Mythology 1 Sequence

Unit 1: Beginnings

Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered
The Creation of the Titans & the Gods
Prometheus & Pandora
The Beginning
The Great Flood
Beginnings Test

Unit 2: The Olympians

Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered
The Gods of Olympus Note Sheet
Gods of Olympus Review Crossword
The Olympians TestSeptember 20

Unit 3: Gentlemen of Olympus

Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered
Zeus, Poseidon, & Hades (and Ares)September 19
ApolloSeptember 21
Hephaestus
Hermes
Dionysus
Gentlemen of Olympus Test

Unit 4: Ladies of Olympus

Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered
Hera & Io
Demeter & Persephone
St. Demetra and Her Daughter
Minerva & Arachne
Artemis
Venus & Adonis
Ladies of Olympus Review Crossword
Ladies of Olympus Test

Unit 5: Famous Lovers

Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered
Cupid & Psyche
Orpheus & Eurydice
Pygmalion & Galatea
Pyramus & Thisbe
Famous Lovers Test

Unit 6: Great Heroes

Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered
The Labors of Hercules, Part 1
The Labors of Hercules, Part 2
Jason & the Argonauts
The Story of Theseus
Plutarch’s Life of Theseus
Perseus, Part 1
Perseus, Part 2
Great Heroes Review Crossword
Great Heroes Test

Unit 7: Reckless Youths

Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered
Icarus
Phaeton
Bellerophon
Reckless Youths Test

Unit 8: The Iliad

Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered
Background to The Iliad
Book 1
Book 2
Book 5
Others TBA
The Iliad Test