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Goddesses Are Personifications Too!
Students discover the use of personification as a way of expressing ideals. In this Language Arts lesson, students create an allegorical depiction of a contemporary ideal. Students write labels that clearly support the concepts that...
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The Odyssey: A Deeper Appreciation
Students read "The Odyssey" and identify the ways it relates to their own lives. As a class, they also examine the history of the story and identify the various Greek gods and goddesses. In groups, they focus on the geography of the...
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Norse Mythology
Third graders read several selections of Norse mythology and compare this mythology to others studied in the past. They are introduced to runes. They read poetry and compile a class book of favorite poems. They define idioms and cite...
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J. Paul Getty Museum
Students read mythological Greek and Roman stories. In this mythological lesson plan students read mythological stories about Greek and Roman times. As they read, they compare the written story to the visual art of the story.
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Classical Mythological Monsters
Students, after researching and analyzing ancient Greek and Roman mythological monsters, create a monster of their own similar to one they've researched or studied in their class syllabus. In addition, they present their creations to the...
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Writing From Mythological Narratives
Students compose a short piece of creative writing based on a painting depicting a mythological narrative. In this creative writing lesson plan, students create a short piece of writing and then learn more about the mythological scene in...
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Dateline: Troy
Students read an abridged version of The Odyssey andl write a composition comparing Odysseus or the Iliad with Odysseus of The Odyssey. Students write a speech that King Priam would make in the attempt to persuade his son, Paris, to...
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Making Connections
Students identify the main ideas in a passage from literature, and in a painting, and justify their conclusions using logic and language arts skills.
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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 they...
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A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
Students compare and contrast characters from various texts and compile the collected data into several graphic organizers.
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Count Your Pennies
Students analyze and compare imagery and symbolism in ancient Greek and contemporary U.S. coins.
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Literature
Third graders study phrases, poetry and myths of Ancient Greece and Rome in these lessons.
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Reading Word Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary
Eleventh graders analyze words that derive meaning from Greek, Roman, and Norse myths. In this myth vocabulary lesson plan, 11th graders work in learning groups as visual learners, kinesthetic learners, and artistic learners to identify...
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Herculean Heroes
Students identify and compare Herakles's heroic qualities to those depicted in students' portraits of their favorite heroes.
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Being in the Noh: An Introduction to Japanese Noh Plays
Students analyze the conventions used in Noh plays and write an introduction to a Noh play of their own. In this Noh play lesson, students identify the conventions of the Noh form and analyze the realizations the main character achieves....
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Introducing the Olympian Gods
Students compare and contrast characteristics of the Olympians with the character of the One True God. In this mythology lesson plan students work in groups and are assigned one god and one myth to compare and contrast to God.
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Ancient Greece
Students explore the origins of modern language. In this etymology lesson, students discuss the cultural influences of Ancient Greece on modern society. Students design and complete charts that demonstrate the original and contemporary...
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Those Fabulous Fables
A video leads off this activity on fables, introducing the class to this important form of traditional storytelling. The group defines fable and hears an explanation of the origin of this type of folk tale. They summarize the story they...
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Live from Ancient Olympia!
Young scholars study online resources to examine the ancient Olympic Games and athletes. They investigate the qualities of ancient Olympic athletes and role interviews with the athletes.
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Looking at Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes
Students read about a god, goddess, or hero and compare two images of him or her.
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The Odyssey Lesson 2
Ninth graders read and discuss part 1 of The Odyssey and create a mind map and visual images to represent vocabulary. In this reading lesson plan, 9th graders are introduced to poetry, and the Hero Cycle.
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Ancient World
Sixth graders play a powerpoint jeopardy game. This can be used as a test or as a way to review information. This is a culminating test for our unit on Ancient Worlds. The jeopardy game is based on goals in math, language arts, and...
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Explaining a Legend
Students explain the place of the legend of Herakles in ancient Greek life and compare ancient and modern legends in an essay.
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Heroes Or Role Models?
Students recognize that "heroes" and "role models" are not synonymous terms. By analyzing heroes of other cultures and periods, they determine that many heroic figures, mythic or historical, rather than providing a model of a societal...
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