GREEK MYTHOLOGY, LEGENDS AND HEROES

What is the difference between myths, legends, and folktales? From greek mythology and creation myths to heroes and heroines, here is a nice series of lessons for providing your kids with solid foundational knowledge about myths.

Just what every classroom needs—a poster showing the family tree of Greek gods, goddesses, and heroes. From Chaos to Odysseus both gods and mortals are featured.

After your class has examined several Greek myths, provide an opportunity for individuals to compose their own myths. The resource includes information about mythology and heroes as well as a mythology writing prompt and related graphic...

Develop your Greek mythology lesson with this activity, which contains six questions about Alice Low's "Zeus and the Creation of Mankind." They can learn about the story of Prometheus as well as study the Greek myth of creation. For a...

Teach your middle schoolers about Greek myths with this worksheet, which addresses "Theseus and the Minotaur" by Anne Terry White. They read the the myth and answer five questions about the story. Use this lesson in your Greek mythology...

After reading "Persephone" by Ann Pilling, middle schoolers answer these five questions about the story. Not only is this worksheet helpful as a reading comprehension activity, but you could use it in your Greek Mythology unit to...

What happens when the ugliest monster, the most beautiful princess, and the most heroic son of Zeus meet in a Greek myth? There's adventure—and tragedy—abound in an audio version of "Andromeda and Perseus" that details the rescue of...

After choosing a figure from Greek mythology, middle schoolers design, draw, and color a constellation to represent that person.  Additionally, they create a story to tell how the constellation came to be. This lesson plan is a great...

Learners examine literary arts. In this Greek mythology lessons, students read Greek myths and select characters from the myths to study. Learners create watercolor illustrations of the characters, write short stories about the...

Students recognize the features and characteristics of myths, the role myths played in Greek culture, and choose a writing project.  In this Greek mythology lesson, students are introduced to Greek mythology and work in cooperative...