Greek Mythology

The 6th graders are very excited to begin learning about Greek Mythology this week.  Today, they were each assigned a god or goddess and they did some research about that character.  Later in the week, they will teach each other mini-lessons about what they learned.  They will also do a menu project where they will choose from a list of creative options to create a mythology project.  The 6th graders have their first quiz this Friday.  Last week, students learned about democracy in ancient Athens.  They participated in a simulation where they came up with ideas for laws and then gave speeches and debated with each other, just like in ancient Greece.  It became pretty chaotic, which showed students that democracy was not always well organized.

Questions for your 6th grader:

• Was the ancient Athenian democracy an effective way to rule a society?
• What god or goddess did you research?  What did you learn about them?

Athenian Democracy Simulation