November 4th

No School

November 5th

Happy Tuesday and start of Q2!

Roman vs. Greek

Roman:

• Cares more about the traditions and worship rituals.
• Humans are more involved in the stories.
• The story of Romulus and Remus is the most important and well-known.

Greek:

• These have more backstories ingrained in their traditions.
• More background with the gods.
• The story of Zeus overthrowing Cronus is the most important and well-known.

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Videos

What Roman and Greek Mythology have in common!

• Roman gods derive, for the most part, from Greek gods
• Incest
• Getting involved in the affairs of humans
• Revenge/pettiness
• They play a role in explaining the world and events

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Greek/Roman Sign Up

Please sign up for one Greek/Roman God or Goddess

Research questions to start thinking about:

1. A brief description of where the god/goddess is from and where they can usually be found (where do they spend the majority of their time in the myths)?
2. What does your god/goddess represent? (Most all of them have at least a few different representations)
3. According to the myths, what is your god/goddess the most notorious for?
4. Who are your god/goddess’ relatives? (parents, siblings, which deity or deities do they love)
5. What sort of weapon does your god/goddess harness?
6. What are your god/goddess’ significant actions? Crimes? Triumphs? Failures?
7. Who or what are your god/goddesses known associates? (i.e. who do they spend time with)
8. What symbols represent your god/goddess? Why?
9. What characteristics are your god/goddess recognized for?
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November 6th

Spend the first 5 minutes researching your deity!

Deity One Pager

• Title the One-Pager appropriately to reflect the content
• Be purposeful about the arrangement of your One-Pager. For example, have a reason for using a certain color or for placing an object in a certain place
• Write two quotations from your research that relate to what you discovered about your god/goddess.
• Use three visual images either drawn or cut from magazines to create a central focus to your page. If you use a computer image, personalize it to make it your own
• Write your overall understanding of your god/goddess
• Place five essential phrases relating to what you learned. These phrases should express main ideas, impressions, feelings or thoughts about your search
• Write two Costa’s Level 2 questions and two Costa’s Level 3 questions relating to what someone might not understand about your god/goddess
• Put a symbolic colored border around the edges of the page

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Make it colorful, visual and fill the page!

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November 7th

As you enter the class, find a partner and share one fact about your deity.

Deity One Pager

• Title the One-Pager appropriately to reflect the content
• Be purposeful about the arrangement of your One-Pager. For example, have a reason for using a certain color or for placing an object in a certain place
• Write two quotations from your research that relate to what you discovered about your god/goddess.
• Use three visual images either drawn or cut from magazines to create a central focus to your page. If you use a computer image, personalize it to make it your own
• Write your overall understanding of your god/goddess
• Place five essential phrases relating to what you learned. These phrases should express main ideas, impressions, feelings or thoughts about your search
• Write two Costa’s Level 2 questions and two Costa’s Level 3 questions relating to what someone might not understand about your god/goddess
• Put a symbolic colored border around the edges of the page

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Make it colorful, visual and fill the page!

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November 8th

Please use the first five minutes to work on No Red Ink

Deity One Pager

• Title the One-Pager appropriately to reflect the content
• Be purposeful about the arrangement of your One-Pager. For example, have a reason for using a certain color or for placing an object in a certain place
• Write two quotations from your research that relate to what you discovered about your god/goddess.
• Use three visual images either drawn or cut from magazines to create a central focus to your page. If you use a computer image, personalize it to make it your own
• Write your overall understanding of your god/goddess
• Place five essential phrases relating to what you learned. These phrases should express main ideas, impressions, feelings or thoughts about your search
• Write two Costa’s Level 2 questions and two Costa’s Level 3 questions relating to what someone might not understand about your god/goddess
• Put a symbolic colored border around the edges of the page

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Make it colorful, visual and fill the page!

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