Your young learners will keep track of fifteen Greek gods and goddesses, such as Aphrodite, Poseidon, and Zeus, by creating notecards listing each of their names, titles, and symbols. 

Concepts

greek gods, gods, myths, roman gods, greek mythology

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Additional Tags

greek mythology, greek gods, roman gods, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Add a research component to the assignment by having learners cite their sources of information on their notecards
• Use notecards throughout your Greek mythology unit for a variety of activities, such as having learners draw two random characters from their individual pile and write a narrative about the two

Pros

• Assignment clearly depicts how notecards should be designed
• Additional materials include a reading resource that provides a very broad overview of the various gods and goddesses

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.4 WHST.6-8.7