The Complicated Family Dynamic

As you can tell, this family dynamic is crossed and looped in many ways that it can be very difficult to follow. We could easily spend a whole course studying out Greek Mythology and every character/creature's connections to one another in depth. For the purpose of this course, however, we will use a much simpler format for understanding the main individuals that help make up this complicated web. The following Greek Mythological gods/goddesses are the ones your group can decide to research following this Learning Activity. Please pay  close attention to how each god/goddess is connected to one another as you research. These connections will be very helpful as we study the various allusions in Julius Caesar that are drawn from these mythological stories.

Greek Mythology Family Tree

Research Options

After watching the video above or listening to the audio version of "The Greek Gods" video. from the video above, please take a moment to look over the Greek Mythology Family Tree flow chart. 

Above you can find a concise version of the Greek Mythology Family Tree. These above gods/goddess are the ones you can chose from for your Task 3 assignment which follows this page. Once you have looked over the Greek Mythology Family Tree flow chart, please take about 30 minutes to research 3 of the gods/goddess that are still available.

After researching you need to make a comment onto the Greek Mythology Family Tree flow chart and give us 5 short facts about each god/goddess you briefly researched. Include your name on this and tell us which god/goddess you think you may want to research for your Mythological Scrapbook for your final task. This will be due on the Wednesday of this week.

If at any time you have trouble working the Cacoo, refer to the tutorial videos for the site. If you can't find your answers in these comprehensive videos, simply email me at Alivia.barrier@my.lr.edu. 

On Thursday, you need to review your classmates god/goddess the researched and their 5 facts about each of them. Then comment to your classmates about what you found interesting from one of the god/goddess you chose. You will then pick 1 god/goddess that you found the most interesting. Once you have picked 1 god/goddess that interests you from your list of 3 or from one of your classmates lists, please claim that god/goddess by going onto this Greek Mythology Family Tree flow chart. and including a picture of your god/goddess overtop of the colored block above their name. After this, add your name in a larger font and a dark color beside of your god/goddess. This will claim your research topic. 

I have given you an example above. I chose Iapetus for this example. I included a picture over the color block corresponding to my gods name and I included my name beside the picture. Please pay attention to my formatting as this is how I want you to claim your own god/goddess. Since I used Iapetus as an example, no student will chose this god. In addition, as students claim gods/goddess, this chart will update. Thus, no two students should chose the same god/goddess for this research assignment. 

Once you have claimed your god/goddess, you can move onto Task 3: Mythological Scrapbook and begin researching your god/goddess and creating a visual presentation to share with the class about what you learned while researching your chosen god/goddess.