Lesson: Greek Gods and Goddesses
Grade level: Third Grade
Software used: KidPix, Word, Pixie or Image Blender, digital camera, and the Internet

Students use the Internet to do research on the Ancient Greek Olympians. Then they write a myth which includes themselves as a god or goddess and at least one of the Greek Olympians. A digital photo is taken of the student. Using Photoshop, the teacher crops everything except the student's face and saves it as a pict file. Then the student imports those pict files into KidPix and using KidPix stamps or drawing tools, draws an illustration to go with their myth. Students type their myth in ClarisWorks and import the illustration. They use text wrap and the appropriate tools to resize and place their illustrations.

Websites used:

http://www.unbsj.ca/arts/classics/courses/clas1502/gods.html
list of Greek gods and their Roman equivalents

http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html
shows a picture of the Olympians and then you can read about each one, individually