Lesson Plans for The Odyssey: Day One

Teaching The Odyssey brings much joy to my heart. In addition to being a great story, it also signals the end of another school year. I’ve been teaching Homer’s epic for more than a decade. That’s anywhere from 3-6 periods per day. After doing a little math, I calculated that I’ve read/taught The Odyssey around […]

How to Reduce Classroom Stress for the Next 7 Weeks with The Odyssey Teaching Unit

During my 18 years of teaching, I’ve gathered quite a navy of lesson plans and activities for The Odyssey. Some rival the intelligence of Polyphemus, so I threw them into Charybdis. Some would make even Athena proud, so I’ve cataloged them here. Check out my Pinterest page for Teaching The Odyssey while you’re at it. […]

Lesson Plans for The Odyssey: Alternative Book Report for Becoming the World’s Greatest Epic Hero or Heroine

I had just finished teaching The Odyssey. I nailed it with my Odyssey teaching unit, which covered just about every common core objective your local politician and lawyer and school administrator and college professor and whatever outsider who thinks he could retire from his corporate gig and become heaven’s gift to the public education system […]