1. Greek Pantheon Social Studies

2. Aim & Do Now  Aim: Who were the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Greece?  Do Now: Copy chart into binders.

3. Children of Cronus and Rea Cronus (Time) Rea (Mother Earth) Zeus Hera Hestia Poseidon Pluto Demeter

4. Children of Zeus and Hera Zeus & Hera ArtemisApolloAthenaHermesDionysusHercules

5. Questions: Who were the Olympian gods? How many were there? What was their roles? Match gods that may seem similar. Identify patterns of the gods and infer what might have been important to the ancient Greeks? Investigate who the offspring of Hera and Zeus were. Cite Evidence from the document. Apply concepts from the Gods you’ve read about and infer why they were given human characteristics.

6. NotesZeus  King of the Olympians and all gods.  Symbols include a lightening bolt, an eagle, and an oak tree.

7. NotesHera  Queen of the Olympians and Gods  Sister of Zeus  Symbols are the peacock and the pomegranate

8. NotesPoseidon  God of the seas  Earthquakes were also attributed to him  Carries a trident  Brother of Zeus and Hera

9. Artemis  Artemis was the goddess of the moon  She was associated with nature.  She could cause plagues

10. NotesPluto  God of the underworld  Also known as “Hades”  Brother of Zeus and Hera  Has a 3 headed dog named “Cerberus”

11. NotesDemeter  Goddess of plants and nature  Sister of Zeus and Hera  Winter is attributed to her.

12. NotesHephaestus  God of the forge  Crafted many of the tools the gods used

13. NotesAres  God of war  Short tempered  In love with Aphrodite

14. NotesAthena  Goddess of wisdom  Born out of the skull of Zeus  Patroness of Athens

15. NotesAphrodite  Goddess of love  Aphrodite was born out of water  Married to Hephaestus but in love with Ares

16. NotesApollo  God of the Sun  Oracle at Delphi was dedicated to him

17. NotesHermes  Messenger of the gods  Depicted with winged shoes

18. NotesDionysus  God of wine and festivities  Wandered the world teaching people how to make wine