Greek Mythology Board Game
GRASPS
Goal: Students will gain an understanding of the mythological mortals, immortals, demigods, monsters, titans, mythological/historical places, magical objects, etc. and present
your information in the form of a functional board game.
Role: You and your partner(s) are Milton Bradley Game Designers
Audience: Board Gamers
Situation: You and your partner(s) have been assigned to research Greek
mythology/history and design a board game incorporating your research that will be fun
and educational for the whole family!
Performance: Students in pairs will create a board game:
1. Your game must have an objective. Maybe your objective is to find Hermes’ Caduceus,
maybe to get to Mt. Olympus, maybe to avoid the wrath of Zeus or have a proper burial.
What is your objective? How do you win the game?
2. Your game must have a variety of players (heroes) so that several people can play.
3. On each space, there be opportunities to answer questions according to your
research. You will need to create many trivia cards with questions that relate to
your research (to get full credit, at least 60-100 cards!). Maybe some cards will be
chance cards: Maybe you will pull a Cereberus card and have to go to Hades and loose a
turn. Imagine!
4. Your game board should be colorful, informational, functional, and complete- the game
board itself should reflect Greek Mythology. Maybe you must pass the sirens, pass
through Tartarus, etc.
At least 5 images must be original, meaning hand-drawn. After that, you can use
pictures/graphics found online.
5. Must include a full set of rules and easy to follow directions. Include citations on
back of this paper.
6. Your game should come alive with attention to detail. Look at examples of other board
games (monopoly, trivia pursuit, sorry, clue, candy land), how do these games stand out?
Make yours stand out!
7. Your game will be created on a sturdy piece of cardboard/thick paper/over an existing
board game. Start looking for materials.
Standards: See Rubric
Making A Game : Mythology Board Game
Student Name(s): _______________________________________
30-25
25-20
19-15
14-0
All information cards
made for the game
are accurate and
correct. Cards
include a wide
variety of
mythological facts
that show deep
understanding of the
gods/myths.
Most of the
information cards
are accurate. Cards
include a variety of
mythological facts
that show an
understanding of the
gods/myths.
More than ½ of the
information cards are
inaccurate and lack a
variety of
gods/myths.
Few information
cards are accurate.
Also, may be
incomplete. Does
not include a variety
of gods/myths.
20
19-15
14-9
8-0
Attractiveness
Contrasting colors
and at least 5
original graphics
were used to give
the cards and game
board visual appeal.
Contrasting colors
and at least 4-3
original graphics
were used to give
the cards and game
board visual appeal.
Contrasting colors
and \"borrowed\"
graphics were used
to give the cards and
game board visual
appeal.
Little or no color or
fewer than 3
graphics were
included.
Creativity
The group put a lot
of thought into
making the game
interesting and fun
to play as shown by
creative questions,
game pieces and/or
game board.
The group put some
thought into making
the game interesting
and fun to play by
using textures, fancy
writing, and/or
interesting
characters.
The group tried to
make the game
interesting and fun,
but some of the
things made it harder
to understand/enjoy
the game.
Little thought was
put into making the
game interesting or
fun.
10
9-7
6-4
3-0
Cards
Game includes
60 or more
information cards.
Game includes 4559 information
cards.
Game includes 25- Games includes 044 information cards. 24 information
cards.
Rules
Rules were written
clearly enough that
all could easily
participate.
Rules were written,
but one part of the
game needed
slightly more
explanation.
Rules were written,
The rules were not
but people had some written.
difficulty figuring out
the game.
Cite Your
Sources
At least 2 sources
you used are cited
using the proper
format.
Include the
citations on your
rules sheet.
2 sources are cited
but the format is
inaccurate.
1 source was cited.
CATEGORY
Knowledge
Gained/Accuracy
of Content
CATEGORY
Total: ____ %
100
Comments:
0 sources were
cited.