1. Welcome back, future leaders! For today’s warm-up please do the following: Grab your student log and notebook from the crates. Take out your homework – (yesterday’s Exit Ticket). Write in today’s date and objective on your student log. Open your notebook and respond to the following prompts: As a farmer in ancient Greece, your way of life depends on events in nature. Crops need sunshine and rain to grow. The sun rises and sets, but you don’t know what those twinkling lights are in the sky at night. If you don’t know about science, how might you explain these events? Write one full paragraph. Make effort, not excuses. USE YOUR TIME WISELY!

2. Welcome back, future leaders! For today’s warm-up please do the following: Grab your student log and notebook from the crates. Draw an X through today’s homework box. Write in today’s date and objective on your student log. Open your notebook and respond to the following prompts: As a farmer in ancient Greece, your way of life depends on events in nature. Crops need sunshine and rain to grow. The sun rises and sets, but you don’t know what those twinkling lights are in the sky at night. If you don’t know about science, how might you explain these events? Write one full paragraph. Make effort, not excuses. USE YOUR TIME WISELY!

3. World History with Mr. Golden __________________________________________________________ Intro to Greek Mythology

4. Objective: ________________________________________________________ FLWBAT evaluate the value of mythology to ancient Greek culture

5. Agenda: ________________________________________________________ - Review - Greek god matching - Guided notes - Who do you pray to? - We’re done!

6. Greek God Matching ________________________________________________________ Time for another look at symbolism - I don’t expect you to know who’s who right now, but I’d like to see if you can’t guess just by looking at the symbols in these pictures… King of gods and the sky =

7. What is Mythology? ________________________________________________________ Well, we’ve already talked about it… Remember Ancient Egypt?

8. What is Mythology? ________________________________________________________ A collection of stories about gods and heroes that attempts to explain HOW THE WORLD WORKS.

9. What is Mythology? ________________________________________________________ o Greek mythology (religion) is polytheistic o The Greek gods live on Mount Olympus, the peak of the highest mountain in Greece

10. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o The king of gods o God of the sky & lightning o Overthrew the Titans to take over control of the universe and created humankind o Shape-shifting womanizer with a passion for mortal women

11. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o Wife AND sister to Zeus (ewwww!) o Goddess of women and marriage o She was jealous and spiteful because of her cheating husband (Zeus)

12. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o God of the sea and earthquakes o Brother of Zeus Yeah, it’s a seahorse chariot. What’s up now?!

13. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o Tricked by Zeus and Poseidon to rule the underworld o Brother of Zeus o Symbolized by a three-headed dog (Cerberus) that guarded the gates to the underworld

14. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o Goddess of the harvest o Watched over crops, fertility, and the seasons o Symbolized the cycle of life and death

15. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o Goddess of wisdom, military tactics, and justice o Athens is named after her o Burst out of Zeus’s head at birth Sorry Dad!

16. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o God of the sun o Rode his golden chariot, carrying the sun, across the sky each day (sunrise to sunset) NASA even named the moon-landing missions after him!

17. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o God of war, courage, and bloodshed o Son of Zeus and Hera I came here to kick butt and chew bubblegum… and I’m all outta bubblegum!

18. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o Goddess of love, sexuality, and beauty o She was so beautiful that Zeus forced her to marry Hephaestus to keep peace between the gods (they’re a jealous bunch)

19. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o God of crafts, metals, artists, and fire o Son of Zeus and Hera o Deformed at birth and cast out of Olympus by Hera Kind of like what the Spartans did with their newborns, right? Geee… I wonder where they got the idea from???

20. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o God of wine, festivals, and general good-times o That’s right, the Greeks pretty much had a god of parties and boozin’ Woohoo! Party at my place!

21. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ The original FLASH superhero was based on Hermes! o Messenger god and guide to the underworld o Patron to travelers, thieves and poets

22. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ Take a look back at your notes: Both Athena and Ares are gods of war, so why are there two of them? How are they different? BRAINS! BRAWN!

23. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ o There were a lot of Greek gods and goddesses, but one thing all have in common is that they have very human qualities o They’re abusive, lustful, jealous, spiteful, reckless, and generally just not all that pleasant if you anger them o Ancient Greeks believed that if you prayed to the wrong god, they would smite you! So, the question is… WHO DO YOU PRAY TO?

24. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________

25. Greek Mythology: ________________________________________________________ Holy crap… THIS MOVIE IS AWFUL!

26. We’re done! ________________________________________________________ Thank you for all your hard work today! Make sure to put your notebooks in the crate and your folders in folders, please!