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Worksheet
Curated OER

Hunt the Fact Monster: Hunt # 3

For Students 5th - 6th
In this internet research worksheet, students search for facts via the Fact Monster website about J. K. Rowling, San Jacinto Day, Deadliest Insects on Earth, Aspirin, Amazon River, Greek Mythology, Bill Haley, Africa, and Columbus. They...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

A Modern Spin on Ancient Greece Using Percy Jackson

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Rick Riordan's books provide a wonderful platform for the study of mythology.
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Worksheet
Education World

Hunt the Fact Monster #10

For Students 3rd
For this search engine worksheet, 3rd graders will need to use factmonster.com to discover answers. Students will respond to 10 short answer questions using the given website.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing From Mythological Narratives

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students compose a short piece of creative writing based on a painting depicting a mythological narrative. For this creative writing lesson, students create a short piece of writing and then learn more about the mythological scene in the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sculpting a Modern Hero

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the sculpture of the Greek hero Herakles. In this visual arts lesson plan, students choose a modern hero and create a sculpture that features the hero’s identity and attributes.
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Activity
Poetry4kids

Writing Riddles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What's got 60 eyes, 150 fingers, and an endless number of ideas? Your language arts class! Challenge young writers to come up with clever riddles with an online poetry lesson.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Wolf's Tale: Louise Cooper: Extension 2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this wolves worksheet, students complete 3 pages of extension activities pertaining to wolves, their endangered status, and fear of wolves in history and literature. This is intended to be an extension after reading The Wolf's Tale by...
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Handout
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Minotaur

For Students 9th - 10th
Read to learn more about Minotaur, a cannibalistic monster who had the body of a man and the head of a bull.
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Handout
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Cyclopes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Cyclopes, mythological giants with only one round eye in their forehead. See why they only have one eye.
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Handout
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...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Myth of Hercules: 12 Labors in 8 Bits

For Students 9th - 10th
Hercules, stricken with a temporary curse of madness, has just committed the most unspeakable crime imaginable. Seeking to atone for the deaths of his family, Hercules must complete twelve impossible tasks that pit him against invincible...
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Website
University of Oxford (UK)

Beazley Archive: Minotaur

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Illustrated dictionary entry for the Minotaur, known as the man-bull monster. Describes the beasts lineage, the physical characteristics of the beast and references its location in Greece.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Perseus of Macedonia Coin

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustration of a coin with the face of Perseus of Macedonia. Perseus the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic...