Lesson Plan: Greek Religion
Curriculum Link: RE
The gods and myths are one aspect of Greek
religion, but children can also study other aspects such as worship, sacrifice,
festivals, temples, and prophecy. You can discuss with them:
- why they created the gods they did
- how each god related to some important aspect
of life and explained phenomena such as sunlight, growth of crops, violence,
love, and storms
- why they felt the need to pray and sacrifice
to the gods (to thank them for gifts and also to ask for them)
- how the Greek religion was different from and
similar to modern religions, such as Christianity - see my
webpage on this topic