DoE Curriculum Unit: The Gods and the Heroes of the Odyssey
Standards
- 1.1 students read, understand and interpret Latin
- 2.2 students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Roman culture as revealed in the products of the Romans
- 3.1 students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through their study of classical languages
- 3.2. students explain their knowledge through the reading of Latin and the study of ancient culture.
- 4.1 students recognize and use elements of their own language to increase knowledge of their own language
- 5.1 students use their knowledge of Latin in a multi- lingual world
- 10.4 Interdisciplinary Connections: Students will apply their knowledge of the arts to the study of English Language Arts, Foreign Languages, Health, History and Social Science, Technology and Engineering.
Connections Strand 7
Students of Classical Languages will obtain information and knowledge related to other disciplines from sources in the target language.
Goals, Aims and Objectives
- to have students understand the role of the hero and myth in the Odyssey by identifying them through lists
- to have students identify the characters, gods and heroes of the Odyssey in classical art thru pottery vases and classical art
- to have students create tiles, mosaics collages and powerpoints representing the gods and heroes of the Odyssey.
- to have students tell a myth or story that occurs in the Odyssey
- to have students translate Latin stories that involve the Odyssey into English
- to have students develop a DVD/VHS or book cover depicting scenes form the Odyssey
- to have students write a critical essay on the movie of the Odyssey
- to have students understand art buy making a tile of a mythological representation
- to have students make a collage of scenes from the Odyssey
- to have students understand literary word derivations from the vocabulary of the heroes, god and goddesses of the Odyssey by defining them
- to have students understand and manipulate the Greek alphabet
- to have students do creative poetry writing or songs about the heroes and gods of the Odyssey
- to have students do dramatic presentations dances and skits that depict the heroes and gods of the Odyssey
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