DoE Curriculum Unit: The Gods and the Heroes of the Odyssey
Standards and Frameworks: Massachusetts Foreign Language Curriculum Foreign Language Learning Standards
Major topics/Concepts/Questions of Today's Lessons
Language Skills that will be practiced
Sequence of Lesson Activities
Homework
Long Term Planning
Major Topics/Concepts/Questions of Today's Lessons
Students will identify the characters, gods and heroes of the Odyssey in classical art by:
- viewing a powerpoint and/or slides of pottery vases and classical art
- touring the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston of the Worcester Art Museum
Language Skills that will be practiced
_____ Reading
__X__ Writing
__X__ Listening
__X__ Speaking
__X__ Culture
Sequence of Lesson Activities
Show students a vase with a scene from the Odyssey's museum demo.
Students must write "Things I know, Things I think I know and Things I want to Know" as an activator.
Students will then 'think-pair-share' to begin a discussion of what the scene represents.
Students will be given 'suggested questions' to prepare for the museum visit.
Homework:
Student must bring in 3 newspaper ads and write a brief paragraph about Greek/Roman Mythology in the ads (i.e Nike, Mercury, etc.)
Long Term Planning:
- discuss word derivations from the myth
- compare/contrast the elements of mythology in the passages and apply to the selected art work
- class discussion will follow comparing different media and different approaches to conceptualization of the scenes and their effectiveness. Students should select their favorites and justify that preferences.
