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Grade:10
Subject: Greek gods/goddesses
Unit: Mythology
Standards: ST 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.8
Materials: Greek gods/goddesses
graphic organizor
# of Days: 3
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Lesson Essential
Question
LEQ: How have Greek gods and goddesses still have an impact on our culture today?
Graphic Organizer
What do students need to learn to answer the LEQ?(These are statements)
Assessment Prompt 1: Who the greek gods and goddesses were
Assessment Prompt 2: Greek influences on American culture
Assessment Prompt 3:
Yes / No:
Activating Strategy
Bell Ringer: Off of the top of your head, list 3 Greek influences on your life that you know of.
Vocabulary with
Previewing Strategy
Words:
Polytheism
Symbol
Hero
Tragic Hero
Philosophy
Myth
Teaching Component
of the Lesson Plan
with Distributed
Summarizing
Instruction for AP 1:
-Take students to computer lab
-Assign each student 2 gods/goddesses
-Hand out “Greek gods/goddess graphic organizer”
-using http://www.greek-gods.info/ancient-greece/ or
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/default_lowband.htm , fill in information for the
two gods or goddesses assigned to you
(25 -30 minutes)
-Students will then come up to the room and act out one of the two gods/goddesses assigned
to them. Students must convey information found on their graphic organizer. Students will
take notes on the god/goddess the student is acting out.
-Teacher will model Zeus, “My name is Zeus, and I am the father of all of the other gods, my
symbol is . . . “
-If two students think their two gods/goddesses would work well together, they must ask the
teacher for permission to do so.
Assessment Prompts
Previewing Strategy/Activity:
Word Wall- Lingo
Activity to Check for Understanding of AP 1: Triangle summary: write the names of three
gods/goddesses that you found the most interesting, then write a sentence connecting each of
them.
Instruction for AP 2:
-Present Greek Influence Powerpoint
Activity to Check for Understanding of AP 2: Fishbone cause and effect organizer
Name 5 events that influences American culture
Name 3 events that influence your life
Name 1 influence that you believe is the most important
Symbol
God/Goddess
Title
Background
information,etc
Extending Thinking
Strategy and Activity
Assignment:
Read Act 1, Scenes 1-3 of Antigone and write down 3 predictions you have for the end of the
play.
Final Summarization
of the Lesson:
Ticket Out The Door: A hero is looking for the support of one of the gods/goddesses. Write a
business card with a symbol and a new, catchy slogan for your favorite god.
Aphrodite
Apollo
Ares
Artemis
Athena
Demeter
Dionysus
Hades
Hephaestus
Hera
Hermes
Hestia
Poseidon
Zeus