Hercules, His Life & Times: Ancient Greek Myths Reading & Comprehension Passages
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Grade Levels
6th - 10th, Homeschool
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRI.6.1
CCSSRI.6.2
CCSSRI.6.3
CCSSRI.7.1
CCSSRI.7.2
Formats Included
- Word Document File
Pages
8 pages
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My students are loving this! We just started some Greek mythology and they are super interested. Some have seen the Disney Hercules so this has totally got them hooked on the differences. The questions are good too!
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Description
In this lesson students will read about the great Greek hero, Hercules (Herakles). Students will read about his origins, his early life, the death of his family, his freeing of Prometheus and the twelve labors he eventually takes on.
Throughout the readings there is student work to complete. Lastly, students will identify three conflict(s) and provide textual support for each. Images are included throughout, as well as a graphic organizer for students to record the conflicts and solutions, using details from the text.
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Athens and Sparta
- Life in Athens - Ancient Greece
- Persuasive Writing of Greek City-States - Athens and Sparta
- Creating a Persuasive Speech on Ancient Greece - Athens or Sparta
- Choosing a Greek City-State - Athens or Sparta
- Life in Sparta - Ancient Greece
Daily Life in Ancient Greece
- The Geography of Ancient Greece
- Daily Life in Ancient Greece
- Olympics in Ancient Greece, Then and Now (Compare & Contrast) - Olympia
- Philosophers of Ancient Greece - Socrates, Plato, Sophocles, Aristotle
- Alexander the Great - Ancient Greece
- Education in Ancient Greece
Gods, Goddesses and Myths
- Greek Myths - Pandora's Box and Prometheus
- Greek Myths - Medusa, Perseus, Athena, Theseus
- Hercules, His Life and Times - Ancient Greek Myths
- Greek Myth - The Story of Echo and Narcissus
- The Parthenon in Ancient Greece - Athens and Athena
- Pandora's Box and Narcissus - Ancient Greek Myths
- Theme in Greek Myths - Ancient Greece - Apollo, Cupid, Daphne, Zeus
- The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece
- Myths in Ancient Greece and Rome - Proserpina, Ceres and Pluto
Warfare in Ancient Greece
Government in Ancient Greece
Total Pages
8 pages
Answer Key
Does not apply
Teaching Duration
90 minutes
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRI.6.2
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSSRI.6.3
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
CCSSRI.7.1
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRI.7.2
Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
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