Who killed Laius? How is Creon connected to Jocasta? Where does the Oracle dwell? Get the details of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex straight with a crossword puzzle activity.

Concepts

oedipus, greek tragedies, greek history, sophocles

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a more engaging reading check or formative assessment
• Project onto the board and have groups work together to fill in the answers

Classroom Considerations

• Recall-level questions only

Pros

• Provides an answer key with solutions in both the puzzle and the clues
• One-sided format makes the worksheet simple to distribute

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.11-12.1