Curated OER
Storytelling in the Oral Tradition
Seventh graders research Greek mythological characters. They write about problems faced by middle school-aged children and how the character would handle them. Students also create story boards to accompany their oral narratives.
Curated OER
Hercules Crossword Puzzle
In this Hercules crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 15 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
Education World
Hunt the Fact Monster #10
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.
Curated OER
Writing From Mythological Narratives
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...
Curated OER
Sculpting a Modern Hero
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.
Poetry4kids
Writing Riddles
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.
Curated OER
The Wolf's Tale: Louise Cooper: Extension 2
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...
Other
Greek Mythology: Greek Mythology
This website focuses on Greek Mythology including the Greek gods and goddess, myths, heroes, pictures and drawings of the gods and goddesses, mortals, monsters, creatures, places, and Ancient Greek Literature books like The Iliad and The...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Perseus
Read about Perseus, the founder of Mycenae and a man of great strength. Learn how he killed the Greek monster Gorgon Medusa.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Mythology and the Odyssey: Background Mythology
This lesson focuses on the story of the beginning of Greek Mythology. It tells the story of Uranus (Father Heaven) and his wife Gaea (Mother Earth) and their childen the Titans and the monsters. It follow the story through Zeus and the...
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Sounds
This site provides the English and Greek pronunciations of the names, as well as links to information, for the Olympian Gods, Demigods & Spirits, Monsters, and Greek Heros.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Medusa
Learn more about Medusa, the monster of Greek Mythology whose hair was snakes and could turn people to stone with a glance.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Harpies
Learn more about the Harpies of Grek Mythology whose main mission was to steal away the children and snatch the souls of the people.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Minotaur
Read to learn more about Minotaur, a cannibalistic monster who had the body of a man and the head of a bull.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Giants
Learn more about the Giants of Ancient Greece, huge, frightful monsters who tried to attach the Olympian gods.
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: Typhon (Typhoeus)
Learn more about Typhon, a terrifying part man part beast monster whose mission was to destroy the earth and cause problems for Zeus.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: Mythology
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...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Myth of Hercules: 12 Labors in 8 Bits
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...
Mythweb
Mythweb
Mythweb is devoted to the heroes, gods, and monsters of Greek mythology. Students can click on the Greek character they'd like to study, and read more information for that character.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Monsters: Sphinx
Learn about the frightful Sphinx, his riddle, and who solved it.
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: 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: Graeae
Learn more about the Graeae, three old sisters who shared one tooth and one eye and responsible for the guard of the Gorgons.