1. Do Now Chalk Talk
Around the Circles on the board, write down anything you can think of about the Greek Gods and Goddesses.

2. Odyssey and Argument
Quarter 4 Lesson 2

3. Greek God Origins

4. What did the Greeks think about the world?
Read The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus by Aliki.
Draw your own representation of the Greek view of the world on the paper plate in color. Include:
The Ethiopians
the Hyperboreans,
the Elysian Fields.
On the back of the plate ,compare the Greek view of the world to our view of it, including at least two points of comparison and two of contrast (Paragraph or Venn Diagram).

5. What do you know?
Take 5 minutes, and fill in as much as you know about the Greek Gods and Goddesses on the Chart:
Greek Name
Roman Name
Realm
Symbol
Facts/
Characteristics
Zeus
Hera
3. Poseidon

6. Scavenger Hunt! Scavenger Hunt!
First Person to have filled in the chart completely wins a Prize!

7. Biographical Poem
You will create a Poem based on one of the Gods or Goddesses
Choose your favorite (not Aphrodite)
Use the template and your chart to fill in the poem structure
Rewrite neatly on the back, and decorate
Take 15 minutes
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