Odyssey Research Assignment

Choose one of the following assignments to complete by May 23rd. The number after each assignment indicates the highest grade you can make for that project.

1. Research one aspect of the life and times of Homer and Ancient Greece.  Turn in one or more page report plus illustrations. Choose one aspect: architecture, transportation, tools/weapons, and dress or another aspect approved by the teacher. 95

2. Research the lineage and characteristics of one God/or Goddess from the Odyssey.  Write a one page report and make a poster reporting this information. 85.

3. Assume you are a character in the list below from Homer’s Odyssey. 

Describe your encounter with Odysseus from the point of view of the character.  Include where and when your encounter takes place and what your relationship is to Odysseus.  Describe the conflict between you and Odysseus and explain how it was resolved.  Tell what lessons Odysseus learns from the encounter.  Do research to learn more about your character.  Then do one of the following: 100

1. Create a story board depicting what happened in your encounter

or

2. Create an Open Mind to show the thoughts and feelings of your character during that encounter.

or

3. Use a Venn diagram to show how your character is similar to and different from yourself

You can get a storyboard, Open Mind, and Venn diagram from the teacher.

4. Make a map of Ancient Greece and the travels of Odysseus in the Odyssey.  Pick one city to research and give details of what happened to Odysseus there. 95

5. Create a book of English words derived from the Greek language.  Define and illustrate at least 10 words.  List 5 names of U.S. cities adopted from the Greeks and show them on a map.  Write your name using the Greek alphabet. 85

6. Construct a board game that follows Odysseus’s path from beginning to end of the epic.  The object of this game is to get Odysseus home.  Be sure to include all of Odysseus’s obstacles.  Directions for the game must be included. 105

7. Make a new book jacket.  It should include an attractive picture or cover design, a summary of The Odyssey, and information about the author and his times. 95

8. Retell the Odyssey as a children’s book, complete with illustrations. 90

There are many websites that you can go to and get your information.  These are a few I have found:

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/Eng9/homer.html#PowerPoint

http://drb.lifestreamcenter.net/Lessons/odyssey/index.htm

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/odyssey/about.html

http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/homer/odymap.php

http://www.public.asu.edu/~vbonnit/edt300_webquest.htm

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrack.do?number=28425

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/march97/odyssey_3-13.html

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odyssey/odyssey.htm

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/o/odysseus.html

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/literature/homer.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/myths.html

http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/parthenon/program.html

http://www.messagenet.com/myths/alphabet.html

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0004&layout=&loc=Homer

http://www.temple.edu/classics/epic.html#homer

http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/home.html

http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/

http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_maps_index.htm

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

http://www.messagenet.com/myths/

http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/welcome.html

http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek_people/

http://www.tmth.edu.gr/en/aet.html

http://www.greeklandscapes.com/images/maps/ancient-greece-map.swf

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

http://www.greeklandscapes.com/maps/ancient_greece.html

http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/Greece/#hist

http://www.omniglot.com/links/yournamein.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey#The_geography_of_the_Odyssey

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0907013.html

http://abasiccurriculum.com/homeschool/roots/athens/

http://summit.k12.co.us/schools/shs/computer/lfrykholm/map.html

http://www1.union.edu/wareht/gkcultur/guide/8/web1.html