Your God for the Job! http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html

Description What does your god look like; what powers do they have?

Creation Please write the story of the creation of your god or goddess here.

Interaction with other deities or people In this section you should include one story in your own words about your god/goddess

References Work Cited information goes here. Please use at least 3 sources. MLA formatting required.

Reflection: 1. What was your favorite fact about your god or goddess? 2. What is one thing you learned about the research process? 3. Did you spend your time well on this project? Why or why not? 4. Is there anything you would change about this project?

Objectives:

 Choose a god or goddess- 5 points  Research the information for his/her trading card at least 3 sources- 15 points  Type the information into the trading card reader -15 points  Reflect about project- 15 points  Blabberize -25 points (sample: http://blabberize.com/view/id/1059565) o Write a script in first person for your god. Including the following information. . What are your gifts and associations? . How were you created? . What is one story in which you are involved? o Find a picture of your god. o Go to blabberize.com o Upload the picture, place the “mouth”, and record your script. (you will have to create chapters) o Email the link to Ms. McMurtry at [email protected]. With your name, section, and the name of your god.

Greek name Roman name Functions and attributes

King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus; god of the sky, and thunder. Youngest child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Symbols include the thunderbolt, eagle, oak tree,

Zeus Jupiter scepter, and scales. Brother and husband of Hera, although he had many lovers. Brother of Poseidon and Hades.

Queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage and family. Symbols include the peacock, pomegranate, crown, cuckoo, lion, and cow. Youngest daughter of Cronus

Hera Juno and Rhea. Wife and sister of Zeus. Being the goddess of marriage, she frequently tried to get revenge on Zeus' lovers and their children.

God of the seas, earthquakes, and tidal wave. Symbols include the horse, bull, dolphin,

Poseidon Neptune and trident. Middle son of Cronus and Rhea. Brother of Zeus and Hades. Married to the Nereid Amphitrite, although, like most male Greek Gods, he had many lovers.

Goddess of fertility, agriculture, nature, and the seasons. Symbols include the poppy,

Demeter Ceres wheat, torch, and pig. Middle daughter of Cronus and Rhea.

Goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, defense, and strategic warfare. Symbols include the

Athena Minerva owl and the olive tree. Daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Metis, she rose from her father's head fully grown and in full battle armor after he swallowed her mother.

God of light, knowledge, healing, plague and darkness, the arts, music, poetry, Apollo (or prophecy, archery, the sun, manly youth, and beauty. Son of Zeus and Leto. Symbols

Apollo Phoebus)[A] include the sun, lyre, bow and arrow, raven, dolphin, wolf, swan, and mouse. Twin brother of Artemis. Goddess of the hunt, virginity, childbirth, archery, the moon, and all animals. Symbols

Artemis Diana include the moon, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow and arrow. Daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo.

God of war, violence, and bloodshed. Symbols include the boar, serpent, dog, vulture,

Ares Mars spear, and shield. Son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods (except Aphrodite) despised him. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial."

Goddess of love, beauty, and desire. Symbols include the dove, bird, apple, bee, swan, myrtle, and rose. Daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Dione, or perhaps born from the sea foam after Uranus' semen dripped into the sea after being castrated by his

Aphrodite Venus youngest son, Cronus, who then threw his father's genitals into the sea. Married to Hephaestus, although she had many adulterous affairs, most notably with Ares. Her name gave us the word "aphrodisiac", while her Latin name, Venus, gave us the word "venereal".[B]

Master blacksmith and craftsman of the gods; god of fire and the forge. Symbols include fire, anvil, axe, donkey, hammer, tongs, and quail. Son of Hera, either by Zeus or alone.

Hephaestus Vulcan Married to Aphrodite, though unlike most divine husbands, he was rarely ever licentious. His Latin name, Vulcan, gave us the word "volcano."

Messenger of the gods; god of commerce, thieves, and games. Symbols include thecaduceus (staff entwined with two snakes), winged sandals and cap, stork, and

Hermes Mercury tortoise (whose shell he used to invent the lyre). Son of Zeus and the nymph Maia. The second-youngest Olympian, just older than Dionysus.

Goddess of the hearth and of the right ordering of domesticity and the family; she was born into the first Olympian generation and was one of the original twelve Olympians,

Hestia Vesta until she gave her throne to Dionysus in order to keep the peace, making her the most generous and gentlest of the gods. She is the first child of Cronus and Rhea, eldest sister of Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Zeus. Also the eldest of the Olympians.

God of wine, celebrations, and ecstasy. Patron god of the art of theatre. Symbols include the grapevine, ivy, cup, tiger, panther, leopard, dolphin, and goat. Son of Zeus

Dionysus Bacchus and the mortal Theban princess Semele. Married to the Cretan princess Ariadne. The youngest Olympian, as well as the only one to have a mortal mother.

Research Report : Mythology Resume

Teacher Name: Ms. McMurtry

Student Name: ______

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