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Mythology Carousel Reading Cards – Close Reading Passages for ELA & Humanities

The 51 Greek and Roman mythology topical reading cards included in this educational digital download are each illustrated with passages designed for the middle and high school English Language Arts classroom. Help students develop reading comprehension skills and deepen their understanding of reading texts. The reading cards in this set are typically used for close reading and analysis of a text, either in a carousel or gallery reading protocol. The cards can be printed out as physical cards or assigned as digital tools. Students work in groups to become experts on their card’s topic.

Students can make predictions, identify literary devices, summarize critical ideas, and make connections to their own experiences or other texts they have read. Additionally, use the reading cards to encourage active reading strategies, such as annotating the text, identifying unfamiliar vocabulary, and taking notes in the margins of the page. Using reading cards, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, improve their ability to analyze and interpret texts, and increase their reading proficiency.

Additionally, reading cards can help students develop greater independence and confidence in reading and understanding complex texts.

The cards are available in PDF & Google Workspace formats.


Features Include:

  • Teacher’s Notes for Using this Resource as either a Carousel or Gallery Walk
  • 51 Reading Cards / Illustrated

Creation Myths

  1. Creation Myth: Dictionary Entry
  2. Pelasgian Creation Myth 
  3. Homeric Creation Myth
  4. Cosmic Egg (Or, World-Egg)
  5. Olympian Myth of Creation

Primordial Beings

  1. Gaia and Uranos
  2. Castration of Uranos

Titans

  1. Kronos (Saturn)
  2. Rhea
  3. Ocean and Tethys
  4. Nyx and Eros (Phanes) 
  5. Atlas
  6. Hecate
  7. Leto and Themis
  8. Other Titan Deities
  9. Prometheus and Epimetheus
  10. Prometheus: Archaeology Connection
  11. Pandora

Olympian Zeus

  1. Zeus and Metis
  2. Hera
  3. Olympian Zeus
  4. Homeric Hymns to Zeus
  5. Orphic Hymn to Zeus
  6. Zeus, The Olympian Deity: Informational Text

Athena Parthenos

  1. Athena: Her Unique Birth from the Head of Zeus
  2. Athena and Arachne
  3. Dispute Between Athena and Poseidon

Poseidon (Neptune)

  1. Poseidon and Amphitrite
  2. Striding God, Poseidon (Or, Zeus): Art History
  3. Poseidon, The Greater God: Informational Text

Apollo God of Light

  1. Apollo: Informational Text
  2. Apollo Dancing with Muses
  3. Apollo: God of Light

Aphrodite

  1. Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Love

Other Olympian Deities

  1. Hephaestus
  2. Demeter
  3. Ares
  4. Dionysus
  5. Hermes
  6. Hades
  7. Hades and Persephone

Anthropomorphic Personifications

  1. Janus
  2. Fates
  3. Furies

Heroes and Demigods

  1. Orion
  2. Bellerophon and Pegasus*
  3. Perseus
  4. Phaëthon
  5. Midas
  6. Ixion
  7. Tantalus
  8. Sisyphus

Aligned to Common Core, VA SOL, and TEKS

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