Theseus and the Minotaur Greek Mythology Lesson and Activity

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MORE GREEK MYTHOLOGY LESSONS

Prior knowledge of other Greek gods and goddesses is not needed, but I do have several other Greek myths like this one available in the series.

Though all the Greek mythology lessons below can stand alone, I designed this Greek mythology series to be taught together in the following order:

• Lesson 1–Introduction to Mythology
• Lesson 2–In the Beginning
• Lesson 3–The Creation of Man
• Lesson 4–Three Athena Stories
• Lesson 5–Theseus and the Minotaur
• Lesson 6–Icarus and Daedalus
• Lesson 7– Hades and Persephone

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR GREEK MYTHOLOGY LESSON

• Recommended for: Grades 4-7
• Lesson Duration: about 60 minutes
• Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
• Editable: YES, all text is editable

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THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR GREEK MYTHOLOGY LESSON INCLUDES:

 

• 42-slide PPT, PDF, + Google™ Slides presentation
• 10 questions are embedded in the presentation to help keep students focused on the most important information
• Crossword puzzle with separate word bank and answer key (3 pages PDF); works as quiz or review
• all slides contain colorful clipart or a real photo of Greek art (no nudity)

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

• The presentation is divided into four main sections.
• Three are “bull stories” that all relate to the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.
• The fourth section describes three modern astronomy names we get from this story.

ABOUT THIS THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR LESSON

ZEUS AND EUROPA (BULL STORY #1)

• Zeus and Europa are the Minotaur’s grandparents.
• Zeus turned himself into a bull and kidnapped Europa.
• He made her the Queen of Crete.
• She and Zeus had a son named Minos, who grew up to become king.https://www.dropbox.com/s/636ie9jw1a5e6rg/Lesson%205–Theseus%20and%20the%20Minotaur.zip?dl=1

THE CRETAN BULL (BULL STORY #2)

• Don’t worry! The original Greek story is quite racy, but this version is PG. I leave out the “hollow cow” part of the story.
• This tells the story of how Queen Pasiphae (King Minos’ wife) came to fall in love with a bull.
• She later gives birth to Asterion, a.k.a. the Minotaur.
• Daedalus builds the Labyrinth as a prison for the Minotaur.

THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR (BULL STORY #3)

• This is the longest part of the story.
• Describes the death of Minos’ favored son, Androgeus, in Athens.
• To avenge his son’s death, Minos required Athens to send 14 young people as sacrifices to the Minotaur every year.
• Theseus, son of King Aegeus, volunteers as a sacrifice. He plans to slay the Minotaur and save everyone.
• King Aegeus asks Theseus to change the ship sails to white if he lives.
• Ariadne falls for Theseus and helps him.
• Theseus slays the Minotaur and uses string to find way out of Labyrinth.
• Theseus and Ariadne marry.
• Theseus abandons Ariadne.
• Ariadne eventually marries Dionysus.
• Theseus returns to Athens but forgets to change the sails to white.
• King Aegeus falls to his death in what is now the Aegean Sea.

ASTRONOMY TERMS FROM THIS STORY

• Europa (Jupiter’s moon)
• Taurus (constellation)
• Corona Borealis (constellation)

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