The Odyssey is about coming home – the journey home.
What is so important about home?
What does it mean to “come home”?
The Odyssey Pre-reading WebQuest
Essential Question:
What are some primordial truths (descriptions of human behavior that have been consistent over time) present in The Odyssey? Which one is most important to YOU?
1. The tense relationships between parent and an adolescent;
a child desires to earn the respect of his parents
·2. The desire for revenge is a universal impulse. How does it seem
to be presented in The Odyssey in comparison to out attitude
toward revenge today?
3.The universal value of hospitality – and the consequences
when this virtue is violated.
Greek Mythology Link
Greek Gods and Symbols
The Olympians
Overview of The Odyssey
Pre-Reading Activities Continued.......
"The Trojan War and Apple of Discord"
Reading and Mark-it-UP
"Homer's World/Epic" PreReading
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"Homer's World/Epic"
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The Hero's Journey
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John Green's Crash Course |
"Odyssey" rap |
"Draw my Life"- Odysseus |
In-Class Reading & Activities
Part One:
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Part Two:
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Hero's Journey: Interactive Map
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