Taster lessons

Each of these three ‘taster’ modules comprises three lessons that introduce you to an aspect of Ancient Greek culture.

1. Homer’s Heroes

Over three lessons, learn all about the characters in Homer’s epic The Iliad through games, stories and imaginary interviews. The messenger god Hermes will be your guide. More…

2. Professor Pythagoras’ Magical Maths

Let Professor Pythagoras guide you over three lessons through a wonderful world of angles, polygons, mosaics and ancient board games.  More…

3. Speak Like The Gods

Athena, goddess of wisdom, guides you through the Ancient Greek language, showing you how to use the alphabet (great for secret codes!), and highlighting how you can spot the language in modern English. More…

Term-long course

The full Mega Greek course is divided into ten thematic lessons, each consisting of a language and a culture strand. The strands can be taught together or separately.

Lesson guide and theme	Language	Culture
1. Zeus, king of the gods: intro to Ancient Greece  mg1 lesson plan  mg1 pres  mg1 notes	Ancient Greek roots in modern English  mg1 wordmatch  mg1 wordmatch answerkey	The Greek Gods – quiz, make & play match-up game  mg1 gods matchup
2. Athena, goddess of wisdom: Science  mg2 lesson plan  mg2 pres  mg2 notes	Reading and using the Greek alphabet, science root words  mg greek alphabet  mg2 transliteration  mg2 transliteration answerkey	Ancient Greek scientific discoveries, astronomy – find the constellations  mg2 constellations
3. Pythagoras, ace mathematician: Maths  mg3 lesson plan  mg3 pres  mg3 notes	Transliteration and maths root words  mg3 transliteration  mg3 transliteration answerkey	Triangles – investigation into their properties  mg3 triangle corners  mg3 pyth theorem
4. Hephaistus, craftsman god: Art & Architecture  mg4 lesson plan  mg4 pres  mg4 notes	Root words, verbs & the present tense (exercise contained in mg4 pres.pptx)	Make a clay acroterion  mg4 acroterion
5. Nike, goddess of victory: Sport  mg5 lesson plan  mg5pres  mg5notes	Sport root words, the present tense  mg5verbs  mg5verbs answerkey	The Olympics, Olympic Truths game  mg5 olympic lying
6. Persephone, queen of the underworld: Nature  mg6 lesson plan  mg6pres  mg6notes	Nature root words, nouns (exercise contained in mg6 pres.pptx)	The nature of myths, make  Persephone’s flowers  mg6 pers flowers
7. Homer, epic poet: Entertainment  mg7 lesson plan  mg7pres  mg7notes	Entertainment root words, singular nouns in simple sentences  mg7 noun verb  mg7 noun verb answerkey	Greek theatre, make a mask  mg7 mask
8. Daedalus, mythical inventor: Inventions  mg8 lesson plan  mg8 pres  mg8 notes	Invention root words, plural nouns  mg 8 plurals  mg 8 plurals answerkey	The Icarus myth, make an Icarus flyer  mg8 icarus flyer
9. Hera, queen of the gods: Home Life  mg9 lesson plan  mg9pres  mg9notes	Home root words, word order & simple sentences  mg9sentences  mg9sentences answerkey	Ancient ingredients, tasting/cooking activity  mg9 tasting menu  mg9 recipe
10. Plato, philosopher: Philosophy & Ethics  mg10 lesson plan  mg10pres  mg10notes	Philosophy root words, negative sentences  mg10sentences  mg10sentences answerkey	What would you do? Structured ethical debate  mg 10 dilemmas