Activity 4: Putting it All Together

Showing What You Have Learned by Playin g a Game and Creating Your Own God or Goddess

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Wow! Great job investigating all the Greek gods, goddesses and heros! Now you should be an expert on this topic! To show what you have learned, you will compete in a game similar to Jeopardy. Following the game, you will have time to create your own god or goddess that you think should reign with the other gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus today. Follow the instructions below to complete this activity.

1. Play the game the teachers have prepared. Who is the top expert about Greek mythology!?!?
Jeapordy Questions
2. After the review game, think about the values of our society today and what we place the most emphasis on. Write these on a piece of paper.

3. Using the list you created in step 2, develop a god or goddess that you think exemplifies our society today. Answer questions about your god or goddess such as:
How is this god, goddess or hero you created good or bad to society?
What are some characteristics of this deity or person?
What are the intentions of this deity or person?
Describe the personality of this deity or person.
Explain the strengths of this deity or person.
Explain the weakness of this deity or person.
What do you want this deity or person to symbolize?
What type of job would this deity or person have in today’s society?


4. Create a rough draft of everything about this god or goddess. Remember to include a representation of what this deity might look like. If you need to review traits of the orginal gods and goddesses, visit the links listed below:


http://www.loggia.com/myth/gods.html
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffold/GG/othergod.html#OtherGods
http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html
http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/harding/greekmythology/
http://www.messagenet.com/myths/immortals.html
http://www.entrenet.com/~groedmed/greekm/myth.html

5. Share your rough draft with 2 other people for corrections and suggestions.

6. Create a final draft about your god or goddess and include a paragraph about why this new deity should reign with the other gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus.