Mythology Presentation
In order to help your classmates prepare for the summer reading
exam on Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, prepare an organized 4-5 minute
presentation that relates the most significant facts about your character
or myth. Your presentation must include a visual aid that is a symbolic
representation of the character or myth and your explanation of the
visual aid, as well as the entire presentation, is original and creative, and
it shows an understanding of Greek mythology. Your entire presentation
should illustrate practice and should help the class remember the facts
for the test. You will give your presentation in the order of the characters
listed on the back of this sheet, so you must be prepared!!! This
assignment is worth 25 points. Good luck!! I can’t wait to hear them.
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Zeus
Hera
Poseidon
Hades
Athena
Apollo
Artemis
Aphrodite
Hermes
Ares
Hephaestus
Demeter and Persephone
Pandora
Prometheus and Io
Europa
Narcissus
Adonis
Cupid and Psyche
Pyramus and Thisbe
Orpheus and Eurydice
Daedalus
Hercules
Atalanta
Trojan War
Tantalus and Niobe
Oedipus
Antigone
Midas
Pan
Triton
Leda
Castor and Pollux
Helen
Gorgon
Furies
Name: ___________________
Class Period: _________
Grade Sheet for Mythology Presentation
You are assigned to teach and review with the class your
myth/character. This grade sheet details the expectations. The
myth/character you are assigned is: _____________________. You will
deliver your presentation on _________________.
Criteria for Grading:
____/5 Catchy beginning to your presentation to grab the audience’s
attention.
____/5 Creative revealing of the character or myth. No fumbling. Be
prepared and thorough. If, at the end, the audience is bored, you haven’t
done your job. Do not merely rattle off details, but connect ideas and
make them understandable to the audience.
____/5 Inclusion of creative visual. (NO: glitter and glue poster boards,
downloaded pictures from the internet, movies or computer presentation,
handouts or passed around. YES: something symbolic/representative
that illustrates your insight and creativity, something easily seen by
everyone in the classroom from where you are standing in the front of the
room, something you can explain, something that illustrates relevance,
something original that might be new to your teacher.)
____/5 Explanation of the myth’s character’s importance to Greek
culture and its possible relevance to or effect on literature/storytelling
that has come since the Greek’s.
____/5 Poise, posture, voice are all engaging and appropriate. You may
have notecards, but do not merely read off of them. Time frame of 4-5
minutes of class.
____/25 Points Total
****Bring this to class. You will give it to your teacher as the grade sheet.