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
What's included
8 live meetings
4 in-class hoursHomework
1 hour per week. Reading from a pdf Writing and/or creating a way to share how they made comparisons with modern heroes to the ancient heroes.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 reading texts, some clips for understanding and visualization. Week 5: The Trojan War: Readings and Character Analysis: Discussions and reading texts, some clips for understanding and visualization. Week 6: The Trojan War: Readings and Character Analysis: Discussions and reading texts, some clips for understanding and visualization. Week 7: Parts of The Odyssey: Readings and Character Analysis: Discussions and reading texts, some clips for understanding and visualization. Week 8: Final Project: Compare a Modern Hero's Journey to an Ancient Greek Hero: Zoom Presentation and/or add in creative outlets (essay or poem, or song, or drawing, etc.)... share how they found their comparisons. Students can make a personal experience of their hero's journey.
Learning Goals
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.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Fighting/action/adventure type scenes in Greek Mythology. Art may show human anatomy.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
PDF of the story of Perseus
PDF of the story of Hercules and 12 Labors
PDF of The Trojan War and The Odyssey
Joined December, 2023
Teacher expertise and credentials
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.Reviews
Live Private Class
$8
weekly1x per week, 8 weeks
30 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-17
