Review the vocabulary from The Odyssey with this fun "I Have, Who Has" game. First, give students random vocabulary cards (included) that say "I have (vocabalary word). Who has (definition of another vocabulary word)?" Students are...

"How are belief systems represented and reproduced through nature?" This essential question guides lesson 6 of this unit on The Odyssey (the rest of the unit is linked). Students first write about a scenario in which they are...

A 15-page packet details three activities designed to engage scholars in Homer's The Odyssey. As they read, pupils use a graphic organizer to record examples of several literary terms found in The Odyssey and contemporary...

Students read and compare excerpts from The Odyssey and The Adventures of Telemachus to create their own story based on a secondary character. In this literary analysis   lesson, students read and compare the excerpts from the...

“We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as a harmless but as a useless character.” Pericles’ comment, part of a funeral speech, sets the tone for a unit study of Ancient Greece. A series of activities...

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...

Matt Kaplan explains why there might be more reality behind Homer's "Odyssey" than many realize. [4:31]

Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Homer's Odyssey. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from The Odyssey and find dozens of rich and varied...

This tutorial includes a PowerPoint presentation detailing the life, literary works, and historical impact/context of Homer. It also includes two YouTube videos: "Historical Context for the Works of Homer" and "The Odyssey: Plot and...

Examples of honors student questions about themes and characters in "The Odyssey." The way you might respond to them can be used in creating your lesson plan.

This lesson focuses on The Odyssey by Homer; it provides a short summary of the beginning of the story. Students read with Book 9, 10, 11, and 12; links to the readings and a study guide with questions is provided. To get to the readings...

This lesson is a continuation of The Odyssey by Homer; a summary ies provided to the parts that students are not reading. Then students click to the next page (12) and read Books: 17, 21, 22, and 23 (links are provided) and continue with...

This lesson is an introduction to a unit on Greek Mythology and The Odyssey by Homer. It provides links to a list of "The Olympian Greek Gods and Goddesses," Greek Mythology.com, LibriVox: The Odyssey audio recording, The Odyssey online...

Selected (6) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with the epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer. Odysseus, an ancient Greek war hero and leader of Ithaca, embarks on a twenty-year long return to his homeland after the fall of Troy. It is...

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...

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...

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.

A learning module that includes links to images of fourteen different monsters found in Homer's 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.

A sixteen-part learning module with links to texts, videos, images, and a map to use while reading The Odyssey.

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...

The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of "drama" in writing.