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Mo Dept. Of Ed.: Life Is a Journey (The Odyssey Unit Plan)
Unit plan containing five lessons designed for ninth graders. They center around "The Odyssey" and the journey of life, and they teach reading strategies such as decoding, note taking, and summarizing. All are aligned to Missouri...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Homer Lesson Plans
Contains a number of lesson plans for Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Homer
This site features the author Homer including the full text of the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey written in prose.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Homer and the Greek Renaissance
Presents a clear, readable summary of ancient Greek history from the Archaic period through the Renaissance which included Homer's epic poems. Explains major historical events and cultural trends as background for those reading Homeric...
TES Global
Blendspace: The Odyssey by Homer
A learning module that includes links to videos, websites on mythology and mythological creatures, maps, assessments, flashcards, and activities to use while reading Homer's The Odyssey.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Odyssey
A learning module with twenty-eight links to texts, web sites, images, slide shows, and videos, to use while reading Homer's The Odyssey.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Odyssey
A sixteen-part learning module with links to texts, videos, images, and a map to use while reading The Odyssey.
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Greek Mythology: Greek Mythology
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...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Greek and Roman Mythology
This is a comprehensive unit on Greek and Roman mythology including essential questions, key terms, background information, reading assignments from both Greek and Roman mythology, influences of them today, assignments such as creating a...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Everything You Need to Know to Read Homer's "Odyssey"
An encounter with a man-eating giant. A sorceress who turns men into pigs. A long-lost king taking back his throne. On their own, any of these make great stories. But each is just one episode in the "Odyssey," a 12,000-line poem spanning...
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The Iliad, the Odyssey and the Lesser Homerica
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.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Homer
Read about what scholars have speculated about the life of Homer, known as the author of both the Iliad and the Odyssey.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Mythology Hangman
Test your knowledge of world mythology by playing Mythology Hangman, a Java applet and website that features images, maps, and descriptions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. It is a great resource to supplement mythology...
Able Media
Classics Technology Center: The Story of Troy
This site provides an account of the legendary war between Greece and Troy. Begins with the legend of Helen and her possibly divine birth and finishes with the fates of the warriors involved. Also includes some nice comparative mythology...
University of Oxford (UK)
Beazley Archive: Homer
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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Odyssey: Teacher Zone: Middle East: Turkey Stay
This teaching unit is based upon a "teacher trek" to the area in 2000 and focuses on essential questions on wealth and poverty. Activities are offered to help students explore the religion and culture of this country. Activities are...
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Mythica: Mythology
Enhance your study of world mythology with these articles from Encyclopedia Mythica. Learn about mythic locations, creature, deities, and phenomena from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Ancient Greece for Kids: Homer's Odyssey
Learn about an epic poem about the hero Odysseus and his journey home on this site. Read more information about Homer's Odyssey here.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bust of Homer
Of the Homeric poems the Iliad and the Odyssey were the most distinguished and have alone come down to us. The subject of the Iliad was the exploits of Achilles and of the other Grecian heroes before Ilium or Troy, that of the Odyssey...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bust of Homer
Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns. Today the hymns are considered to be later works but many still regard Homer as the author or...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Homer
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
Curated OER
Plaster Cast of a Marble Portrait Herm of Homer
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...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Homer
(c. 850 B.C.) Ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Homer
An ancient greek epic poet, believed to have written The Illiad and The Odyssey.