REACHING OLYMPUS: TEACHING MYTHOLOGY THROUGH READER'S THEATER PLAYS (A CREATIVE TEXTBOOK SERIES FOR TEACHING GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS)
The Reaching Olympus series uses classroom-tested Reader's
Theater plays specifically designed for 6th-12th grade students to
retell the great myths and legends of world mythology. Reader's Theater
is an innovative and powerful teaching tool that allows students to
break away from silent reading and share in an "acting-out" experience
where words and myth come to life! Each play is prefaced by a teacher guide providing a synopsis of the
myth, relevant background information and commentary on the myth,
anticipatory questions for pre-play discussion, essential questions to
help analyze the "big ideas" behind each myth, recall questions to check
reading comprehension, and instructions for teaching commonly-tested
terms and literary devices using each play.
Volume I of the Greek Myths in the Reaching Olympus series
features nine classic myths in interactive-script form:
Perseus and Medusa
Atalanta the Female Warrior
Jason and the Argonauts Part I
Jason and the Argonauts Part II
Narcissus and Echo
Oedipus Rex: The Cursed King
Orpheus and Eurydice
The Inventor Daedalus
The Flight
of Icarus
Supplemental Materials
Ancient Greece Temple-Building Game
Underworld Find-It Puzzle (with key)
Bonus Myth: Bellerophon and Pegasus
Glossary of Important Characters
Name Pronunciation Guide
Volume II of the Greek Myths in the Reaching Olympus series re-tells the saga of the Trojan War, including the Iliad and Odyssey through eleven interactive scripts:
The Judgment of Paris
The Tides of War
War at Troy
The Rage of Achilles
The Fall of Troy
Searching for Odysseus
On Calypso's Isle
In the Cave of the Cyclops
Circe the Witch
Return to Ithaca
Supplemental Materials
Bonus Myth: Helen of Sparta
Bonus Myth: The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Bonus Myth: Achilles' Last Stand
Bonus Myth: Wounded By Love
Bonus Myth: The Lotus Eaters and the Sirens
Bonus Myth: Between Scylla and Charybdis
The Trojan War Game (designed for full-class participation)
