FIRST-HALF PORTFOLIO
GRADING: 33% of course grade.
THE COMPONENTS:
1) C.S.I. DELPHI [50%]: An unidentified body has ended up at the Delphi morgue. Foul play is suspected. You are the chief investigator assigned to the case. You discover that the victim is not a mortal but rather a god. Your responsibility is to hand in the small assortment of personal effects found on the body; to write a report that both outlines what you have learned about the victim and suggests the reasons why you have identified one other individual as the prime suspect; and to design a colourful Wanted poster for that suspect.
2) TITANS AND OLYMPIANS WORKSHEET [15%]: A fill-in-the-blanks worksheet based on the Time-Life Myth and Mankind volume on the Greek Gods.
3) GILGAMESH PAPER [35%]: A three-to-five-page paper that discusses a prominent theme in this Mesopotamian epic.