Welcome back, future leaders!

For today’s warm-up please do the following:

• Grab your student log and notebook from the crates.• Draw an X through today’s homework box.• Write in today’s date and objective on your student log.• Open your notebook and respond to the following prompts:

Make effort, not excuses.

USE YOUR TIME WISELY!

“What is a hero? What makes someone a hero? Do you know

anyone that you would call a hero? Write one full paragraph.”

World History with Mr. Golden__________________________________________________________

Heroes and Fables of Ancient Greece

Objective:________________________________________________________

FLWBAT describe the roles of fables in ancient Greek culture

Agenda:________________________________________________________

- Review- Staple it in!- Greek fable notes- Read and discuss- Create your own modern fable!- We’re done!

Staple it in!________________________________________________________

Ka-chunk

!Ka-chunk!

Fables:________________________________________________________

- A short story that tells a moral lesson

Aesop was the most famous Greek

writer of fables… but there are many,

many others.

WOLF!

What fable is this?

What’s a fable?

Hubris:________________________________________________________

What’s hubris?

Ahh! Kryptonite!

I need a drink. *hic*

Why am I so dumb?!?!

Well, everyone has weaknesses…

Hubris:________________________________________________________

What’s hubris?A fatal flaw in a person, (usually being overconfident), that leads to his/her downfall

Hubris:________________________________________________________

Deshawn Jackson is guilty of hubris…

Prometheus:________________________________________________________

Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and gave it

to humankind. o This angers Zeus, who keeps

Prometheus chained to a rock in the mountains. Each day, an eagle comes to eat the liver from Prometheus’s still-living body. The liver re-grows every night because Prometheus is immortal.

Moral of the story:Don’t disobey the gods

Prometheus:________________________________________________________

These fables are more than just old stories. They have a lot of influence on what we value as a culture!

Gigantic Prometheus

statue in Rockefeller Center, New

York City

Prometheus:________________________________________________________

Maybe you even grew up watching this…

Hercules:________________________________________________________

In order to atone, (be forgiven), for the reckless

murder of his family, Hercules has to complete

12 impossible tasks.Some of these are intense heroic tasks:

The fable:

Hercules:________________________________________________________

Some of them are… not.

Like cleaning out the 1000 cattle

stables of a king. So what’s the

moral?

Hero of Poop

Moral of the story:A hero does what needs to be

done… even if it isn’t glamorous

Hercules:________________________________________________________

And if you’re still worried about Prometheus…

Don’t be. Hercules freed him, too.

Thanks, bro!

Fables:________________________________________________________

Now, take a few minutes with a partner to look at a few other fables…

- Read the passage- Discuss it with your partner- In your notes, write a 1-2 sentence summary of the

story - Figure out what the moral of the story is (what’s the

lesson?)USE YOUR TIME WISELY!

Pandora:________________________________________________________

Pandora is given a box and told not to open it. She doesn’t listen and

releases all of the world’s evil.

Do you know a similar story

about a curious woman creating evil for everyone

because she doesn’t listen?

Moral of the story:Don’t be reckless – it

can cause problems for you that you can’t undo

Pandora:________________________________________________________

And just for any God of War fans out there…

(Not pictured above: falling to his death)

Icarus:________________________________________________________

Icarus received wings made of wax and feathers and could fly, but flew

too close to the sun. This destroyed the wings and sent him falling to his death.

Moral of the story:Keep focused on the task at hand – distractions will ruin

you

Narcissus:________________________________________________________

He was so self-absorbed that when he saw his own reflection in a pond, he fell in love, and died there.

Naked woman over here… not

interested? Um… okay then.

Why hello handsome…

Moral of the story:Don’t be so hung up on yourself

or the world will pass you by

Right back at you,

beautiful.

Sisyphus:________________________________________________________

Sisyphus thinks that he’s smarter than the

gods.Soooooo… Zeus makes him roll a boulder up a

hill for all eternity. Moral of the story:

Don’t be too confident…AKA:

HUBRIS!

Sisyphus:________________________________________________________

The result of Sisyphus’ hubris…

Fables:________________________________________________________

It’s your turn!Now you’re going to create your own fable about modern life in Baltimore…o Write a short story of 250 words (about as long as

the Sisyphus story)o Choose a moral (lesson) that you want your

characters to learno Introduce your characters, and describe what

happens to themo How do they learn their lesson?

USE YOUR TIME WISELY!

We’re done!________________________________________________________

Thank you for all your hard work today!

Make sure to put your notebooks in the crateand your folders in folders, please!