 9 th and 10 th graders  English students  Core 40, Tech Prep, AP/Honors  Middle class, suburban/urban community  Lafayette and W. Lafayette  Can.

 9 th and 10 th graders  English students  Core 40, Tech Prep, AP/Honors  Middle class, suburban/urban community  Lafayette and W. Lafayette  Can be used in normal curriculum or for extra credit for children who are behind and need the points or for those who are ready for more learning opportunities

 Can be done individually, in small groups or as a class activity  At a computer with headphones for an individual or with speakers for a group  Can be projected via interactive boards (like Smartboard) for a larger viewing with amplified sound  Can be “paused” to allow discussion or repetition of terms and facts  Can be done in a library as part of a larger presentation on Greek mythology  Can be done at home if uploaded onto a teacher’s website or placed in an easily accessed shared file folder.

 Students will be able to identify fact and fiction based on the first volume of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and classic Greek myths.  Students will have a chance to receive 75% of the points on the quiz from this section.  If done in a group, each student will receive 75%.  Discussion amongst the students is allowed, if in a smaller group.  If done as a class activity, students should be given paper to write down their answers to the quiz and turn them in for credit.  After papers are collected, the teacher may go over the quiz again with the students volunteering their answers.

 Students will be able to identify certain Greek terms used in the Percy Jackson novel.  With a multiple choice option, they will be able to test their knowledge of terms and places in Greek mythology.  The portion of the quiz for terms and places will be worth 25%.  Students will be expected to know the terms and places using definitions and/or pictures.

 Given a photo, students will be able to identify Greek gods, goddesses, places and objects with no less than 80% accuracy.  Given a set of pictures and terms noted on cards, students will correctly identify the images presented by matching them with the correct term printed on the card as measured by 8 out of 10 cards.  Given the story Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, students will write a 250-word essay with correct information about the characters with no less than 80% accuracy.

A fun and exciting lesson about Greek Mythology in popular culture.

QUIZ REVIEW Percy Jackson Classic Greek Mythology Takes you directly to the Quiz at the end of the presentation. Will take you to the review page so you may brush up on the terms and people presented! Will bring you to the part of the presentation dealing with Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief with a practice quiz at the end! Takes you to the part of the presentation dealing with Classic Greek Mythology with a practice quiz at the end!

I’m here for the first time. I want to go back to the beginning. I want to go somewhere else. Classic Greek Mythology Percy Jackson

Rick Riordan used a lot of classical Greek mythological gods and places in his book, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

 Let’s discover what he used with examples from the book. Let’s see if we can figure out if he stayed true to the classical mythology.

 To see how well you do, there will be a quiz at the end! So be sure to pay attention!

 Read through each slide to learn about the characters and places used.  Click on the icon to compare it to the Greek god, place, or term.  Feel free to read through the information as many times as you like.

 Click here to return to the main menu.  Click here to go back to the previous screen.  When available, click here to go back to the previous screen.  To learn facts about the classic Greek god, place, or term, click on the icon.

 Tastes like cookies!  The food of the gods.  Will kill a human and potentially harm a demigod. REVIEW

 Prefers to wear biker leathers.  God of War  In love with Aphrodite  His eyes are made of fire  Father to Clarisse REVIEW

 Three-headed rottweiler  Guards the gates of Hades’ home  Is appeased with a red ball REVIEW

 Wears expensive suits  Ferries the dead across the River Styx  Wishes he had a raise from Hades  Enjoys Barry Manilow REVIEW

 A centaur  A Latin teacher in a wheelchair in the mortal world  Leads Camp Halfblood REVIEW

 On probation from Mount Olympus  God of Wine and Revelry  Must not drink alcoholic beverages REVIEW

 God of the Dead and the Underworld  Married to Persephone  Runs the Underworld like a sprawling housing complex  God of Riches REVIEW

 Father of Luke  Messenger of the Gods  God of Travelers and Thieves REVIEW

 Runs a garden shop with statues made of real people  Her gaze can turn any living thing into stone  Has two sisters, together called the Gorgons REVIEW

 Chases Percy Jackson to the big tree at the border of Camp HalfBlood  Relies on sense of smell to find his prey  Half man and half bull  The first creature from which Percy takes a trophy REVIEW

 Drink of the gods  Can taste like liquefied cookies  Can kill a human and potentially harm a demigod REVIEW

 Half man and half goat  God of the satyrs  Is missing and the satyrs must search for him REVIEW

 Wife to Hades  Visits Hades for a few months out of the year to explain autumn and winter  Betrays Hades to return the bolt to Percy REVIEW

Greek God of the sea and horses Father of Percy Jackson Rival of Athena Portrayed as a man in fishing gear. Uses a trident for a symbol REVIEW

 Allows the dead to enter the Underworld  Polluted with the litter of the moral realm  Can be sworn upon to enact a very serious oath REVIEW

 Living place of Hades  Is made up of three places:  Fields of Asphodel  Elysian Fields  Tartarus REVIEW

