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It’s Greek to Me: Greek Mythology
Designed as extension exercises in homeschool or classroom settings, as well as for individual work, the ideas in this packet are sure to engage learners in an investigation of Greek mythology.
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Those Wacky Greek and Roman Gods: A Quick Cheat-Sheet
Here's a handy two-page reference that briefly identifies major Greek and Roman mythological figures.
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The Lightning Thief: Directed Reading-Thinking Activity
Before diving into the engaging tale of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, conduct this directed reading and thinking activity. Assess your pupils' knowledge of Greek gods and mythology through a knowledge web,...
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Greek Mythology: All in the Family
Twelfth graders compare/contrast the Greek myth to explain an aspect of nature. They create an explanatory myth about some aspect of nature and design a mythological business card using Microsoft Word.
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Going Greek: A Companion Lesson to Accompany the Percy Jackson Series
Students explore Greek mythology by researching a specific God or Goddess. In this children's literature lesson plan, students read the Percy Jackson series of books and discuss their favorite characters. Students research a chosen Greek...
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The Greek Gods
In this Greek gods and goddesses word puzzle learning exercise, students examine the 12 names in the word bank and locate them in the word search puzzle. Students also record what each god and goddess was responsible for.
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The Lightning Thief: Vocabulary Strategy
Take an in-depth look into the vocabulary from the novel, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. With a list of words to choose from, scholars discover the definition, origin, stories associated with...
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The Lightning Thief: Concept/Vocabulary Analysis
Before you begin reading Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, read over this comprehensive handout that gives you a plethora of information regarding the story's summary, organizational structure, central...
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Just Say No!: Exploring Temptation Through The Lotus Eaters
Teenagers face many temptations, and just saying "No!" can be very difficult. Here's a lesson that provides some help. Learners use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast excerpts from The Odyssey, Tennyson's "The Lotus-Eaters," and the...
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Greek Gods
In this Greek history activity, students read an excerpt about the Greek gods and goddesses. They create a family tree of the Greek gods listed on the sheet. Then, students identify which of the Olympian deities are featured in the...
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The Lightning Thief: Problematic Situation Strategy
In the novel, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Percy is faced with a major decision. After reading, chapter 19, discuss the decision-making process Percy took, what he decided to...
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"No News Like Ancient News"
Want to know more about Ancient history? Young historians will read a minimum of two web sites to complete the chart "Residents of Olympus". They choose one Greek god or goddess to research. This could be a small group activity or...
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Using Words as a Way into Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief
Use the Visual Thesaurus to predict the subject matter of Rick Riordan's book The Lightning Thief. A pre-reading activity encourages middle schoolers to use context clues and word meaning to discover what the book is about. After...
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Introducing the Olympian Gods
Young scholars compare and contrast characteristics of the Olympians with the character of the One True God. In this mythology instructional activity students work in groups and are assigned one god and one myth to compare and...
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Mythical Mayhem
Students explore Greek and Roman mythology in this five lessons unit. Common gods, their roles in the myth and stories of the era are surveyed as students take on the personality of a mythical character.
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Personal Odysseys and Everyday Heroes
Ninth graders study Greek Mythology, focusing on Gods and Goddesses. They compare the modern day hero with the classical hero and examine how individual characters are based on their own personal odysseys.
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Mythology Study Guide
After exploring the wonderful world of mythology, give your high schoolers this multiple choice quiz to assess their ability to recall pertinent information. There are 15 questions posed, and users can press "submit" to receive immediate...
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Olympic Lingo
Instead of bingo, why not play some Lingo? This vocabulary game is just like bingo, but it's all about words and focuses on building vocabulary. The resource provides a blank Lingo card, a filled-in sample, and a vocabulary list. All of...
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Literature of the Ancient World
The literature of the ancient world can provide a motivating way for students to explore history.
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The Epic Poem in History
Teachers can help students understand the connection between epic poetry and modern stories and songs.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Ares
This site focuses on Ares, the Olympian god of war and defense and figure behind violence. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places of...
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Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hephaestus
This site focuses on Hephaestus, the Greek God of Metallurgy and the Smith of the Olympian Gods. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his...
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Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Zeus
This site focuses on Zeus, the supreme god in Ancient Greece, the father of the Olympian gods, and the ruler of mankind. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles,...
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Greek Gods: Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods
This site provides pictures (statue forms) and links to stories of each of the Olympian Gods in alphabetic order. It also has audio of both the Greek and English pronunciation of each as well as a gallery of pictures.