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Mythweb

Mythweb: Odysseus

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Fun, illustrated trip through the story of the Odyssey well suited for younger audiences. Each book of the Odyssey is summarized on a page along with a very eye-catching illustration.
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Odysseus' Journey

For Students 9th - 10th
The Odyssey by Homer tells the story of the hero Odysseus' journey from Troy to Ithaca. The trip should have taken a few weeks but instead lasted more than ten years. Follow the famed journey on this map of locations in Homer's Odyssey.
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PBS

A Tale for All Ages: The Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS site features a note on the popularity of Robert Fagles's translation of Homer's Odyssey.
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Curated OER

Plaster Cast of a Marble Portrait Herm of Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated dictionary entry over famous Greek poet Homer. Highlights his two epic poems, the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey', which recounts life and times of 7th and 8th century BC. Traces Homer's lineage and how his works impacted the Greek...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
Homer. Of all the writings that describe this Heroic Age, the most important are the two great narrative poems,- the Illiad and the Odyssey, -attributed to Homer.-Colby, 1899
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Moving Through a Machine

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After enjoying chapter 3 from Robert McCloskey's classic chapter book Homer Price students will work together to expand upon McCloskey's description of how the donut-making machine works. Focusing on a variety of transitions, students...
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Curated OER

Winslow Homer, the Veteran in a New Field

For Students 9th - 10th
A poignant Winslow Homer painting (1865) that suggests the psychic state of Civil War veterans.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Veteran, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A poignant Winslow Homer painting (1865) that suggests the psychic state of Civil War veterans.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Realism, or the Realist School

For Students 9th - 10th
A straight forward description of realism in art, which has both a general and a specific meaning. Includes links to examples of nineteenth-century Realist art, including that of Courbet and Millet, two leading lights of the French...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: The Odyssey

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of The Odyssey. Worksheets, tests, and map projects are provided to reinforce comprehension of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From the Odyssey: The Sirens

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from the Odyssey: The Sirens" by Homer, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Vancouver Island University

The Legend of the Trojan War

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief account of several different older versions of the Trojan War story, arranged in chronological sequence.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Homer: Works

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Homer: Works", created by Gherardo Di Giovanni Del Fora in 1488 (Incunable , 330 x 225 mm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Aristotle With a Bust of Homer

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Aristotle with a Bust of Homer", created by Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn in 1653 (Oil on canvas, 144 x 137 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Homer

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Homer", created by Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn in 1663 (Oil on canvas, 108 x 82 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Homer Reciting His Verses to the Greeks

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Homer Reciting his Verses to the Greeks", created by Jacques-Louis David in 1794 (Black and red chalk, pen, ink and wash, 272 x 345 mm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Apotheosis of Homer

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Apotheosis of Homer", created by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in 1827 (Oil on canvas, 386 x 512 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Homer

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Homer", created by Pierre Puget, c. 1693 (Marble, height 46,5 cm).
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Ancient Maps: Frames of the Greek World

For Students 9th - 10th
Understanding that perceptions of the Greek world changed over time is important to reading Greek literature. The perceptions of Homer, Hecateus, Eratosthenes, and Ptolemy are presented as map frames at this site. Consider how Homer's...
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Iliad, the Odyssey and the Lesser Homerica

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Homer's The Iliad, The Odyssey And The Lesser Homerica has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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TES Global

Blendspace: The Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module with twenty-eight links to texts, web sites, images, slide shows, and videos, to use while reading Homer's The Odyssey.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Homer's "Odyssey" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Monsters of the Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that includes links to images of fourteen different monsters found in Homer's The Odyssey.

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