1. Using a U.S. map, tell students to plan a road trip from New York City to Los Angeles. They
should draw a map of the highways used and at least five cities they would stop in. They should
write a narrative giving driving instructions. You can also have them calculate how long it would
take them to reach their destination driving 60 miles an hour for eight hours a day (or plug in
your own numbers). There are good maps of the U.S. available on many internet information
sites, such as http://maps.yahoo.com.
2. Find one hero whose father was Zeus (easy)
3. Find one hero whose father was Poseidon (harder)
4. Find one hero whose mother was Aphrodite (hardest).
5. Dionysus is the only guy to have his throne on the women’s side of the throne room in
Olympus . Find out how this happened. Hint: It has to do with Hestia.
6. Who is the one major Greek god who does not have a throne on Olympus , and why?
7. What are the Roman names for the twelve Olympians?
8. Have you ever learned something in school you were sure you would never use in your life?
What was it? Explain.
9. Take a virtual field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan (http://
www.metmuseum.org/home.asp). Have students explore the collection and fill out the following
information for at least five different objects:
Art Object Analysis
What kind of object is it? ____________________________________
What is it made out of? _____________________________________
Does it have a use, other than art? If so, what? ___________________
When was it created? _________
Where is it from? ______________________________________
Describe what it looks like:
______________________________________________________________
Does it have illustrations from the Greek myths? If so, what?
______________________________________________________________
Art Object Analysis
What kind of object is it? ____________________________________
What is it made out of? _____________________________________
Does it have a use, other than art? If so, what? ___________________
When was it created? _________
Where is it from? ______________________________________
Describe what it looks like:
______________________________________________________________
Does it have illustrations from the Greek myths? If so, what?
______________________________________________________________