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From Using Words as a Way into Rick Riordan's "The Lightning Thief" to Creature Seekers, find teacher approved mythology lesson plans that inspire student learning.
07 Views- 3rd - 8th Grade
Students use the visual thesaurus to predict the subject matter of the book The Lightning Thief. In this literature lesson, students repeat a discussion of the vocabulary, this time relating it to mythology. Students follow-up by researching the Olympian gods and goddesses.
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- 7th Grade
Students are grouped to research an assigned god/goddess and create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on each character. Presentations of finished projects be made before the class audience.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students read a minimum of two web sites to complete the chart "Residents of Olympus". They choose one Greek god or goddess to research.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students examine the beliefs and history of the religion by studying mythology and sayings. They compare the beliefs of Confucian culture to American culture and share their information as class by an informal teacher lead discussion.
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- 6th Grade
Students conduct research on Greek gods/goddesses. They navigate their way to the "Gods of Mt. Olympus" web quest and create a Power point presentation about their god/goddess. They present their projects to the class on a "Tribute to the Gods of Mt. Olympus" Day.
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- Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Students define the concept of fairy tale and identify typical characteristics of this genre. They use illustrations as cues to retell favorite fairy tales and discuss common themes and emotions expressed in these stories.
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- Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Students listen as the teacher reads fairy tales, and discuss the origin of the fairy tale. They discuss the meaning of "retold." Students brainstorm a list of characters that occur in fairy tales. As the teacher reads tales, students check off the characters. They discuss settings of fairy tales and plots. They use graphing organizers to re-tell plots. This is the first of 6 lessons in this unit.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students explore the characterization of heroes and their representation of the values and beliefs of the society in which they are created. They first examine the creation of the 'Star Wars' heroes and plots, and then develop their own 'heroes.'
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students define myths and explain why mythic figures are used in movies. After reading an article, they discover the myth surrounding the lost city of Atlantis. They read and examine myths from ancient civilizations and identify similarities among characters, themes and plots. They create a children's book based on myths of different civilizations.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students consider their own views on mysterious animals and consider the sighting of a giant squid. They research an animal that may or may not exist, and prepare informational exhibits and position papers about that creature.
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