Odyssey Book Organization (Academic)

This assignment is to prepare for the Socratic Seminar that will take place on 1/23 and 1/24. It is a required assignment for Academic classes and an optional assignment for any Honors student who thinks they could benefit from the organization.

Go through each book in the Odyssey and write down the following:
- The book number
- The page number the book starts on
- One sentence summarizing the most important thing that happens in that book

Example:
Book 1 (Page 1) - Athena comes to help Telemachus search for his father Odysseus.

Having the summaries and page numbers will assist you in finding direct quotes and navigating your Odyssey book during the Socratic Seminar.

Remember, you can access the online version of the Odyssey by going to the 'Scanned Class Documents' section above, and following the directions that appear.

Socratic Seminar - Hero Music Analysis (Honors)

Analyze the following lyrics and relate them to The Odyssey and our Socratic Seminar Questions for Quarter 2.

Hero Songs

Links to listen:
Kryptonite by Three Doors Down
Superman (It's not Easy) by Five for Fighting

Link to how to analyze song lyrics: How to: Song Analysis

Greek Hero vs. Everyday Hero

Greek Hero vs. Everyday Hero

Research, use Odyssey direct quotes, and use your Greek Hero notes from the beginning of the quarter to write up a summary of what a Greek Hero is.

Then, create a summary of an everyday hero. Who do you consider a hero? Why? How are they the same/different from Odysseus and other Greek heroes? Use the internet to find a story about an everyday hero, take down the citation for the site and get at least one direct quote that helps you create and support your definition of an everyday hero.

Odyssey Socratic Seminar Essential Questions

Answer the following questions using direct quotes and situational examples from the text: The Odyssey. Think about our real world when answering these questions as well. Your answers should be at least a paragraph each including a minimum of one direct quote from the Odyssey each.

- What is a hero?  What is a villain?
- How does the definition of a hero change?  (Across time, culture, situation?)  What (if anything) is unchanging about the definition?
- From where does courage come?
- How do choices shape our character?

Map of Odysseus's Travel

Zero Block: 12/11/17
Skinny: 12/11/17 (Just Map)
Honors: After Break

In your small groups, go back through the book to list in order where Odysseus has been and who he has interacted with while at these locations. What important thing happened at each stop? When you have listed up until you stopped reading (book 11), then check your accuracy against the following map.

Tripline Link

Homework:
If you finish before the end of class, please read book 12. If you do not get to this in class, reading book 12 will be your homework. Access the Graphic Novel online - here.

Odyssey Video Summary and Analysis

Odyssey Book 1 Video

Odyssey Book 2 Video

Odyssey Book 3 Video

Odyssey Book 4 Video

Odyssey Book 5 Video

Odyssey Book 6 Video

Odyssey Book 7 Video

Create a Monster

In partners:
Create a monster who Odysseus could face in his 10 years of travel.

FRONT:
- Draw a picture of the monster and name it. Write its name on the front of the paper.
- Come up with and explain how your monster relates to Greek Mythology (The son of Poseidon, The daughter of Hermes and Pegasus, etc.) Front of paper.
- Come up with two songs that represent your monsters personality/life. List the two songs and their artists on the front of your paper.

BACK:
- Use lines from the lyrics of the songs chosen (school appropriate) to explain how your monster looks, thinks, and feels in 2-3 paragraphs on the back of your paper. Include how Odysseus escaped from or defeated your monster. You may add in more songs on the back if you so choose. Minimum of four direct quotes from your songs in your paragraphs.

DETAILS:
* Use COLOR - markers in the back.
* Be creative. Effort from both partners MUST be apparent.
* Add your lyrics in to your paragraphs like direct quotes in a research paper. (Song title, Artist).

EXAMPLE:
The Water Titan often felt misunderstood. He traveled the lands asking, "do you feel like I do?" (Do You Feel Like We Do, Peter Frampton). The Water Titan, after getting no responses, then would get angry and "take a Louisville slugger to both headlights" as well as, "slash holes in all four tires" of oncoming horse drawn carriages (Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood).

