Activity Overview
Norse mythology is filled with amazing stories that all intertwine. It can be helpful for students to identify individual gods and goddesses and their myths! In this activity, will create a poster that highlights a single Norse god or goddess. Students should identify powers, important symbols, and related or most important myths. Students should summarize one of the related myths in the poster, or write a paragraph describing the god or goddess by incorporating the details noted above.
For additional templates to add to this assignment, see our biography poster templates page!
Students can use our Picture Encyclopedia pages to do preliminary research on Norse gods and goddesses! These pages can be printed out as supplementary information, or to give students an overview.
Template and Class Instructions
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Due Date:
Objective: Create a poster highlighting the important aspects of a Norse god or goddess of your choice.
Student Instructions
- Click “Start Assignment”.
- Research myths, symbols, & traits of your Norse god or goddess.
- Find a character to represent your god or goddess.
- Create a poster that includes symbols, powers, and myths.
- Summarize one myth associated with your god.
- Click “Save and Exit” to submit your assignment.
Lesson Plan Reference
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/9-10/3] Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Needs Improvement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norse God/Goddess Description | The description includes at least five sentences about the god/goddess. Power and domain, symbols, and notable myths are all included. | The description includes less than five sentences. One or more of the power and domain, symbols, and notable myths sections are incomplete or missing. | The description is incomplete, and two or more of the power and domain, symbols, and notable myths sections are incomplete or missing. |
| Artistic Depictions | The art chosen to depict the scenes are accurate to the work of literature. Time and care is taken to ensure that the scenes are neat, eye-catching, and creative. | The art chosen to depict the scenes should be accurate, but there may be some liberties taken that distract from the assignment. Scene constructions are neat, and meet basic expectations. | The art chosen to depict the scenes is too limited or incomplete. |
| English Conventions | Ideas are organized. There are few or no grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Ideas are mostly organized. There are some grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Storyboard text is difficult to understand. |
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