The Call Refused: Evoking the Shadow Journey

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The Call Refused is one of the most important elements in the Hero’s Journey. The Call Refused: Evoking the Shadow Journey is a 48-page supplement to The Hero’s Journey: Teaching the Basics that focuses on how refusing the Call turns the Hero’s Journey into its “negative” or “Shadow Journey.” The unit contains three activities: an introduction to the Call Refused, a film project illustrating the Call Refused and a Greek myth exploring the refusal of the call to public trust. This guide features lesson plans, student texts, graphic aids, a personal reflection activity and an article on the psychology of the Call Refused.

NOTE: The Call Refused is included in our comprehensive guide, The Hero’s Journey: The Path of Transformation.

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The Call Refused: Evoking the Shadow Journey is a supplement to The Hero’s Journey: Teaching the Basics. This unit introduces students to the concept of refusing the Call and deepens their understanding of the Hero’s Journey using literature, film and writing activities. It encourages students to look at how refusing the Call shapes characters and conflict in literature and film, and it offers activities to help them apply the concept to their own lives. The guide also features an in-depth exploration of the psychology of the Call Refused to give teachers the expertise they need not just to teach and explore the concept, but to apply it to other material in their curriculum. The unit contains lesson plans and all of the materials you will need.

NOTE: The Call Refused is included in our comprehensive guide, The Hero’s Journey: The Path of Transformation.

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Table of Contents

1. Lesson Plan: The Call Refused

2. “Engaging the Shadow: The Dynamics of the Call Refused” (The psychology of the Call Refused and its role in literature and life)

3. “The Call Refused: Evoking the Shadow Journey” (student text introducing the Call Refused)

4. Groundhog Day (film)
a) Lesson Plan
b) Phil’s Journey: The Paradox of Refusal (an analysis of the film as a Call Refused and a Hero’s Journey)
c) Activities (Activities to engage students in the film and help them reflect on the film’s lessons)
d) Questions for discussion and writing

5. “Minos and the Minotaur” (myth)
a) Lesson Plan: Refusing the Call to a Public Trust
b) Background notes for teachers
c) “Minos and the Minotaur” (student text)
d) Questions for discussion and writing

6. Reflections on the Labyrinth: Reflective writing assignment on the Call Refused

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