Showing 13 entries for tag: Epimetheus
Showing 13 entries for tag: Epimetheus
Anna K. Baker
A View of The Odyssey. Curriculum Unit 83.02.02
The purpose of this resource is for the teachers to use the epic poem as a tool to help the students in their own self-discovery and path to adulthood. The complexity of the Odyssey is meant to mirror challenges within the students’ own lives, as well as making them more familiar with a literary masterpiece. As the creator writes: “Students can be asked to see in the experience of Odysseus, the archetypal traveler, and his son Telemachus, a vision of t(...)
Diana Doyle
Teaching Mythology: Gods and Heroes. Curriculum Unit 83.02.06
This unit aims to enhance students’ reading and writing skills and encourage their curiosity by teaching them adapted myths, especially on Greek heroes. The myths suggested in this unit are: the creation myth with comparison with other cultures’ creation stories (Babylonian, Apache, and Nigerian), Titanomachy, Olympian gods, creation of humans, Gift of fire, flood, Pandora, Hercules, Orpheus, Daedalus, Odysseus and Achilles form the heroes’ myths(...)
Camilla L. Greene
Myth Connections. Curriculum Unit 83.02.08
This unit focuses on the reading and retelling of myths as well writing skills and group participation skills. The purpose is also to “enable students to appreciate African and Greek myths” and provide the students with knowledge about past cultures, of which they may know very little. This unit was written for a school mostly populated by African-American students, hence the focus on African myths as part of making the students more familiar with them(...)
John Severi
Mythological Archetypes: Amazons to Madison Avenue. Curriculum Unit 83.02.07
This unit aims to “explore mythology through a cross-cultural, archetypal approach.” the students will read and discuss poems, stories and experts from novels which contain common elements relating to mythological architypes. The activities focus on reading comprehension and evaluation of texts as well as writing assignments and art, such as collage making. The students work individually or in groups.
This unit also a(...)
EDSITEment
This lessons’ unit focus on Ovid’s magnum opus, the Metamorphoses and how it can be compared to other stories, from the Bible to modern prose and poetry.
The curriculum provides a brief background on Ovid and three lessons:
Lesson 1: The Metamorphoses and Genesis: A Comparison of Creation-Flood Stories
Lesson 2: The Metamorphoses and Modern Poetry: A Comparison of Mythic Characters
Lesson 3: “The Metamo(...)
EDSITEment
This lesson enables students to conduct “live interviews’ with ancient athletes. The students and teacher can use the online exhibit “"The Ancient Olympics," developed for the EDSITEment-reviewed Perseus Project.” This online exhibition was created in 1996 and features various themes: Ancient and Modern Olympic Sports, A Tour of Ancient Olympia, Athletes’ stori(...)
Iffat Sardharwalla
This is a power point presentation on the subject of Greek Myths. It includes short explanations on the Greek gods, photos, names of heroes, suggestions for classroom activity.
(...)Core Knowledge
YEAR 3: ANCIENT GREECE (five lessons): Lesson 3. Rough, Tough Sparta
The aim of this lesson plan is to introduce the city-state of Sparta and its tough military regime
(...)National Geographic Kids
Greek Mythology Primary Resource
This primary resource offers 2 PDF posters, one dedicated to Zeus and the other to “tales of terror” from ancient Greece. Both pages offers short paragraphs adapted from the National Geographic Treasure of Greek Mythology volume by Donna Jo Napoli.
The Zeus PDF briefly narrates Zeus’ fight against the Titans and the division of the universe between the three brothers. A colourful illustration depicts Zeus holding a thunderbolt and the giant se(...)
Core Knowledge
YEAR 3: ANCIENT GREECE (five lessons): Lesson 5. Marathon and Thermopylae
After learning about the Persian wars, this lesson focuses on two battles, one representing Athenian might and one Spartan heroism. The battles refer to the Persian invasion of 490 and 480 B.C.E. the students are asked to fill in a news article about Marathon and Thermopylae. They can write also a poem if they wish.
(...)Core Knowledge
YEAR 3: ANCIENT GREECE (five lessons): Lesson 4. The Persian Wars
After the previous lessons discussed Athens and Sparta, the present lesson focuses on the students’ engagement with the Persians during the 5th century B.C.E. the students learn about the Persian wars and also how the Athenians and Spartans worked together for the salvation of Greece. The lesson offers activities on Cyrus cylinder and a summary of the Persian empire in order to provide students with some background on the Persian empire.
The lesson (...)
Core Knowledge
YEAR 3: ANCIENT GREECE (five lessons): Lesson 1. An Introduction to Ancient Greece
This is the first lesson of five. It offers an introduction to ancient Greece. The objective of his lesson is to introduce the ancient civilization to the young students and connect it with more familiar themes to the children, such as Olympic Games, Greek gods etc. The teachers are encouraged to incorporate videos from films such as Troy (2004) or 300 (2006).
The lesson includes a map of ancient Greece with key locations and bri(...)
Core Knowledge
YEAR 3: ANCIENT GREECE (five lessons): Lesson 2. Athens: Birthplace of Democracy
The aim of this lesson plan is to explain to the students about Athenian democracy and its institutions.
The lesson includes a reenactment of Athenian elections and explains the terms pnyx, boule, ecclesia, tyranny, democracy. The lesson also refers to videos on Athens and the Parthenon.
This lesson offers group activity in which the class acts as Athenian citizens who participate in the democracy. It is spec(...)