Hephaestus Mythology 3-Day Lesson

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Hephaestus | Vulcan God of the Forge Greek and Roman Mythology Grades 8-11 ELA

Who is Hephaestus (Vulcan)? He is the god of the forge, one of the original twelve Olympians, son of Zeus, married to Aphrodite, and maker of magical weapons and objects. This lesson includes a three-day lesson calendar, including art and literature connections, a question bank, group reading activities, and more. Use the “Further Reading Guide” and included links to supplement this lesson with myth-related books, websites, and more.

This Resource Includes the Following Features:

Available as a PDF and Google Workspace(Slides, etc.)
1 Teacher Three-day Lesson Calendar (with Teacher’s Notes)
1 Key Characters and Places Anchor Chart
- Orient your learners by identifying the key characters and the geographical location that situates Hephaestus in ancient Greece in Lemnos and ancient Rome on the island of Sicily.
3 Illustrated Reading Cards
- Hephaestus: Dictionary Entry
- Ancient Greek Krater Depicting Dionysus and Hephaestus: Art and Literature
- Aphrodite and Ares Surprised by Hephaestus
17-Count Question Bank
- Check for understanding with a quick and adaptable question bank.
- Includes a Custom Note-taking template to ensure student accountability!
Frayer Model Vocabulary Cards
- 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, challenging words (as well as contextual entries that fit the story).
2 Half-Sheet 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 your students have learned. I also provide two different tickets to offer academic choices for students.
1 Further Reading List
- Remember to consider this further reading list. If you think it is merely a bibliography — think again! 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 the story.
Standard Alignment Charts
Answer Keys for all student-facing documents
- Teachers always ask for answer keys for my products, so I gave you plenty of guidance on what to expect from students in their written and oral responses.

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

Encourage students to talk about symbolism in art and literature, youth and youthfulness, the trickster god in myth, mischievousness, and gods misbehaving!
Conduct a comparative reading of Hermes’s ancient origins in the Mediterranean world!
Compare and contrast characteristics of the gods and goddesses in World Literature and Mythology.
Use this resource as a stand-alone lesson or pair it with a larger unit on early Greek myths, primordial stories, Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey,Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Robert Graves’s Greek Myths, or Edith Hamilton’s Mythology.

Know that this educational digital download supplements a unit on Greek Mythology. The lesson also includes links to full-text primary resources online.