Jim Hensons The Story Teller/ Greek Myths

After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.

As the narrator discusses some of the trials faced by the characters in the myths, he states, “The Gods play with us.” How do you feel about that comment? Do you feel challenges are merely a torment or a learning experience? Do you believe there is a greater force at work in your life?

In the story of the Minotaur, one character sees only a monster while another sees something human behind the beast’s face. Why can separate people see the same situation from different angles? How does one’s perspective affect the way they respond?