Demeter & Persephone Mythology Lesson

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Demeter and Persephone | Greek and Roman Mythology English Language Arts 7-12

Persephone and Demeter in Greek and Roman Mythology — Let's unveil the mysteries. Explore the nature and deeds of the goddess of grain and agriculture from mythology. Demeter, or Ceres, is one of the principal deities of Mount Olympus. Zeus is her brother, and Rhea and Kronos are her parents. She is known as "the barley goddess," — and she is the god of agriculture. She is also attuned to that mystic adaptation of the physical world to the nature of man that makes it possible for the material world to mirror and reflect the varying moods of the human soul. More remotely, she is the goddess of the seashore.

The Educational Digital Download Includes:

Teacher's Notes
3-Day Lesson Calendar
Key Characters and Places Anchor Chart
- with Map Activity
4 Art & Literature Connections
Reading Cards
- Demeter (Or, Ceres)
- Dionysos, Demeter, and Persephone
- Demeter and Demophoön
- Demeter and Ascalabus
- Demeter and Persephone
Assessments
- 6-Question Quick Easel Assessment
- 21-Count Question Bank
3-2-1 Exit Ticket
Writing Activity: Response Essay on Demeter and Persephone
Frayer Models for Vocabulary Instruction
Cornell Style Notetaking Template
Answer Keys and Rubric (for Writing)
Further Reading Guide
Includes a standards alignment chart for planning

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

For any myth-related unit!
On the 12 Olympians!
Characteristics of gods and goddesses
Use this resource as a stand-alone lesson or pair it with a larger unit on Myth, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Robert Graves's Greek Myths, Edith Hamilton's Mythology, or Parallel Myths by J.F. Bierlein.

For resources similar to this one, see my:

Go with Poseidon and Athena on Their Adventures!
Mythology Series on Daedalus and Icarusand the Ancient Greek Myth of Sisyphus!
And my popular Plato's Cave lesson!