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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: It Came From Greek Mythology

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plans enable students to deepen their understanding of the true meaning of Greek mythology especially in the areas of the Greek hero and the presence of mythology in contemporary culture.
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Greek Mythology: Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
This website focuses on Greek Mythology including the Greek gods and goddess, myths, heroes, pictures and drawings of the gods and goddesses, mortals, monsters, creatures, places, and Ancient Greek Literature books like The Iliad and The...
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Theoi Greek Mythology: Exploring Mythology in Classic Literature and Art

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An exhaustive collection of images, biographies, and texts focused on the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology. W.9-10.9a Analysis
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Read Works

Read Works: Ancient Greece Greek Mythology

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Greek mythology. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Greek Mythology Today and Myth of the Month

For Students 9th - 10th
A large Greek mythology site focused on students and expressing a great love of Greek myth. Contains the Myth of the Month, as well as Homework Help concerning myths. Humorous and colorful.
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Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Mythica offers a comprehensive resource on Greek mythology. Content includes a look at the principal gods, Zeus's consorts and offspring, the descendants of Prometheus, and much, much more. Click on "browse articles" for a...
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Starfall

Starfall: Greek Myths

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Six short stories based on Greek myths to read online. The stories are at about a Grade 2 reading level.
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Other

Greek Mythology Link: Hera

For Students 9th - 10th
Zeus' beautiful but jealous wife is explained in detail, including stories of her epic rages. There are images, a chart of family relationships, and an extensive bibliography. Site by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Power Point: Ancient Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Tom Richey presents an entertaining and informative PowerPoint presentation on ancient Greek mythology for teachers and students.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Mythology: The Ancient Greek Titans

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the ancient Greek Titans, a race of primordial, powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. It offers links to individual Titans including the superior, main, and others.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides pictures (statue forms) and links to stories of each of the Olympian Gods in alphabetic order. It also has audio of both the Greek and English pronunciation of each as well as a gallery of pictures.
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Greek Mythology Words: Alphabetical 56 Greek Mythology Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is an alphabetical list of the 56 Greek Mythology Words used in the seven vocabulary puzzles.
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 3, Issue 1: Greek Mythology [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This magazine article discusses Greek Mythology; it explains how the people made up stories and gods to explain things that scientists had not yet discovered such as lightning, the daily rising and setting of the sun, and ocean waves.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Greek Mythology

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A twenty-part learning module with links to images, websites, and texts about Greek mythology.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Greek Mythology

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with links web sites on Greek mythology.
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Starfall

Starfall: Greek Myths

For Students K - 1st
This is an interactive ebook collection of six Greek Myths for young children. Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
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Mythweb

Mythweb: Greek Mythology: The Labors of Heracles from Greek Mythology

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Heracles, also known in Roman mythology as Hercules. The story begins with Heracles' birth and tells of his twelve labors, including defeating the Nemean Lion, the Hydra, the Minotaur, and more....
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Mythweb

Mythweb: Greek Mythology: Perseus

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An upbeat retelling of the Greek myth of Perseus. The myth traces the events of his life from his birth through his immortality including his battle with the Gordon Medusa. This modern retelling includes humor, information about myth...
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Other

Origins of Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A very brief explanation of the origins of Greek mythology is given here.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Greece for Kids: Monsters and Creatures of Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the monsters and creatures of Greek Mythology such as Medusa, Typhon, the furies, hydra, sirens, satyrs, and cyclop on this site.
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Mythweb

Mythweb: Greek Mythology: Bellerophon

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A retelling of the Greek myth of Bellerophon in modern language with a casual tone. Learn of Bellerophon's adventures as he fought the Chimaera with the help of the gods and the winged horse Pegasus. This modern retelling includes humor,...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Greek Mythology: Definition Match Puzzles

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Mythology vocabulary word puzzle activity, www.myvocabulary.com includes a Greek Mythology word list of 48 vocabulary words in three puzzles. MATCH the Mythology vocabulary list with its vocabulary definition. Use the pull down...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Greek Mythology: All 7 Word Puzzles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a MYTHOLOGY word list (56 words) in seven word puzzles. To solve the mythology word puzzles use the Latin root or Latin word part, the vocabulary definition, part of speech and the Greek Mythology vocabulary word list....
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Greek Mythology Words: Mythology 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is puzzle 1 of the 56 GREEK MYTHOLOGY WORDS in 7 PUZZLES for you to study. Start by solving the 8 words in any of the 7 puzzles. Use the mythology story root and character reference, the hint letter, the word definition and the word...

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