Weekly Syllabus

9/6: First Day of Class!  Welcome to Myth.

For next week:

• Read pg. 16-23 in D'Aulaires about the childhood of Zeus and the overthrow of his father, Cronus.  Feel free to follow along in your student guide!  
• Pick your favorite god or goddess from the 12 Olympians.

9/13: The Olympians and BioPoem


For next week:

• See if you can find more details to add to your biopoem.  If you need a new copy, click here.
• Read pg. 24-33 in D'Aulaires.  Follow along in your student guide if you have one.

9/21: The Olympians cont. & The Garden of Hesperides


For next week:

• Read pg. 34-49 in D'Aulaires.  Follow along in your student guide if you have one.
• Have a look at some mythological images from Greek vase painting.

9/25: Greek Vase Painting


For next week:

• Read pg. 50-63 in D'Aulaires.  Follow along in your student guide.
• We will continue to work on our vases and paint them next week!

10/4: Greek Vases cont.


For next week:

• Read pg. 64-69 in D'Aulaires. We've now finished the major Gods & Goddesses.  Do you think you could play Greek mythology jeopardy?

10/11: Greek mythology BINGO


For next week:

• Read pg. 70-79.  We're moving now into the minor Gods & Goddesses.

10/18: Pandora's box


For next week:

• Read page 80-89.

10/25: Deucalion & Pyrrha

For next week:

• Read pg. 90-95 if you have time.

11/1: Ancient Greek Music


11/8: Ancient Greek Religion & Temples


11/15: Greek Gods and Creatures Riddle Cards


Happy Thanksgiving!


For 11/29: Read 98-107


Click here for a description of our final project for the semester.