Summary of Unit Plan

Title: Greek Mythology and Heroes

Unit Overview:

This Greek Mythology unit is for fifth graders.  Myths are created by cultures to celebrate the diverse, the heroic, the unbelievable, and the unknown.  Students may question how Greek mythology relates to their lives but after this unit of study they will come to realize that myths have provided us with explanations, have influenced our vocabulary, have entertained people for many generations, and continue to teach us many lessons.  This unit will include graphic organizers, understanding of conflict and resolution, word maps, work on punctuation, work on recognizing Greek roots, predictions, analysis, descriptive writing, class debates, collaborative writing, Readers Theater, transactive writing, games, technology, community involvement and much more.

Highlights:

Students will randomly choose a god or goddess who they will research (and step into the role of that person).

Students will create and present a PowerPoint on their god/goddess.

Students will read and analyze Greek myths.

Students will create a blog about Greek Mythology.

Students will participate in interactive lessons using intelligent classroom materials.

Students will create a scrapbook on mythology about their god or goddess.

Students will Skype.

Students will work with Greek roots.

Students will create a newspaper article (feature article) about the Trojan War.

Students will create a script using Reader Theater format and present.

Students will identify a hero from US history and create a speech as well as dress up and participate in a Wax Museum.

Students will identify a hero in their daily lives and invite them to our hero celebration.

Students will identify how they can become a hero in their community and create a service learning project.

Key Leaner Outcomes:

Students will respond to inferential and critical questions with 85% accuracy.

Students will recognize the following Greek roots: chron, photo, phon, hydro, graph, cycl, biblio, tele, astro, scope, bio, geo, dem, gram, metr, hydr, and gen with 85% accuracy.

Students will be able to give proficient oral presentations and debates.

Students will create a feature article that scores at least a 3 on the Kentucky Writing Rubric.

Students will create a proficient scrapbook of mythology on his/her god or goddess.

I will determine if the plan was successful if:

·         Students achieve learner outcomes

·         Students are actively engaged in content

·         Students successfully plan, and engage in a service learning project to become a hero in their community

·         Students enjoy and seek out other mythology (Egyptian, Roman, etc.)