Metamorphoses Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read Books I-III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Common Core Objectives

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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Book I

In Book I, the poet begins by invoking the gods, and calling upon them to help tell the history of the world from its beginnings. The poet then launches into a description of the formation of the cosmos from primordial chaos, and the first four ages of the world (Gold, Silver,...