Iliad to the fall of the Last Tyrant
• Homer's Odessey from the Perseus Project HomePage at Tufts University
• The Homer HomePage

Research resources for Group 1 

• A Map to the Land of the Lotus-Eaters
• Bulfinch's Fables
• The Land of the Ciconians
• Bulfinch's Mythology The Adventures of Ulysses
• The University of Toronto's Mythnet discussion of Homer
• ThinkQuest's study of Homer for students