War. What is it good for? Edwin Starr's version of the Vietnam protest song (originally recorded by the Temptations) asserts war is "nothin' but a heart-breaker / friend only to the undertaker."
Today you will work in a group made up of your partner from this week along with another pair (I'll link two set of partners together).
What is An Iliad saying / asking about war, up to this point?
With your group, look through to book to find a statement or question about war - one you'd like to work with today. When you are ready, come up and tell me. Since each group will need to work with a different quotation, it will be determined on a first-come, first served basis. Next, you'll work together with your group to create a tableaux to portray your quotation.
I'll explain more about what this involves, but essentially it is a posed free-frame, with each member of the group representing a person from the story. You are not necessarily showing a specific moment from the book - instead, you are finding one character for each member of your group, and then a way that character connects with your chosen quotation.
After we share and journal about these, we'll move on to the "opposite" of war. Again, your group will select a quotation representing something you consider to the the opposite of war, and will create a tableaux to convey it.
After sharing and journaling about this second set, you'll be able to use remaining time to start your reading for the weekend.
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Homework: Read p. 55-73 & annotate
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