Apollo's World Integrated Art & Literature Lesson Plan + Activity Grades 7-12

Who is the God of Light and Knowledge? Apollo — Engage middle and high school students with a high-interest “print + digital” three-day lesson plan with art and literature connections, quiz-bowl style questions, informational texts, group activities, and more!

This Resource Includes the Following Features:

• 1 Teacher Three-day Lesson Calendar (with Teacher’s Notes)
  • Navigation Page with Links
  • With a teacher-tested stamp of approval, follow my suggestions on how to teach a three-day lesson on the god Apollo. But this lesson pack pairs well as a supplement to any mythology unit in middle and high school.
• 3 Google Forms Assessments on Apollo
• 1 Link to Google Workspace Version — perfect for Google Classroom and Distance Learning
• 2 Reading Card Sets (non-fiction)
• 1 Archaeology Connection Reading Card
• 6 Art + Literature Connections (with Visual Aids)
  • Compare the text with famous works of art from Ancient Greek painters and sculptors.
• 1 Key Characters and Places Worksheet
  • Orient your learners by identifying the key characters and facts about Phoebus Apollo.
• 31+ Question Bank on the God Apollo
  • Have students read various myths and stories about Apollo (Note the full-text of copyrighted material is not included).
  • Plenty of questions to conduct a pub-style trivia game with your students.
  • 1/4 Sheet Printable Four Rounds of Questions Bookmarks
  • Speaking and Listening Evaluation Form
  • Includes Teacher guidelines and answer keys
• 8 Discussion Questions on Apollo
  • Apollo is one of the most complicated gods in mythology. Faciliate engaging questions that probe deeper his origin story, the role of women in myth, and connections to the present-day world.
  • Tip: use these questions as essay prompts.
  • Includes Teacher's notes for each question
• 2 Frayer Model Vocabulary Cards (with student sample)
  • Frayer models are a way to get kids to think about vocabulary visually in a four-section square —- A square for meaning, one for examples, another for non-examples, and a sketch. It is amazing to see the work they produce. A great way to decorate your classroom to showcase your kids’ vocabulary-in-text understanding. The cards contain terms, geography, and challenging words (as well as contextual entries fit to the story).
• 2 Exit Tickets
  • Exit tickets are a way to get data about your students’ understanding of the lesson right before the class is finished. Collect these exit tickets and quickly see what ideas your students picked up about the mythology of Poseidon. I also provide two different tickets to offer academic choice for students.
• 1 Further Reading List
  • Don’t disregard this further reading list if you think it is merely a bibliography. Share the list with your students or have them do projects based on the available research. Assign different sources to students and organize presentations where learning can go deeper into this popular myth.
• Answer Keys for all student-facing documents
  • The answer keys provide concise answers and what to expect from students in their written and oral responses.
  • Includes a standards alignment chart for planning.

I created this resource with middle and high school students in mind. It is designed for an English Language Arts Mythology unit — 

• For any myth-related unit!
• On characteristics of the gods and goddesses, the Oracle at Delphi, hubris, The Olympians, and more!
• Use this resource as a stand-alone lesson or pair it with a larger unit on the Iliad and The Odyssey, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Robert Graves’s Greek Myths, or Edith Hamilton’s Mythology.

Just a heads-up: this educational digital download is meant to go along with a unit on Greek Mythology. It includes links to full-text primary resources, but please note that it doesn’t contain copies of copyrighted material.

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