This lesson plan targets a group of 18 middle school students, most of whom are Caucasian and Protestant, to teach them about ancient Greek mythology through various interactive activities. The plan outlines objectives to introduce students to the historical context of ancient Greece, components of Greek myths, the creation story of the Greek universe and gods, the rise of the Olympians, and famous heroes and creatures through tools like videos, blogs, and character studies over the course of a week.

1. by Kristin Hayes

2. This lesson is designed for 7th grade students at a West
Virginia middle school ranging from 12 to 14 years old.
There are eighteen students, and the male students
outnumber the female students. Sixteen of the students are
Caucasian students while the remaining two students are
Asian-American. Most of the students identify themselves
as Protestants; however, there is one Buddhist student.
most of the students are visual and auditory learners. One
student has displayed a musical learning style and has
verbalized that he is able to remember content through
song. Previous learning competencies of the students
includes a basic and minimal knowledge of mythology
derived from popular media such as movies, TV shows, and
books.

3. 1. Students will identify historical contributions and influences of ancient Greece from the Bronze
Age to the Classical Age through PowerPoint, primary sources, Secondlife, and the Smartboard
with 100% accuracy.
2. Students will describe the common characteristics of myths and what they meant to the Greeks
by comparing and contrasting myths as well as writing a myth using Glogster, primary sources,
blog, and videos with 100% accuracy.
3. Students will depict the cosmogony of the Greek universe as well as the primeval gods that first
inhabited it through videos, primary sources, a biopoem, and blogging at the end of the unit
with 100% accuracy.
4. Students will explain rise of the Olympians through the completion of a WebQuest as well as
creating a Voki and viewing videos, a poster, and a Podcast at the end of the unit with 100%
accuracy.
5. Students will illustrate a general knowledge of heroes and creatures within Greek mythology
through videos, primary sources, Pinterest, and by completing a character study at the end of
the unit with 100% accuracy.
Objectives

4. Monday: An Evolution from Crete to Classical Greece
 Crete and Mycenae
 Dark Ages and 8th Century Greek Renaissance
 Classic Athens
Tuesday: Component of a Myth
 Origin/Creation Story
 Polytheism
 Supernatural
 Nature of Humanity
 Relationships between Gods and Humans
Wednesday: The Creation of the Greek Mythological Universe
 Cosmogony
 The Protogenoi and the Titans
Thursday: The New Order on Mount Olympus
 The Birth of Zeus
 The Olympians
Friday: Heroes and Creatures

5.  Webquest
 Pinterest
 Secondlife
 Voki
 Podcasts
 Character Study
 PowerPoint
 Primary Sources
 Maps
 Blogs
 Biopoem
 Glogster
 Poster
 Videos

6. http://www.theoi.com
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/gr
eek/
HST 219, Professor Laura Michele Diener, 2014