Pantheon
Project Instructions
For this project, your group will give a short presentation
on two (2) of the twelve Olympian gods/goddesses that make
up the Greek Pantheon, as well as create and present your
own god/goddess. Each group will be assigned the two
Olympian gods they will present to the class. From the two
assigned gods/goddesses, you will choose the "powers" from
one and create a new god/goddess.
Step 1
Every student should read The
Pantheon: An Introduction to the Greek Gods which can
be found by clicking the following link. http://www.theoi.com/Pantheon.htm
Step 2
See Mrs. Medrano to get your assigned Olympian gods that you
will research and present to the class. These will be assigned
randomly. She is not taking requests. :)
Presentation of Pantheon gods/goddesses must include the following:
Name of Assigned God/Goddess:
God/Goddess of ?:
Picture:
Family:
Summary of popular myths about god/goddess:
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Step 3
After researching and gathering information on both of your
assigned gods/goddesses, you will choose the "powers" from
one of the two to create and name your own god/goddess.
Example:
| Assigned
gods: |
Hestia—Home,
Hearth, Family
Haides—the
Underworld, Death |
Your created god/goddess can either have power over home, hearth and family or the underworld and death. You must have
a picture of your god/goddess, the powers of your god/goddess,
the name of your god/goddess, and a short explanation or description
of your god/goddess. You can use a picture of a famous
person as your god/goddess, but you must change the name.
Example:
| Name of
Created Goddess:
Marta
God/Goddess of Home,
Hearth, Family
Picture:
Family:
Marta is the ultimate
picture of the perfect homemaker. Her house is decorated
perfectly, her family is dressed in the latest fashions,
her manners are impeccable, and if you are lucky enough
to be a guest at her dinner table, you'd think you had
died and gone to Mount Olympus.
Summary of popular myths about
god/goddess:
Although Marta is
goddess of home, hearth, and family, like many other
gods and goddesses, she does have her dark side. If
Marta is having a bad hair day, you certainly do not
want to be anywhere near her. If she is angry
with you, there are definite signs: the amount of burned
dinners, clothes will be ripped and torn, socks will
mysteriously disappear in your dryer, embarrasing social
blunders will become the norm, your children will hate
you, and your spouse will have to work late all the
time. If you are one of the unfortunate mortals that
are already on her bad side, forget about the olive
branch offerings...this one wants your money.
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BE CREATIVE ! HAVE FUN!
Step 4
Each group will present
their Pantheon gods/goddesses and their created god/goddess
to the class. Everyone from each group will speak/present.
If there are only two people in your group, one person must
speak twice. This should be a short presentation, but
long enough to share the required information with the class.
All the presentations will be given on the same day.
Step
5
After you have given your
presentation, you must post your three gods/goddesses information
sheets on this page (in the boxes at the top of the page),
and you must hand in print-outs of your sheets. If you have
a color printer at home, I suggest you print it out at home.
Black and white copies are fine. All the webpages of the created
gods/goddesses will be put together to create the Team-up
Pantheon.
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