by David Tollen | Jan 22, 2016 | Classical Civilization, The Postclassical Age (Medieval History)
~ This is the fourth of a six-post series called Star Wars and History. (See below for the six posts’ titles.) ~ In The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker fights his father, Darth Vader. Revenge of the Sith repeats this father vs. son theme...
by David Tollen | Jan 19, 2016 | Teacher-Specific, Writing About History
~ This is the third of a six-post series called Star Wars and History. (See below for the six posts’ titles.) ~ In The Hero with a Thousand Faces, mythologist Joseph Campbell argues that the same basic stories and themes appear in all the world’s myths....
