Web Quest Worksheet - Adapted

Greek Myth Web Quest Name: ________________________________________________

Block: _______

Directions: Use the website: http://greekmythwebquest.weebly.com/ to complete the following web quest. You must answer all of the following questions in complete sentences. Once you have finished you may explore the additional site located on this page. Enjoy! Click on the first link: Kidipede Select the myth: Pandora What characters were in the myth about Pandora? _________________________ _________________________

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Fill in the blanks to summarize the myth about Pandora. Zeus was mad at _____________for giving people fire so he made a beautiful woman named ____________and sent her to marry Prometheus’ brother, _______________. Zeus also sent Pandora with a box and gave Epimetheus the key and was told never to open the box. Pandora wanted to see what was in the box so she opened it one day and out came a lot of _______________. Select the myth: Medusa Whose temple did Medusa and her boyfriend enter at the beginning of the myth? __________________________________________________________________________________________ What happened if you looked at Medusa? _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Select the myth: Jason and Medea Who wrote the play Medea? ___________________________________________________________________ What was Medea’s chariot covered in at the end of the myth? __________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Select the myth: Cassandra Who gave Cassandra her gift? __________________________________________________________________ What was Cassandra’s gift? ____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

Click on the link titled: Storynory Put on your headphones and listen to the story about The Midas Touch before answering the following questions. Fill in the blanks: The story begins with Silenus, a satyr, half_________, half _________, who follows Dionysus the god of Wine. When King ______________ learned that there was a satyr sleeping in the ____________ garden, he ordered that he be given a bed in the palace until he felt better. And no one was more pleased about this show of hospitality than ________________, because in his eyes, anyone who honoured Silenus, honoured _________________. But this was not what he had expected. He was holding not his _______________ in his arms, but a cold, still ____________. But Midas emerged from the ______________ free of his wish for riches and gold. And as long as he lived, he rejoiced in all that was _______________ and _______________.

Click on the link: Mr. Donn Click on the myth: Theseus and Minotaur Where did King Minos live? ___________________________________________________________________ How many boys and girls did Athens promise King Minos? How often did they promise him this? _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________

Click on the myth: Hades and the River Styx What was the name of the ferryman that took people across the river Styx? _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ How much was the ferry ride? __________________________________________________________________

** Once you have finished, you may visit the other sites on the web quest page.