Transcript Introduction to Greek Mythology

Myths are ancient stories that teach a moral
lesson and usually explain how something came
to be (creation stories).
The characters in these stories represent
metaphors that the ancient Greeks used to make
sense of the world around them.
1) A Moral Lesson: What is the myth trying to teach us?
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What human characteristics lead to failure? Success?
How do myths reflect virtues that a society values?
2) An Explanation: Does it explain how something came
to be? If so, what?
3) Connections:
How does the myth connect to other
myths, stories we tell today, movies and our lives?
Objective:
1) Understand what how ancient Greeks explained the world
around them.
2) Understand how ancient Greeks taught morality through their
origin myths.
Assignment: In small groups you will rotate from 1 station to the
next within the classroom.
At each station you have 8 minutes to read and scan each origin
myth. Each group member will have a role within your respective
groups.
Journal Assignment
NOTE: (15 points)
Moral/Lesson
Bulleted list of
YouEvents:
will rotate roles for each story respectively. You must do each
role once before doing on again for the second time.
Additionally, I will call on two groups once we are done to present
your thoughts about the moral of each
myth and what connections
Connections
you can make.
Explanation
Journal Assignment (15 points)
Bulleted list of
Events:
Moral/Lesson
Connections
Explanation
Complete this chart for each myth.
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1.Why did Phaeton go to visit
Apollo?
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2. Describe Apollo's palace.
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3. What reasons did Apollo give for
not wanting Phaeton to drive the
chariot?
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4. Why did Zeus have to blast the
chariot from the sky?
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5. Does the story involve any sort
of MORAL or EXPLANATION of the
natural word?
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Who was Narcissus?
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Who was Echo and why
was she condemned?
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In what ways are we all
like these characters?
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Does the story involve
any sort of MORAL or
EXPLANATION of the
natural word?
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1. Does the story
involve any sort of
MORAL or
EXPLANATION of the
natural word?
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1.Why was Arachnae punished by
Athena?
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2. Who was the better of the two
weavers?
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3. In your opinion, why was
Athena angry about Arachnae's
weaving?
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4. Does the story involve any sort
of MORAL or EXPLANATION of
the natural word?
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Who is Prometheus?
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Why is he punished?
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5. Does the story involve
any sort of MORAL or
EXPLANATION of the
natural word?
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