Aesop's Fables - ask each person to tell a fable and give the moral. Explain that myth is a truth that explains why things are as they are.
History is a record of what happened - from an interpreters point of view.
The Bible contains both myth and history. The aim of the Bible is show what God is like, how God has acted, what God has planned for us for both good and ill. This passage was written during the 6th century B.C. while the people of Israel were in captivity in Babylon. The story itself was likely shared in this form for many years beforehand. It tells us things about God, about the world, and about man.