Wanted: Greek Gods Wanted: Greek Gods

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Wanted Greek GodsWanted Greek Gods

• Web Quest

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Directions

• You will be taking a web journey to discover
  information about a certain Greek God so you can
  make a poster.
• There are 12 major Greek Gods. Your teacher will
  help you choose one to chase down.
• Once you have a god to research you will hop onto
  a web page to find out some vital information to
  use in your poster.

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Information needed for your Poster

• The name of the god (2 pts.)
• A picture of the god (choose something
  appropriate for a poster or draw your god in
  action) (3 pts.)
• A brief description of where the god is from and
  where the god can usually be found (in other
  words, where does the god spend his time in the
  myths?) (5 pts.)
• He is the god or goddess of? (2 pts.)
• This god is famous for? (2 pts.)
• Relatives?  (parents, siblings, what god or gods
  did he marry, love, or desire?) (2 pts.)
• Does this god have a weapon he likes to use? (2
  pts.)
• What are things he likes to do? (2 pts.)
• What other identifying characteristics or
  interesting facts have you discovered about your
  god? (2 pts.)

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Use the following links to web pages to begin
your research.Write your answers to the quest
questions on the Research Fact Capture Sheet.
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Your Wanted Poster should look something like the
following slide
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• Athena, wanted for reason, intelligent
  activity,
• reckless arts and classic literature.
• Athena is the daughter of Zeus. She
• sprang full grown in armor from his forehead,
  
• thus has no mother. She is fierce and brave
  in
• battle but, only wars to defend the state and
  
• home from outside enemies. She is the
• goddess of the city, handicrafts, and
  agriculture. She invented the bridle, which
  permitted man to tame horses, the trumpet, the
  flute, the pot, the rake, the plow, the yoke,
  the ship, and the chariot. She is the embodiment
  of wisdom, reason, and purity. She was Zeus's
  favorite child and was allowed to use his weapons
  including his thunderbolt. Her favorite city is
  Athens. Her tree is the olive. The owl is her
  bird.