Supplemental Texts/Art/Images
- “An Introduction to The Odyssey” by David Adams Leeming (found in textbook p. 640-646)
- Map of Greece and surrounding seas (PowerPoint)
- “People and Places in The Odyssey” p. 647-648 in textbook
- “Calypso” by Suzanne Vega (lyrics available on p. 655 of textbook)
- “The Departure of Ulysses from the Isle of Calypso” by Samuel Palmer (p. 655 of textbook)
- Percy Jackson (Director: Chris Columbus)
- “The Monster in the Cave,” play by Scholastic
(http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/Issues/090312/DigitalLessonPlan.html)
- “Cyclops: My Side of the Story,” cartoon by Scholastic telling Cyclops episode from Polyphemus’ perspective
- “The Cyclops in the Ocean” by Nikki Giovanni (available on p. 672 of textbook)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Directors: Joel Cohen and Ethan Cohen)
- “Penelope” by Dorothy Parker
- “An Ancient Gesture” by Edna St. Vincent Millay (available on p. 697 of textbook)
- Disney’s Robin Hood youtube clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94V0kYK35UU)
- The Hunger Games youtube clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfTiAHM5FZg)
- “Scene 15: The Contest” from The Odyssey by Mary Zimmerman (play format)
- Romare Bearden’s “A Black Odyssey” (images and audio available on Smithsonian website)
- “Homer’s Odyssey: ‘The Iliad’s Wife’” by Deborah Ross from Women in Literature: Reading Through the Lens of
Gender
- The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
- Map of Greece and surrounding seas (PowerPoint)
- “People and Places in The Odyssey” p. 647-648 in textbook
- “Calypso” by Suzanne Vega (lyrics available on p. 655 of textbook)
- “The Departure of Ulysses from the Isle of Calypso” by Samuel Palmer (p. 655 of textbook)
- Percy Jackson (Director: Chris Columbus)
- “The Monster in the Cave,” play by Scholastic
(http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/Issues/090312/DigitalLessonPlan.html)
- “Cyclops: My Side of the Story,” cartoon by Scholastic telling Cyclops episode from Polyphemus’ perspective
- “The Cyclops in the Ocean” by Nikki Giovanni (available on p. 672 of textbook)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Directors: Joel Cohen and Ethan Cohen)
- “Penelope” by Dorothy Parker
- “An Ancient Gesture” by Edna St. Vincent Millay (available on p. 697 of textbook)
- Disney’s Robin Hood youtube clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94V0kYK35UU)
- The Hunger Games youtube clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfTiAHM5FZg)
- “Scene 15: The Contest” from The Odyssey by Mary Zimmerman (play format)
- Romare Bearden’s “A Black Odyssey” (images and audio available on Smithsonian website)
- “Homer’s Odyssey: ‘The Iliad’s Wife’” by Deborah Ross from Women in Literature: Reading Through the Lens of
Gender
- The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Materials
- The Odyssey by Homer translated by Robert Fitzgerald in Elements of Literature Third Course (Holt)
- Laptop
- Projector
- PowerPoint
- Greek Mythology Gods/Goddesses Matching Activity
- The Odyssey Anticipation Guide
- Large posters for Jigsaw presentations (8/class)
- Graphic Organizer for students to take notes during Jigsaw presentations
- Copies of “The Monster in the Cave”
- Timeline poster for backboard/post-its to mark each stop in Odysseus’s journey
- Copies of “Penelope”
- Copies of “Scene 15” from The Odyssey
- Copies of “Homer’s Odyssey: ‘The Iliad’s Wife’” by Deborah Ross
- Copies of excerpts from The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
- Laptop
- Projector
- PowerPoint
- Greek Mythology Gods/Goddesses Matching Activity
- The Odyssey Anticipation Guide
- Large posters for Jigsaw presentations (8/class)
- Graphic Organizer for students to take notes during Jigsaw presentations
- Copies of “The Monster in the Cave”
- Timeline poster for backboard/post-its to mark each stop in Odysseus’s journey
- Copies of “Penelope”
- Copies of “Scene 15” from The Odyssey
- Copies of “Homer’s Odyssey: ‘The Iliad’s Wife’” by Deborah Ross
- Copies of excerpts from The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood