{"id":5657,"date":"2026-07-23T22:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/23\/how-to-keep-an-ancient-text-interesting-to-students-make-it-a-summer-blockbuster\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:22:19","slug":"how-to-keep-an-ancient-text-interesting-to-students-make-it-a-summer-blockbuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=5657","title":{"rendered":"How to keep an ancient text interesting to students? Make it a summer blockbuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"slug-wrap\">\n<h3 class=\"slug\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/education\/\">Education<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"storytitle\">\n<h1>How to keep an ancient text interesting to students? 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One text has never gotten much easier to teach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The Odyssey<\/em> was always one we kind of struggled with,&#8221; he says. Getting his students at Monticello High School in eastern Illinois to pay attention was a tall order.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You tell them, &#8216;Hey, this was written 2,000 plus years ago.&#8217; And right away, they&#8217;re gonna be like, &#8216;well, why do I have to learn this?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5903075-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5631779\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/28\/nx-s1-5631779\/ai-schools-teachers-students\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"recirculation\",\"action\":\"story_recirculation_click\",\"clickType\":\"inset box\",\"clickUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/28\/nx-s1-5631779\/ai-schools-teachers-students\"}'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1066x1066+267+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F24%2Ff1%2Ffbda743449de8579f61efbc1a890%2Fai-ban1.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1066x1066+267+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F24%2Ff1%2Ffbda743449de8579f61efbc1a890%2Fai-ban1.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1066x1066+267+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F24%2Ff1%2Ffbda743449de8579f61efbc1a890%2Fai-ban1.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Chanea Bond teaches composition and American literature classes at Southwest High School in the Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas. Bond has banned AI from her classroom; swapping computers for pencils and paper \u2014 lots of paper.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>         <\/p>\n<div class=\"bucketblock\">\n<h3 class=\"slug\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/g-s1-108331\/education-ai\">Learning in the age of AI <\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/28\/nx-s1-5631779\/ai-schools-teachers-students\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"recirculation\",\"action\":\"story_recirculation_click\",\"clickType\":\"inset box\",\"clickUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/28\/nx-s1-5631779\/ai-schools-teachers-students\"}'>To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5903075-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Crowhurst, like many teachers, uses clips from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0118414\/\" target=\"_blank\">1997 Hallmark miniseries<\/a> and other adaptations of <em>The Odyssey<\/em> to help keep students engaged. The students are not afraid to tell him that they find the dated special effects silly.<\/p>\n<p>So after Crowhurst saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/16\/nx-s1-5894855\/the-odyssey-christopher-nolan-review\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Odyssey<\/em><\/a> when it opened last weekend, he posted his gratitude for the film&#8217;s director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mr.crowhurst\/video\/7663262460232715534\" target=\"_blank\">on TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just saw the Odyssey and I want to say on behalf of all English teachers: Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/17\/nx-s1-5884838\/christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-delivers-on-an-epic-imax-scale\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Nolan<\/a>. Thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are countless adaptations of Homer&#8217;s epic poem, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rKMgPRGEnvU\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Simpsons<\/em><\/a>, to the stage, to other movies with big name actors. Erin Hall, an English teacher in Charlottesville, Va., says she&#8217;s excited to add a new version to her teaching toolkit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love including any kind of outside media in my classroom,&#8221; she says. &#8220;It gets kids excited to learn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some teachers, including Sarah Noll at South Lakes High School in Reston, Va., use visual adaptations of the epic poem to help her multilingual students learn English.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They create a kind of dictionary of the important vocabulary,&#8221; she says of her students: things like ship, sea, king, suitor.<\/p>\n<p>Hear how Crowhurst, Hall, Noll and other teachers hope to use the new movie in their classrooms. 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