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Map of Places in the Stories
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Critical Reading
Annotating While You Read
Creating Discussion Questions
Learning Vocabulary in Context
Building Vocabulary with Suffixes
Story: Hades and the Underworld
Story: Sisyphus and Tantalus
Story: Prometheus and Pandora
Article: Opening Pandora’s Box
Article: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Story: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
Article: Plato's Allegory and "Fake News"
Unit 2: Writing Task: Putting it All Together
Article: Why Study Greek Mythology?
Story: Part 1: The Creation Story
Story: Part 2: The War of the Titans
Story: Part 3: The Olympian Pantheon
Article: The Olympics: Then and Now
Article: LEGOS in Space
Article: Greek Influence in US World’s Fairs
Article: American Neoclassicism
Unit 1 Writing Task: Putting it All Together
Story: The Trojan War Part 1: The Apple of Discord
Story: The Trojan War Part 2: Achilles and Hector
Story: The Trojan War Part 3: The Wooden Horse
Article: Cassandra of Climate Change
Article: The Hero’s Journey
Story: Theseus and the Minotaur
Article: Procrustean Politics
Story: The Adventures of Hercules
Story: Cadmus and Europa
Story: Jason and the Argonauts
Story: Perseus and Medusa
Story: The Odyssey
Article: Resisting the Internet’s Grip
Unit 3 Writing Task: Putting It All Together
Story: Oedipus the King
Article: My Son’s Oedipus Complex
Story: Daedalus and Icarus
Article: Businesses and the Icarus Paradox
Story: King Midas and the Golden Touch
Story: Phaethon
Story: Bellerophon
Article: The End of the Waitlist
Story: Arachne
Article: Hubristic Leaders
Article: Disasters Due to Hubris
Unit 4 Writing Task: Putting it All Together
Story: Echo and Narcissus
Article: Selfies: Narcissism or Not?
Story: Cupid and Psyche
Article: When Cupid’s Arrow Strikes
Story: Pan and Syrinx
Story: Halcyone and Ceyx
Story: The Story of Io
Story: Pyramus and Thisbe
Story: Venus and Adonis
Unit 5 Writing Task: Putting it All Together
Writing Skills: Avoiding Plagiarism
Writing Skill: Summary and Response
Writing Skills: Noun Phrases and Clauses for Better Sentences
Grammar Skills: Active and Passive Voice
Grammar Skills: Gerund and Infinitive
Grammar Skills: Participle Phrases
Teacher Resources & Cool Tools
Instructor's Guide
Presentation Topics
Additional Journal and Essay Topics
Unit 1 Additional Materials
Unit 2 Additional Materials
Unit 3 Additional Materials
Unit 4 Additional Materials
Unit 5 Additional Materials
Fun Extras for Students
About the author
About the Book
References
Glossary
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