Greek Mythology Mini-Project: Research

This assignment will be worth two minor grades for Cycle 6. As you click through the following slides, you will find your

directions!

Sources

• Obviously, since you’re on a laptop, you are using the Internet… Which means…

• On Friday, April 24, we will have a “Works Cited” lesson after our quiz.

• This means that you need to BOOKMARK in your browser at least THREE websites that you use in your research today.

• Wikipedia does not count!!!

Slide #1: Introduction

• 1. Choose a Greek god or goddess.• 2. On this slide, put their name and picture (or

pictures) of them.• Somewhere on your slide, you will need to

write your own epithet to describe them. For example, you could say “King of the Gods” for Zeus. (If you actually do choose to do Zeus, you’ll have to make up a different epithet!)

Slide #2: Origin Story

• How was your god or goddess born/created? Provide the most interesting and pertinent information in bullet point format.

• This slide should have at least one picture on it, but you can have more if you want.

Slide #3: Myths & Legends

• This slide should detail a story about your god or goddess.

• This should be in SHORT paragraph form. This is basically a summary of a story that you have researched.

• You should use two quotations from a web source. (The quotations can come from the same place or be from different sites.)

Slide #4: Allusions

• This slide should contain the definition of an allusion. This should be featured prominently, meaning it sticks out to the viewer in some way.

• In bullet point format, you should detail 2-3 allusions involving your god or goddess.

• The allusions can be from pop culture, astronomy, other Greek myths, songs, books, TV shows, etc.

Slide #5: Works Cited

• We will be doing this in class on Friday, April 17th. All you need to do for now is create a title (“Works Cited”), and leave it blank for now.

Miscellaneous

• Greek Mythology gets a little “risque” sometimes. This means that all pictures put on your slides should be TASTEFUL. (No nudity.)

• Spelling counts! • Your slides should be colorful and well-designed

by you.• After our “Works Cited” lesson on Friday, you will

have more time to work on this. After that, this “mini-project” will be due on Monday, April 20th.