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6 - Hades (part I)
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
7th Grade History (GCP)
Mr. Lindy
Objectives:
1. SWBAT analyze different punishments of characters in Hades.
2. SWBAT describe the expectations for tomorrow’s group project and use the rubric with which they will be
graded.
Materials:
1. DN’s, CW’s, HW’s
2. Sample project
3. Desks in pairs
Opening:
1. Hallway: Homework out on top of binder
2. Do Now. Hit: Chart (will be incorporating Roman names tomorrow)
3. Yesterday - major gods and goddesses; today - Greek afterlife
- significance: similarities w/ Christianity. VOCABULARY
- how: reading today, prepping for first group project tomorrrow!
4. Essential question: “Heaven is always better than earth, right?”
5. Behavioral expectations
HW Check:
1. Distribute key
2. Individual check for 2 minutes + 2 minutes of questions
INM:
1. Pre-reading w/ partner and new chant
2. Paired reading of Hades
GP:
Tree map: King … Entrance … Tantalus … Sisyphus … Achilles
IP:
Rest of classwork
Closing:
1. Go over homework
2. Word wall: Tantalizing, Stygian, Sisyphian
3. Exit slip: “What was Hades like for “bad people”? What was Hades like for “good people?”
Name: __________________________________
September 14, 2005
Do Now
History - ____
Do Now #15
Directions: Fill in the missing information below to show what you’ve learned about the Olympians.
Title / Realm:
1. King of the gods
2. Queen of the gods
3. God of oceans and seas
4.
5. Goddess of Wisdom
6. Goddess of the Hunt
7.
8.
9. God of the Forge
10. Goddess of Farming
11.
Greek Name:
Roman Name:
Jupiter
Juno
Neptune
Pluto
Minerva
Diana
Mars
Venus
Vulcan
Ceres
Bacchus
Hades
Ares
Aphrodite
Dionysus
For 12 - 15, identify the character from Greek Mythology who is drawn in each picture.
12. ___________________________
13. _____________________________
14. __________________________
15. ______________________________
Vocabulary: Copy each word onto the front of your notecards:
Cerberus
Stygian
Tantalizing
Sisyphian
Above and Beyond: Create a family tree for Zeus at the bottom of this page. Zeus should be at the bottom,
and the family tree should show his parents, uncles, and grandparents.
Name: __________________________________
September 14, 2005
Classwork #16
History - ____
Shouldn’t Heaven Always be Better than Earth
King of the Dead and his Queen:
Hades (or Pluto for the Romans) ruled the underworld according to Greek mythology. Hades was
one of Zeus’s two brothers. (Poseidon, king of the sea, was the other.) Greeks feared the Hades for no
one was safe from him. They never called him by name. Instead they called him "Rich One." Hades’s
wife was Persephone (pur-SEF-uh-nee), the daughter of Demeter. Hades stole Persephone away from
Demeter, but Zeus demanded that she return to her mother for half of every year. The Greeks
believed that when Persephone was with Hades, Demeter grew sad, thus causing the seasons to change
to fall and winter. When Persephone returned, Demeter brought about spring and summer.
The Geography of the Underworld:
Hermes escorted all dead souls (called "shades") to the underworld, which Greeks also called
Hades. Shades had to pass by a fearsome three-headed dog named Cerberus. The monster allowed all
souls to pass into Hades but refused to let them leave. After passing Cerberus, shades had to cross the
river Styx which ran through the underworld They had to pay a ferryman (someone who steers a boat)
named Charon to ferry them across the river. For this reason, family members buried loved ones with
coins under their tongues. Greeks believed that Hades was located underneath the earth, but they also
thought that after travelling far enough, one could find the entrance to Hades.
Sisyphus:
Some shades were punished in Hades. Sisyphus was one of them. In life Sisyphus had been a
clever man and had played tricks on the Gods. Sisyphus told his wife to bury him without a coin under
his tongue. When he arrived in Hades, he had no money to pay Charon. Hades sent him back to earth,
saying that he should "teach his wife some respect!" Sisyphus had just tricked Hades! When Sisyphus
finally died of old age, Hades designed a special punishment to keep Sisyphus busy and out of mischief.
Sisyphus had to push a giant boulder to the top of a pointed mountain. As soon as he reached the top,
the boulder rolled down to the other side, and Sisyphus had to begin again.
Tantalus:
Tantalus held a special feast in life for the gods. Trying to offer them something valuable,
Tantalus actually served his own son to the gods! Horribly offended, the gods sent Tantalus to Hades,
where the lord of the dead designed a special punishment. Tantalus stood in a lake of cool water with a
fruit tree above him. When he tried to drink, the water drained away. When he tried to reach the fruit,
the branches lifted. We get the word "tantalizing" (just out of reach) from his punishment.
Other Shades:
Hades was an unpleasant place even for the greatest of heroes. Achilles, the great hero of the
Trojan War (which we will study soon!), says in The Oddyssey (a famous poem which you will read in high
school), “I’d rather be a hired-hand back up on earth, slaving away for some poor farmer, than lord over
all these withered dead.” Achilles was the most famous here of the Greeks, and even he did not enjoy
the afterlife. For the Greeks, life was seen as far superior to anything that came afterwards in death.
Above and Beyond: In what ways is the Greek afterlife like the afterlife of another religion you have
heard about? In what ways is it different? Discuss this with your partner, and record your thoughts.
Part II: Fill in the following tree map skeleton with the rest of the class. Be neat!
Part III: Identify each of the following images. We encountered each on in our reading today.
1. __________________ 2. ____________________ 3. ____________________ 4. __________________
Part IV: Use each word in a complete sentence. Circle the complete subject. Underline the complete
predicate.
1. Tantalizing _____________________________________________________________________________
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2. Sisyphian _______________________________________________________________________________
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3. Stygian ________________________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________________
August 25, 2005
Homework
History - ____
Homework #
Directions: Create a detailed, beautiful illustration for each of the myths we studied today in class. In
tomorrow’s project you will be making similar illustrations, so this is your chance to practice
1. Hermes taking a shade past Cerberus:
2. A shade paying Charon the ferryman:
3. Persephone leaving Demeter as
the seasons begin to change
4. Tantalus’s punishment in Hades
Directions: Make strong PREDICTIONS on the back of this page. Read the myth about Echo and Narcissus
on the back of this page, and then answer the questions below in complete sentences. Be sure you talk to the
text!
1. How did Hera punish Echo? _____________________________________________________________
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2. Is someone in our school was like Narcissus, what might we see that person doing? __________________
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3. The Narcissus is a beautiful flower that grows by rivers and ponds. How do you think it got this name?
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Vocabulary:
Cerberus (n) - three headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades
Stygian (adj) - very, very dark (comes from the river Styx)
Tantalizing (adj) - just out of reach
Sisyphian (adj) - the kind of job that is never ever over