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Able Media

Classics Technology Center: The Story of Troy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides an account of the legendary war between Greece and Troy. Begins with the legend of Helen and her possibly divine birth and finishes with the fates of the warriors involved. Also includes some nice comparative mythology...
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Other

Concepts and Practices for Writing Courses: Interpreting Literature

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This tutorial surveys the way readers should interpret literature or text in symbols, syntax, meaning, and the like. The article features a Literary Toolkit for Analyzing Literature.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Homer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief biography of Greek poet Homer with list of additional books to read.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Apollo

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Defines the Greek god Apollo and takes a look at his family, associated symbols, the Trojan War, and Greek art. Includes images, a timeline, and links to related content.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Ares

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Illustrated encyclopedia entry defines and explores how the Greek god of war, Ares, was depicted in Greek mythology and Classical art.
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Goshen College

Goshen College: Literary Analysis Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource not only explains how to analyze a text, but also, provides student examples of literary texts. W.9-10.9b Research/Argum, RI.11-12.5 Evaluate text structure
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Learning Myths, Writing Myths

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This supplement to a Social Studies unit on Ancient Greece asks students to examine the universal themes of mythology and create their own myths. Three lessons and three PDF format handouts are available.
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Fun Trivia

Fun Trivia: Mythology & Legends Trivia Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
FunTrivia.com contains thousands of self-grading quizzes over various topics. The "Mythology and Legends" section contains 263, many of which are suitable for classroom use.
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Mythweb

Mythweb: Teaching Tips From Mythweb

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
"Teaching Tips from Mythweb" features lesson ideas for integrating mythology into the writing and reading curriculums of all grade levels.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Allusions to Mythological, Classical, and Traditional Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You will be able to identify and understand allusions in myths, the classics, and other traditional texts and their influence on modern literature.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Odysseus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed encyclopedia article for Odysseus, known for his guile and resourcefulness, the hero of Homer's Odyssey, and a major character in the Iliad. He is most famous for the ten years it took him to return home from the Trojan War.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Theseus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed encyclopedia article about the Greek hero Theseus. It includes links to more information in addition to a summary of the myth.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Achilles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on Achilles including his ancestry, his participation in the Trojan War, and his weakness ("Achilles heel"). It offers links to pictures and myths about Achilles.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Calchas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on Calchas, ancient Greek seer famous for his interpretations of omens. It includes his ancestry, his part in the Trojan War, and his death.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Agamemnon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn more about Agamemnon, King of Mycenae and leader and hero of the Trojan War in this site. See pictures and links to myths about him.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Pelops

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Will Pelops win the chariot race to wed his love? Read to learn Pelops's story.
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Mythweb

Mythweb

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This kid-friendly site provides a collection of links for the following topics: major Greek gods, a Greek mythology game, major Greek heroes, myths' importance today, and a mythology encyclopedia. Additional links are provided for those...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: What Is a Myth?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about myths from around the world in this self-guided unit while also learning how to construct a compare and contrast essay. Included are characteristics of creation myths, videos about Chinese and Egyptian myths, and a step by...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Did Ancient Troy Really Exist?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Einav Zamir Dembin investigates the story of the Trojan War.
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Other

The Romans:religions & Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Trivia, artifacts and a brief history explaining the Roman's beliefs in religion and mythology.
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East of England Broadband Network

East of England Broadband Network: About Myths and Legends

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Here you will read a brief definition of what a legend is, a myth, and a folktale and how they are different from each other.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Allusions to Mythological, Classical, and Traditional Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The individual sections of this lesson will focus on understanding what allusion is, its importance and use as a literary device, and how to recognize it in reading. The main...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 6.1 Writing About Literature: Analyzing Prose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to analyze prose by understanding connotation and denotation, identifying metaphors and similes, looking for repetition, and finding imagery in a text.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of 18 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12) on the topic of Mythology. From prehistory to the present, mythology has played an essential role in how humans interact with and understand the world around them. Explore a world of...