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Mythology Unit
Essential Questions

Essential Questions?
1. How has Greek mythology, literature, and beliefs influenced Western literature and culture?
2. How does our knowledge of Greek mythology aid us as readers constructing meaning from every text such as signs, articles, literature, films, and advertising?
3. How do all myths reflect the coherent world view of an ancient civilization; that conception includes both moral values and explanations of natural phenomena?
4. Why are the themes in mythology central to human efforts to understand the world?

Common Core Standards

RL. 9-10.4:  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

RL. 9-10.6:  Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

RL. 9-10.7:  Analyze the representation of a subject or key scene in two different mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.


W. 9-10.4: Produce clear and coherent writing which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

S.L. 9-10.4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that the listener can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.

Interdisciplinary Standard: Social Science

Technology 
9-10.1 

Assessments

Pre and Formative:
  • Whole class discussion-what is mythology and why do we study it? (Teacher Observation and Socratic Circles)
  • Survey of knowledge of the Parthenon 
  • Small group/whole class brainstorm on common characteristics of Greek myths
  • Root Word Assessment
  • It's an Allusion (Handout)

Summative
  • Quiz on Greek stories
  • Student will complete a mini-project of their choice as outlined in the unit overview
  • Students will develop a wiki page meeting the requirements outlined in the rubric
  • Students will write an argumentative paper discussing how a lesson from myth of student's choice applies to the student's life in the 21st century.

Mythology

Objectives:

  • Use the subject of mythology to teach argumentative writing.
  • Connect mythology to various content areas.
  • Recount various theories for the origins of myths.
  • Differentiate between classical and the earlier primitive myths.
  • Recognize the chief Olympian gods and goddesses and their functions as allusions in literature.
  • Recount the Greek version of the creation myth.
  • Follow the creation of man, his fall, and the introduction of death into the world, as seen in Greek culture.
  • Identify and discuss the lesser gods and goddesses.
  • Comment on the two great gods of Earth: Dionysus and Demeter. 
  • Compare and contrast the Cupid/Psyche myth with the other pairs of mythological lovers regarding:
a. the element of trust
b. the acceptance of pain/suffering on the behalf of the loved one.
c. valuing a person for the intrinsic, not exterior, beauty.
  • Examine the hero's journey and quest.
  • Recognize elements of magic in a story and evaluate heroic qualities, relating the the modern tales.
  • Explain the numerous words, idioms, allusions, and expressions which have their origins in mythology.
  •  Recognize the mythological allusions in poetry, non-fiction, fiction, books, magazines, newspapers, and everyday conversations.

New
Academic
Vocabulary

allusions
hero's journey

intrinsic value
Myths


Old 
Academic
Vocabulary

Fairy tales
Legends
Folk Tales
Theme
Conflict
Character traits

Vocabulary

Edith Hamilton's Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Pages 13-23
aloof
amorous
ardent
ascribed
bestial
clarity
colossus
compendium
contending
decreed
discomfit
divinities
frivolous
omnipotent
rhetorical
semblance
suppliant
voluminous




Pages 65-77
abyss
adamantine
aspect
boon
confound
delegated
deluge
disgorge
melancholy
precursors
unfathomable



Pages 24-47
abhorred
aegis
ascended
august
beguiled
beneficent
chaste
epithet
firmament
malicious
omniscient
oracle
pinnacle
raiment
rustic
tranquil
unerring
wiles




Pages 78-95
affection
austere
credulous
diverted
fast
heifer
laggard
minx
monotonously
plenteously
pliant
ponderous

Pages 48-64
assent
atrocious
blithe
capricious
chasm
fetter
hallowed
incorruptible
manifest
multitudinous
refuge
strove
timbrel










Pages 96-145

consorting
diligent
faltering
homage
inexplicable
juncture
lamentable
languor
solitary
animate
inanimate
tryst
zeal

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