Greek Hero Characteristics - Odysseus

Greek Hero Characteristics - Here
Notes Sheet to Follow Greek Hero Characteristics - Here

Introduction to the Odyssey - PowerPoint Here

Homework: Complete a Storyboard for books 1-3 (Page 1-29). 8 boxes - Pick the 8 most important events, in each box draw the event and add one sentence explaining what is happening.

Access the Odyssey from home by following these instructions: ODYSSEY ONLINE GRAPHIC NOVEL

1/13 and 1/17 Classwork and Odyssey

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If you do not finish, this is homework due 1/18 and 1/19 along with preparing your 3 questions for our class visitor. 

Blog Post with Access to Odyssey Online Version: Odyssey Graphic Novel

Homework: Prepare three questions to ask  our in-class visitor, an Loudoun County Sheriff's Deputy. You can ask about his job, his interests, or anything regarding to heroes/villains.

The Odyssey Intro and Graphic Novel

Link to the Odyssey Graphic Novel

Login: lcpsh
Password: high

Click 'TeenSearch' at the top left.
Search 'Odyssey'
Choose the 'Graphic Novel Version'

OR 

Click the 'Graphic Novel' tab if you are on a computer.
Click the 3 lines on the top left if you are on your phone, then click 'Graphic Novels'

Click 'Teen'

Scroll down to click on the Odyssey Graphic Novel
(Fourth row, third book, if you are on your phone)

Introduction to the Odyssey PPT

Link to Odyssey Map

Intro To The Odyssey

Crash Course with John Green - (YouTube) Watch Me

Books 9-12 (What We Are Reading)

Known as "The Wanderings of Odysseus," this section is the most famous of the epic. At the end of the Trojan War, Odysseus and his men sail first to the land of the Cicones. The Greeks succeed in raiding the central city but linger too long and are routed by a reserve force. Hoping to sail directly home, the flotilla instead encounters a severe storm, brought on by Athena, that blows them far off course to the land of the Lotus-eaters. These are not hostile people, but eating the lotus plant removes memory and ambition; Odysseus is barely able to pull his men away and resume the journey.

Curiosity compels Odysseus to explore the land of the Cyclops, a race of uncivilized, cannibalistic, one-eyed giants. One of them, Polyphemus (also known simply as "Cyclops"), traps Odysseus' scouting party in his cave. To escape, Odysseus blinds the one-eyed monster, incurring the wrath of the giant's father, Poseidon.

Aeolus, the wind god, is initially a friendly host. He captures all adverse winds and bags them for Odysseus, who is thus able to sail within sight of Ithaca. Unfortunately, his men suspect that the bag holds treasure and open it while Odysseus sleeps. The troublesome winds blow the party back to Aeolus, who wants no more to do with them, speculating that they must be cursed by the gods.

The next hosts, the cannibalistic Laestrygonians, sink all the ships but Odysseus' in a surprise attack. The remaining Greeks reach Aeaea, home of the beautiful enchantress Circe, who turns several of them into pigs. With advice from Hermes, Odysseus cleverly defeats Circe and becomes her lover. She lifts the spell from his men and aids in the group's eventual departure a year later, advising Odysseus that he must sail to the Land of the Dead. There, he receives various Greek heroes, a visit from his own mother, and an important prophecy from the seer Tiresias. Odysseus resumes his journey.

Barely surviving the temptations of the Sirens' songs and an attack by a six-headed monster named Scylla, Odysseus and his crew arrive at the island of the Sungod Helios. Despite severe warnings not to, the men feast on the cattle of the Sungod during Odysseus' brief absence. Zeus is outraged and destroys the ship as the Greeks depart, killing all but Odysseus, who is washed ashore at Calypso's island, where he stays until released seven years later.

Additional Information about other parts of the Odyssey - Quick Overview