 Where people go when they die if they lived a mediocre life  Looks like a giant wheat field in Kansas REVIEW

 Where people go when they die if they lived an extraordinary life  A gated community with houses from every era in time  Compared to a vacation resort REVIEW

 Where a person goes when they die if they have done great evil in life  Where Sisyphus is pushing a boulder up a mountain for eternity  Has rivers of lava and minefields  Barbed wire separates the areas of various torture REVIEW

 Turned Thalia into a tree  Lord of all the Gods  Brother to Poseidon and Hades  Wields the Master Bolt REVIEW

 Read the question  Review the multiple-choice answers  Choose the most likely result based on the Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief  If you feel you know enough already, feel free to take the quiz! QUIZ

1. Who is pictured here? Chiron Hades Charon

GREAT JOB!! I knew you could do it!

TOO BAD! This is Charon! Let’s try another question.

2. Who is Poseidon’s child? Grover Underwood Annabeth Chase Perseus Jackson

TOO BAD! The answer is Perseus Jackson! Let’s try another question.

3. Who is the wife of Hades? Annabeth Chase Ambrosia Persephone

TOO BAD! The answer is Persephone! Let’s try another question.

4.Who is it who searches for Pan? The Satyrs Hermes Chiron

TOO BAD! The answer is the Satyrs! Let’s try another question.

5. Who is pictured here? Cerebus Medusa Minotaur

TOO BAD! The answer is Medusa!

 1/5 : I think you need to read them again!  2/5 : Not too bad, but you can do better!  3/5 : You’re almost there!  4/5 : You could attend Camp HalfBlood!  5/5 : Are you sure you’re not a demigod?

I’m here for the first time. I want to go back to the beginning. I want to go somewhere else. Classic Greek Mythology Percy Jackson

 Classical Greek mythology has inspired movies, comics, and lots of books over the years. Ever wonder where all of those gods came from?

 Let’s find out where authors like Rick Riordan got his inspiration for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

 Pay close attention! There will be a quiz at the end!

 Read through each slide to learn about the gods and places used.  Click on the icon to compare it to the character used in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.  Feel free to read through the information as many times as you like!

 Made of honey, water, fruit, cheese, olive oil and barley  The food of the gods  Stolen by Tantalus, a son of Zeus REVIEW

 God of War  Carried a bloody spear  His throne on Mount Olympus is covered in human skin REVIEW

 Drool is poisonous  Snakes grow from its back and tail  Orpheus’ lyre lulled it into submission  Resides in the Underworld REVIEW

 Ferries the dead across the River Styx  Passage by him had to be purchased  Passage normally purchased by placing a coin beneath the tongue of the dead REVIEW

 A centaur sired by Cronus  Trained the hero Jason of the Argonauts  Trained Hercules, another hero  Intelligent, unlike other centaur REVIEW

 God of Wine  Granted Midas the power to turn everything into gold  A son of the god Zeus REVIEW

 Kidnapped Persephone to be his wife  God of the dead and wealth  Brother to Zeus and Poseidon REVIEW

 Messenger of the Gods  Guides the dead to the Underworld  His symbol is the caduceus: a staff entwined with two snakes  Owns a pair of winged sandals REVIEW

 One of the gorgons  Her hair is a mass of snakes  Has the ability to turn to stone anything that looks at her REVIEW

 Half man, half bull  Sometimes depicted as having a bull’s body with a man’s head and torso, like a centaur  Devoured victims of sacrifice when they were thrown into the Labyrinth, a winding maze REVIEW

 Beverage of the Gods that gave anyone who drank it immortality  Was once stolen by Tantalus, who underwent an eternity of thirst and hunger  Compared to mead, or fermented honey REVIEW

 God of shepherds and flocks  Is said to be the cause of “panic”  Created the syrinx, or panpipes, from a nymph who transformed into a reed to escape him  Said to be around until the last pine tree is gone from the earth REVIEW

 Daughter of Zeus and Demeter  Kidnapped by Hades to be his wife  Ate three seeds of a pomegranate, forcing her to remain in the Underworld for a certain time each year, giving mortals autumn and winter REVIEW

 Seduced Medusa, thus fathering the pegasus, or winged horse  Vied with Athena for patron over Athens  God of the Sea, Earthquakes and Horses REVIEW

 The river which Charon, the ferryman guides the dead into the Underworld  A river that forms the border of the Underworld REVIEW

 Also called the Kingdom of the Dead  Ruling place of Hades  Said to be reached through some caves or caverns REVIEW

 Named for the Asphodel flower  The “Field of Shades” according to Homer  The “neutral” part of the Underworld REVIEW

 Paradise of Heroes in the Underworld  Offers hunting and feasting for heroes REVIEW

 Also called Tartarus  Where the most heinous sinners are sent at death, especially those who insult the Gods’ hospitality  Considered to be as far beneath the Underworld as the Underworld is beneath the sky REVIEW

 Lord of the Gods  God of the sky  Father to many half-gods, or demigods  Wielded lightning as his main weapon of choice REVIEW

 Read the question  Review the multiple-choice answers  Choose the most likely result based on the classic myths of the Greek Gods!  If you feel you know enough already, feel free to take the Quiz! QUIZ

1. Which of these is Poseidon?

TOO BAD! The answer is

2. Who is the God of the Dead? Hermes Charon Hades

TOO BAD! The answer is Hades!

