Resources

• From the MythWeb: index and summaries
• The New York Times Learning Network: The Odyssey
• The 24 books, translated by Samuel Butler on the Internet Classics Archive
• The Odyssey WebQuest is meant to be a basic high school study of The Odyssey
• Teaching Homer's Odyssey --links to other sources
• Teachers' Guide for the graphic novel by Gareth Hinds
• Teachers' Guide for the Fitzgerald translaterion
• From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, "A View of the Odyssey," by Anna K. Baker (includes sample lesson plans and  bibliographies)
• Mrs. Spriggs' English Page, Odyssey Online Teaching Resources
• From shmoop, Teaching the Odyssey
• From Yahoo!Voices, popular songs to use while teaching the Odyssey

Schedule of Events

Teachers' Workshop July 8-10 WRWP

January 27 & 28, 2014. Cultural Affairs presents: Penelope - Shara Wordan, Allred Theater

Weber Reads 2014

12:30 Hetzel-Hoelin Room, Stewart Library, WSU

Jan 14   Pre-Greek sources for culture and mythology/Linda Eaton (Anthropology)

Jan 28   Witches, Nymphs, Lotus-Eaters and the Long Way Home/Kathy Payne (Library/History)

Feb 11  The Greeks and the Stars/Stacy Palen and Brad Carroll (Physics)

Feb 25  Odysseus, the Warrior and PTSD/Jim Svendsen, (University of Utah Classics, retired)

Mar18   Popcorn discussion: "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou." (full length movie will require more time than one hour) 

April 1   Panel discussion: Books based on the Odyssey