Showing 25 entries for tag: Athena
Showing 25 entries for tag: Athena
Anat Spitzen
The Prince and the Narcissus ( Hanasich vehaNarcisv’HaNarkis)
This activity focuses on the Narcissus flower and presents the myth of Narcissus. The story of Narcissus (referred to as an ancient Greek legend) is adapted as a rhymed poem and there are questions following the story. There is also botanical information on the flower .
The activity takes around 15 min. No prior knowledge is needed.
The online activity accompanies the lessons in class.
(...)Galim (Snunit)
Stories from Greek Mythology (Sipurei Hamitologya Hayevanit)
This activity offers a selection of 7 6 abbreviated myths which are also connected to common idioms in Hebrew: Sisyphus, Narcissus, Achilles’ Heel, Pandora’s Box, Trojan Horse, Midas’ Golden Touch.
Each myth is accompanied by online questions and at the end there is a quiz on all the myths.
The activity takes around 20 -30 min.No prior knowledge is needed.
The activity accompanies the lessons in clas(...)
Galim (Snunit)
The Olympian Gods ( Haelim Haolympiim)
This activity focuses on ancient Greek religion. It explains about the origin of the word “myth” and offers explanation about the Greek Pantheon. The information is accompanied by online activities, such as quiz (e.g. which Olympian god would you be?) and other interactive games relating to the Greek gods.
The activity accompanies lessons in class and offers further exercise on the subject matter.
(...)Kotar/CET (Center for Educational Technology)
This book offers study and practice of linguistic themes as part of Hebrew language studies. The book offers variety of texts, online activities and many exercises for the students and teachers in order to enhance literacy, reading skills and reading comprehension. The texts include traditional Jewish sources, Israeli authors and poets and general texts on a variety of subjects including Greek mythology.
(...)Kotar/CET (Center for Educational Technology)
From Greek Mythology: Oedipus the King (Min Hamitologia Hayevanit: Oedipus Ha’melech)
This online interactive activity contains two multiple-choice questions on Greek mythology: “What is Greek Mythology” and “Why do you think the Greeks believed that the gods dwell on Mt. Olympus.”
The next activity introduces an adapted story of King Oedipus with following questions.
The story of Oedipus is a short, one-page version. It follows Oedipus&r(...)
Kotar/CET (Center for Educational Technology)
These exercises accompany the Journey to the Past text book and offer further activates and practice on ancient Greek culture and religion.
(...)CET Team
This is a textbook for the study of History in 6th grade. The main theme is Judea and its relationship with the Greek, Hellenistic and Roman societies until the outbreak of the great rebellions against the Romans: the first great rebellion (66-73 C.E.) and the destruction of the second temple in 70 C.E. The second is the Bar Kokhba revolt 132-135 C.E.
The book also includes background on the rise of Christianity and the eme(...)
Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T.
7th grade Lesson Plan: It’s Greek to me: Greek Mythology
From the lessons’ Overview: “This series of lessons was designed to meet the needs of gifted children for extension beyond the standard curriculum with the greatest ease of use for the educator. The lessons may be given to the students for individual self-guided work, or they may be taught in a classroom or a home-school setting. This particular lesson plan is primarily effective in a classroom setting.
Assessment str(...)
Maurice Balme, Gilbert Lawall , James Morwood
Ἀθήνᾱζε – An introduction to Ancient Greek
The textbook provides a narration of the story of an Athenian farmer named Diceopolis and his family. They live in a village called Cholleidae, situated in Attica, north of Athens. The story is fictional, albeit the facts are set in a specific historical context which runs from the autumn of 432 to the spring of 431. Thus, the plot develops through some crucial historical patterns of the time, such as the Athenian democracy led by Pericles and the tensions cau(...)
Hans Henning Ørberg
Lingva Latina per se illvstrata is the only available textbook through which students can to learn Latin without having recourse to translation. The book is entirely written in Latin and it is made up of two parts: Familia romana (the basic course) and Roma aeterna (the advanced course). Both books include an extended contextual readings combined with a fully original apparatus of marginal notes, as well as pictures and illustrations. An(...)
Anna K. Baker
A View of The Odyssey. Curriculum Unit 83.02.02
The purpose of this resource is for the teachers to use the epic poem as a tool to help the students in their own self-discovery and path to adulthood. The complexity of the Odyssey is meant to mirror challenges within the students’ own lives, as well as making them more familiar with a literary masterpiece. As the creator writes: “Students can be asked to see in the experience of Odysseus, the archetypal traveler, and his son Telemachus, a vision of t(...)