3. What is depicted here? Ambrosia Nectar Dionysus

TOO BAD! The answer is Nectar!

4. What is Tartarus? Fields of Punishment Fields of Asphodel Elysian Fields

TOO BAD! The answer is the Fields of Punishment!

5. Who is the Lord of the Gods? Hades Poseidon Zeus

TOO BAD! The answer is Zeus!

 1/5 : I think you need to read more mythology!  2/5 : Not too bad, but you can do better!  3/5 : You’re almost there!  4/5 : You could be a hero!  5/5 : Are you sure you don’t live on Mount Olympus?

QUIZ REVIEW Percy Jackson Classic Greek Mythology Click on this button to take the quiz. Click here if you feel you need a little more review! Will bring you to the part of the presentation about Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. You will have the option to take the practice quiz again. Takes you to the part of the presentation about Classic Greek Mythology. You will have the option to take the practice quiz again.

 Are there any terms you can’t remember? Click on the icons to review the gods and terms!  Will take you to the Classic Greek page about the god or term.  Will take you to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief page about the god or term.

Ambrosia Ares Cerebus Charon Chiron Dionysus Hades Hermes Medusa Minotaur Nectar Pan Persephone Styx Underworld Fields of Asphodel Elysian Fields Fields of Punishment Poseidon Zeus QUIZ

 Read the question or study the picture carefully.  Choose the answer that best suits the question or identifies the picture.  Keep a piece of paper nearby to keep track of your score.

1. Which term best describes the image? Fields of Asphodel Elysian Fields Tartarus

TOO BAD! The answer is the Fields of Asphodel!

2. Who is the God of the Underworld? Hades Zeus Poseidon

TOO BAD! The answer is Hades!

3. Who is the father of Clarisse? Pan Ares Percy Jackson

TOO BAD! The answer is Ares!

4. Who is depicted here? Chiron Charon Cerebus

TOO BAD! The answer is Chiron!

5. Who is the God of Wine?

TOO BAD! The answer is Dionysus!

6. Who guards the Underworld? Charon Cerebus Hades

TOO BAD! The answer is Cerebus!

7. What drink is made from fermented honey? Ambrosia Tartarus Nectar

TOO BAD! The answer is Nectar!

8. What is pictured here? Underworld Elysian Fields Fields of Punishment

TOO BAD! The answer is the Underworld!

9. Who is the Latin teacher that becomes a centaur? Chiron Medusa Persephone

TOO BAD! The answer is Chiron!

10. What are the three areas of the Underworld? Fields of Asphodel, Fields of Punishment, River Styx Fields of Asphodel, Elysian Fields, Fields Of Punishment Elysian Fields, Fields of Pleasure, Fields of Dionysus

TOO BAD! The answer is Fields of Asphodel, Elysian Fields, Fields Of Punishment!

11. Who can turn creatures into stone with a look?

TOO BAD! The answer is

12. Who will be around until the last pine is cut from the earth? Poseidon Persephone Pan

TOO BAD! The answer is Pan!

13. From what creature does Percy get his first trophy? Minotaur Styx Medusa

TOO BAD! The answer is the Minotaur!

14. Who ferries the dead to the Underworld? Cerebus Hades Charon

TOO BAD! The answer is Charon!

15. Across what does he ferry the dead? Underworld Tartarus River Styx

TOO BAD! The answer is the River Styx!

16. Who is the wife of Hades? Medusa Persephone Ambrosia

TOO BAD! The answer is Persephone!

17. According to Homer, which place is also known as the “Field of Shades”? Fields of Asphodel Fields of Punishment Elysian Fields

TOO BAD! The answer is the Fields of Asphodel!

18. Which God has a throne covered in human skin? Hades Ares Zeus

TOO BAD! The answer is Ares!

19. Who is Poseidon’s brother? Zeus Dionysus Ares

TOO BAD! The answer is Zeus!

20. Who is pictured here? Ares and Persephone Hermes and Persephone Hades and Persephone

TOO BAD! The answer is Hades and Persephone!

 18-20 – Great job! You could be a hero!  15–17 Awesome! Are you a demi-god?  12-14 – Not bad! Are you a Searcher?  9-11 – You need more practice! Take the again!  8 and below – I think you need more review. Take the quiz again after REVIEW

 Greek mythology was not always mythology! There was a time when people believed in the gods!  Sacrifices of grains and fruits and sometimes animals were made to the gods upon altars in their temples.  The modern take of this can be explained in the following video!

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