Intro to Monsters and Markets

What comes to mind when you see the word "monster"?

What is an example of a monster?

What are the qualities of a monster? What are their characteristics?

Think back to your childhood, was there a particular monster of which you were afraid? Which one? Why?

Draw an example of a monster

Is this a monster?

• yes

• no

• hang on, I need to rethink my childhood....

Which one is the monster? (be prepared to discuss why)

• 
• 

Which example would fall under the scientific branch of teratology?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Answer explanation

Teratology is the scientific study of congenital abnormalities and abnormal formations.

Match the monster with its description

• Vampire

• the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming

• Mummy

• a person thought to have magic powers, especially evil ones, popularly depicted as a woman

• Witch

• a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence of the living

• Werewolf

• a will-less and speechless human

• Zombie

• a person transformed into a wolf or capable of assuming a wolf's form

Match the Monster with its illustration in modern popular culture

• Vampire

• 
• Witch

• 
• Mummy

• 
• Zombie

• 
• Werewolf

•