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Exploring the Mythical Connections: Greek Mythology and Christianity

This project encourages students to delve into the nature of myths, particularly focusing on Greek mythology and its influence on Christianity. Students will explore the birth of Athena to understand how myths explain complex concepts. They will create Venn diagrams to compare and contrast Greek mythology with Christian beliefs, highlighting similarities such as themes of creation and morality. By summarizing findings and reflecting on geographical influences on ancient economies, students will assess the interconnectedness of mythology and religion in shaping cultural narratives.

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Exploring the Mythical Connections: Greek Mythology and Christianity

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  1. Do Now • Think about something you find hard to explain…. Now create a short myth to explain it.

  2. Greek Mythology and Christianity

  3. What is a Myth??? • 1. a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. • 2. stories or matter of this kind: realm of myth. • 3. any invented story, idea, or concept: His account of the event is pure myth. • 4. an imaginary or fictitious thing or person. • 5. an unproved or falsecollectivebelief that is used to justify a socialinstitution.

  4. Just like in Mesopotamia religion was meant to explain things in life that didn’t seem to have an explanation. Think Pair Share Think about the story of Athena’s birth (re-read if you have to). What might that story explain??

  5. Pop Quiz--- Again thinking about the story of Athena… why do you think the scientific name for a spider is Arachnid??????

  6. Influence on Christianity After reading the handout create a Venn Diagram for the similarities and differences of Greek Mythology and Christianity. As well as summarize them in a paragraph.

  7. Do Now • Summarize one similarity between Greek Mythology and Christianity.

  8. Daily Practice Checklist • As of right now we have completed the work for two standards: The R and the first E for these standards you should have the following work:

  9. Religion • Gods Project • Notes including answer to pop quiz question • Greek Mythology and Christianity Venn diagram Economics • Notes on Geography • How does geography influence us worksheet • Map of Europe • Spider chart

  10. When you have all of those items… You are ready to assess!!!!!!!! YAY!! Your assessment for these standards is to write a paragraph answering these questions: For R- How did Greek Mythology influence Christianity? For E- How did the geography of Greece influence the economy of the ancient Greeks.

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