The founding myth of Melaka

In history, form 1 have started looking at Malayisan history this term. This morning we looked at the founding myth of Melaka, a famous Malaysian city just a few hours drive to the south of KTJ. 

In today's lesson students looked back to their study of the Romans and thought about when they studied a myth and what a myth means. They correctly suggested that a myth is an interesting story that contains bits of truth and bits of fiction and that the story of Romulus and Remus and the start (founding) of Rome was a good example of a myth.



Students were given half of the cartoon above and were asked to write a summary of the story, before pairing up with someone with the other half of the story and explaining and the listening to understand the whole story. They then acted out the story as part of a group to demonstrate understanding.

For teachers you can make your own story board by clicking the link - Made with Storyboard That. You can also download this story board I made directly by clicking this link.