Michael Conte, Jr.
Mythology for the Classroom. Curriculum Unit 83.02.04
This unit offers an introduction to Greek and Roman mythology, with the hope that the students will later continue exploring this subject on their own.
The students learn of the ancient myths via modern retelling. The purpose is also to strengthen the students’ language skills, by asking them to search words in a dictionary and give them writing assignments.
The unit offers three lesson plan samples, bibliography for teachers and students, filmstrips (from the Audio-Visual D(...)
EDSITEment
This lessons’ unit focus on Ovid’s magnum opus, the Metamorphoses and how it can be compared to other stories, from the Bible to modern prose and poetry.
The curriculum provides a brief background on Ovid and three lessons:
Lesson 1: The Metamorphoses and Genesis: A Comparison of Creation-Flood Stories
Lesson 2: The Metamorphoses and Modern Poetry: A Comparison of Mythic Characters
Lesson 3: “The Metamo(...)
EDSITEment
This lesson’s unit offers various activities connected with Greek mythology. From It ranges from the meaning of myth, to the nature of Greek heroes and various moral myths (Echo and Narcissus, Daedalus and Icarus and Phaeton), the various constellations and the influence of Greek myths on art and poetry in later centuries.
• The lessons include background for the teachers on the theme of ancient heroes. The lesson offe(...)
BusyTeacher Member
This worksheet contains the adapted myth of Narcissus and Echo (Story retold by Walker Brents). It acts as a source material for discussion in class. The teachers are encouraged to create reading comprehension questions following the text.
(...)BusyTeacher Member
Why We Have Winter: Ancient Greek Legend
This worksheet follows the story of Persephone. The students read the story and answer questions. Their final task is a writing assignment on why they think we have winter.
(...)PrimaryLeap.co.uk
Neptune - Reading Comprehension
This worksheet provides short facts and questions about Poseidon/Neptune. It considers the role of Neptune, from the planet Neptune to the Greek/Roman god of the sea.
EDSITEment
This lesson enables students to conduct “live interviews’ with ancient athletes. The students and teacher can use the online exhibit “"The Ancient Olympics," developed for the EDSITEment-reviewed Perseus Project.” This online exhibition was created in 1996 and features various themes: Ancient and Modern Olympic Sports, A Tour of Ancient Olympia, Athletes’ stori(...)
Emily Collins
This unit offers 14 lesson plans on ancient Greece for years 3/4. (7-9 year olds) The themes of the lessons are, the geography and climate of Greece, ancient Greece in time, Athens and Sparta, Greeks as fighters, Marathon and the war against the Persians, gods and temples, myths, theatre, performing Greek myths (by the students), Olympic games, everyday life, Greek activities afternoon.
(...)Core Knowledge
YEAR 3: ANCIENT GREECE (five lessons): Lesson 3. Rough, Tough Sparta
The aim of this lesson plan is to introduce the city-state of Sparta and its tough military regime
(...)National Geographic Kids
The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece
This website provides brief information on specific Greek gods and goddesses. The feature divinities are: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Hades, Hermes, Demeter, Apollo, Athena. For each deity a photo of a statue is included.
(...)National Geographic Kids
This webpage offers 10 facts on the ancient Greek culture. The facts refer to everyday life (food, clothing), mythology, events, festivals. At the bottom of the page, there are various facts on modern Greece.
(...)PianetaBambini
The didactic cards provide children in the 5th grade of primary school with the rudiments of Greek civilization, through an overall account of geography, history, civilization and culture, including mythology.
The first seven sheets each deal with one topic: Whereabouts; The polis; The commerce; Art and culture; The theatre; Religion and myths; The Olympic games. Sheets 8-9 contain a final test.
Each of the first seven sheets open with a theoretical sect(...)
National Geographic Kids
Ancient Greeks Primary Resource
This resource offers 4 PDFs on ancient Greece. Facts on ancient Greece are introduced by the animated character of Max, the time-travelling mouse. The information appears like advertisement for a forthcoming issue of Mini Histories series.
PDF 1 + 2: The facts include brief information on: the geographical borders of ancient Greece, Trojan horse, Aristotle, Hippokrates, Homer, athletics, theatre, myths, gods, growing up in (...)
National Geographic Kids
This website accompanies the “Zeus the Mighty” book series by Crispin Boyer. It provides interactive activities as well as information on the book and its main characters.
The website includes the following: