Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Selene
Read about Selene, the goddess of the moon, the night and the months, and see her pictures.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Styx
Learn more about Styx, who personified the sacred river of the gods that separated the world of the living from the world of the dead.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Tyche
Read to learn more about Tyche, the Greek goddess of fortune, chance, and the unpredictable, who was the personification of hope, luck, and wealth.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Cyclops
Find out the background of the mythical cyclops from Greek mythology. It might surprise you! Flashcard format.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Learning Myths, Writing Myths
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.
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient Greece Greek Mythology
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Greek mythology. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient Greece the Cyclopes
[Free Registration/Login Required] The story of the relationship between Zeus and the Cyclops. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Mythology Hangman
Test your knowledge of world mythology by playing Mythology Hangman, a Java applet and website that features images, maps, and descriptions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. It is a great resource to supplement mythology...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Native American and Greek Myths
During this unit of study, 5th graders will learn about myths. Students will explore several myths from various cultures. They will then seek to identify these myths in various constellations. Students will reflect on their own beliefs...
Mythweb
Mythweb: Teaching Tips From Mythweb
"Teaching Tips from Mythweb" features lesson ideas for integrating mythology into the writing and reading curriculums of all grade levels.
Middlebury College
Middlebury College: Trade and Barter in Ancient Greece
Middlebury College provides an essay that uses ancient Greek mythology to explain how the Greeks viewed economic practices like trading and bartering.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Ancient World Cultures
The University of Evansville provides this site that gives an overview and then additional pages with readings in ancient Greek philosophy and literature. A good general resource.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Icarus and Daedalus
A learning module that begins with the myth "Icarus and Daedalus" by Ovid, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Odysseus
This site focuses on Odysseus including his ancestry, his participation in the Trojan War, his ten-year journey at sea, and pictures and myths about him
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Story of Prometheus and Pandora's Box" by James Baldwin
A learning module that begins with the "The Story of Prometheus and Pandora's Box" by James Baldwin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Atalanta
Read about Atalanta, the famous huntress and runner. Learn how she saved herself when she was attacked by Centaurs.
Mythweb
Mythweb: Greek Heroes
Read the heroic tales of Jason, Hercules, Bellerophon, Theseus, and Odysseus. Each story is an illustrated slide show. (Some are even animated!)
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Odysseus
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.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Theseus
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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Scholastic
Scholastic: Mythological Hero Chart [Pdf]
This is a PDF graphic organizer designed to highlight the attributes of three mythological heroes: Hercules, Perseus, and Jason.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Centaurs
Learn more about the Centaurs, the half- horse creatures of ancient Greece and the spirits of the storm, who were generally lawless, aggressive creatures.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Cerberus
Learn more about Cerberus, Hades' monster dog and the guard of the Underworld, who had three heads and snakes on his tail and mane. He guarding the entrance to the underworld to prevent the dead from exiting.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Cyclopes
Learn more about the Cyclopes, mythological giants with only one round eye in their forehead. See why they only have one eye.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Giants
Learn more about the Giants of Ancient Greece, huge, frightful monsters who tried to attach the Olympian gods.