Grade 2 - Greek Myths

Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide PP | Pausing Point 125

Videos of Greek Myths

Materials: Videos of Greek Myths

Carefully peruse the Internet for short (5 minute), age-appropriate

videos related to the Greek Myths your students have heard.

Prepare some questions related to the content presented in the

videos.

Discuss how watching a video is the same as and different from

listening to a storybook or read-aloud.

Have students ask and answer questions using question words

who, what, when, where, and why regarding what they see in the

videos.

Riddles for Core Content

Ask students riddles such as the following to review core content:

• I am the leader of all the Greek gods and goddesses. Who am I?
  (Zeus)


• I am the Greek goddess of handicrafts, and I turned Arachne
  into the world’s fi rst spider. Who am I? (Athena)


• The ancient Greeks believed that I created humans and stole fi re
  for them from the sacred hearth on Mount Olympus. Who am I?
  (Prometheus)


• I punished Prometheus for stealing fi re from the gods. Who am
  I? (Zeus)


• I opened my box and let all the evil and negative things into the
  world. Who am I? (Pandora)


• I am the Greek goddess of the harvest and farming. Who am I?
  (Demeter)


• I captured Demeter’s daughter and took her to the underworld.
  Who am I? (Hades)


• The seasons change when I am sad because my daughter is in
  the underworld. Who am I? (Demeter)


• I am a master inventor and a brilliant man. King Minos locked
  my son and me in a tower. Who am I? (Daedalus)