God+and+Goddess+Research+Project+Assignments+and+Due+Dates

__**God or Goddess Research and Myth Project**__ You and your partner will spend three class periods and homework after school to learn as much as you possibly can about your given god or goddess along with reading and summarizing a myth he or she is in.

__**Research Topics for Your God or Goddess:**__ 1. Name - both Greek and Roman and any nicknames he or she may have 2. Physical appearance 3. Area or domain or influence (god of music, goddess of the family and home, god of war) 4. Strengths or talents (he can control the weather, she can fly, he can manipulate man’s dreams) 5. Personality traits and flaws (falls in love with everyone, becomes easily jealous, has a bad temper) 6. Symbols or objects that he or she is seen with or that fits his or her traits (trident, lightening bolt) 7. Relationships to other gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters. Who are his or her family members? Father or mother of, daughter or son to, friends or allies with 8. Who are your god’s or goddess’ enemies? Who do they punish or become angered by?
 * Directions:** Take notes on the following 8 topics. Use these notes to complete your Wiki project.

__**Greek Myth Summary:**__
 * Directions:** Read a Greek myth that features your god or goddess. Using your own words, summarize the following parts of the myth that are explained below:
 * 1) Exposition - Introduction to characters and basic situation
 * 2) Plot - the main events that include the conflict, rising action, and climax
 * 3) Resolution - how the myth ends
 * 4) Explain the themes. Lessons that are taught. Explanation for why the world is a certain way.

__**Resources to use:**__ 1. Websites listed below and linked to our class Wiki. 2. Books located on the book cart (Put books back on the cart when you finish).

__[]__ Click on “available articles” and use the alphabetized list. Links on the left have “mythology” “Bestiary - monsters” and “Heroes” __[|www.mythweb.com]__ [] [|www.ancientgreece.co.uk] [] __[]__