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Geeking Out with Greek Mythology!
In this 8 week class, we'd be exploring and understanding the Hero's Journey, and how Ancient Greek Mythology helped us establish modern storytelling and the characterization Greek Gods and the heroes paralleled how we form characters today
Class experience
Week 1: Introduce the Greek Gods and the Ancient Greek World Background Context: Discussions and reading texts, some clips for understanding and visualization. Week 2: Introduce the literary concept: Hero's Journey: Discussions and reading texts, some clips for understanding and visualization. Week 3: Perseus: Readings and Character Analysis: Discussions and reading texts, some clips for understanding and visualization. Week 4: Hercules: Readings and Character Analysis: Discussions and...
Students will be able to identify the literary steps of a hero's journey. Students will be able to identify characterization of heroes and the Greek Gods. Students will make comparisons of modern literary works and literary media to the Ancient Greek Mythology stories.
I have taught English Language Arts to both High School and Middle School students. I have taught Ancient Greek Mythology Classics to Honor level Language Art Students.
Homework Offered
Reading from a pdf Writing and/or creating a way to share how they made comparisons with modern heroes to the ancient heroes.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
Fighting/action/adventure type scenes in Greek Mythology. Art may show human anatomy.
PDF of the story of Perseus PDF of the story of Hercules and 12 Labors PDF of The Trojan War and The Odyssey
I'm a 4 year plus teacher. I have taught both Middle and High School level students in English Language Arts and Special Education. My endorsements/specialities include: Reading (Phonics-Wilson Trained), Reading Comprehension, Writing,...
1-on-1 Tutoring
$8
weekly or $60 for 8 classes1x per week, 8 weeks
30 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-17
