Title of the resource
Title of the resource in english
Publisher
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Original language
Target and Age Group
Elementary, Pre-Intermediate
Link to resource
Why We Have Winter: Ancient Greek Legend
Accessed on 25 June, 2020
Author of the Entry:
Ayelet Peer, Bar- Ilan University, ayelet.peer@biu.ac.il
Peer-reviewer of the Entry:
Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, lisa.maurice@biu.ac.il
Second Peer-reviewer of the Entry:
Elizabeth Hale, University of New England, ehale@une.edu.au
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Contents & Purpose
This worksheet follows the story of Persephone. The students read the story and answer questions. Their final task is a writing assignment on why they think we have winter.
Further comments
This worksheet explains the allegorical meaning of Persephone’s kidnapping and uses the mythological story as the starting point to encourage students to ponder about the seasons, especially winter. Hence the myth is enabled to incite students’ creativity and imagination, linking myths to the changing of the season and thus explaining the importance of myth as explanations of natural phenomena.
