• Harris, R. & Thompson, S. (1997). The hero's journey: A guide to literature and life. Napa, CA: Ariane Publications.
• Low, A. (1985). The Macmillan book of Greek gods and heroes. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

• Greek Heroes
  www.mythweb.com/heroes/heroes.html*
  Clearly written and animated stories about Greek heroes
• MythNet
  www.classicsunveiled.com/mythnet/html/*
  Information about Olympian gods and Greek heroes
• Mythography
  www.loggia.com/myth/gods.html*
  Descriptions of Greek gods and goddesses

• Academy of Achievement
  www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/mainmenu.html*
  A Museum of Living History that organizes biographies of achievers by category of contribution
• American Library Association, Great Web Sites for Kids
  www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/people.html#a*
  Offers a “Biographies” section with a comprehensive list of biography Web sites
• Biography Dictionary
  www.s9.com/biography*
  A searchable database of biographies
• Biography.com
  www.biography.com*
  A general resource about famous people
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
  www.DistinguishedWomen.com*
  Biographies of important women
• National Women's History Project
  www.nwhp.org*
  An excellent resource on women's history, including stories of many remarkable and heroic women
• The Hero’s Journey
  www.yourheroicjourney.com/Journey.shtml*
  A thorough explanation of the hero’s journey

• Writing with Writers
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/mythswshop_index.htm*
  An online myth writing workshop with an author

• Computers for reading myths, conducting Internet research about contemporary heroes and Greek heroes, creating electronic books, and sharing electronic books
• Internet connection for access to Web resources for research  

• Presentation software is used by students to create electronic books 
• Encyclopedia on CD-ROM may be used for research purposes

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