1. Welcome World Travelers

2. Do Now
• Create your own Venn Diagram on Athens and
Sparta using the information sheets in your
green folder.

3. Athens vs. Sparta
ATHENS SIMILAR SPARTA
Government: City-States Government: Oligarchy
Democracy (people (a few powerful people
vote) Rivals rule)
Art, Literature and Both had slaves Military strength was
Learning was important. important.
Only men could vote in Babies were left to die if
Athens. they were weak.
Women taught girls at Girls and boys were
home, boys went to trained in the army.
school.

4. What city-state is this picture
from? Evidence?

5. What city-state does this picture
represent? Evidence?

6. Essential Question:
• Essential Question: How does mythology
reflect the culture of the people who create
it?
• Big Goal: We will be working on the READING
LIKE LEADERS section of our Big Goal today.
Myths will be on your EOG!

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• Make and complete this chart as you watch the
video by writing definitions of the words.
Greek Mythology
MYTH IMMORTAL
GOD/ GODDESS TEMPLE

8. Think- Pair- Share
• Discuss the chart answers with your
group and decide on the definitions.

9. What is a myth?
• A myth is a religious folktale or story that
explains something that was difficult to
understand.
• The Greeks were Polytheistic, which means that
they worshipped more than one god.
• Myths were passed down through generations.
• Essential Question: How does mythology reflect
the culture of the people who create it?

10. Research
• For each God/Goddess fill in the following
information
Name/ Picture God of?
Family Members Cool Details

11. Research—20 minutes to work!
• Go to http://greece.mrdonn.org
• Click on Gods & Goddesses
• You will see a list of Ancient Greek Gods
– Zeus
1.Click on your Ancient Greek God using the
– Aphrodite website
2.Read the information and fill in the details in
– Athena your chart
– Poseidon 3.If you are finished early, you may google
image pictures of your Greek god or goddess
– Hera (Be mature—people often don’t wear clothing
– Hermes in these)
4.If you finish that you may learn about
– Hades another Greek god!

12. Myths—Primary Sources?
• Essential Question: How does mythology
reflect the culture of the people who create
it?
• Class Ideas!

13. Let’s read a myth! (20 min.)
• Read Arachne After you read answer these
questions about the myth in your groups at the
bottom of your paper.
1. What does this myth explain?
2. Who was the better of the two weavers?
3. In your opinion, why was Athena angry about Arachne's
weaving?
4. Why was Arachne so unkind to Athena?
5. Why was it that Arachne did not know she was speaking
to Athena?
6. Do you think Arachne deserved her punishment?

14. Write Your Own Myth

15. Exit Ticket
• What is a myth?
• What do we know about Greek people based
on their myths?