Greek Mythology Research Activities - 33 Characters and Mythical Creatures

Your class will love these Greek mythology activities! Each student researches a character or mythical creature, completes a template, and colors it to create an awesome classroom display! The set includes 33 templates in two options: printable fill-in-the-blank and lined writing pages. Additionally, you will receive two digital options: Easel Activities and Google Slides.

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Each format includes 33 characters and mythical creatures from Greek mythology and the Roman variation (listed here in parentheses), if applicable.

• Achilles
• Andromeda
• Aphrodite (Venus)
• Apollo
• Arachne
• Ares (Mars)
• Artemis (Diana)
• Athena (Minerva)
• Atlas
• Demeter (Ceres)
• Dionysus (Bacchus)
• Eros (Cupid)
• Hades (Pluto)
• Hephaestus (Vulcan)
• Hera (Juno)
• Heracles (Hercules)
• Hermes (Mercury)
• Hestia (Vesta)
• Jason
• Medusa
• Midas
• Minotaur
• Odysseus
• Pan (Faunus)
• Pandora
• Persephone (Proserpine)
• Perseus
• Poseidon (Neptune)
• Prometheus
• Psyche
• Theseus
• Typhon
• Zeus

Format 1: Printable Fill-in-the-Blank Coloring Pages

A black-and-white image of the Greek myth character or mythical creature appears on the left-hand side of the page (which is oh so much fun to color!) On the right, kids list a variety of information:

• Mortal or immortal?
• Character type
• Relatives
• Friends and enemies
• Powers and personality traits
• Home
• Myth(s)
• Other information

Format 2: Printable Lined Coloring Pages

In this format, a black-and-white drawing of the mythological character again appears on the left. The right-hand side, however, provides only lines. These can be used for note-taking, paragraph writing, or an activity of your choice.

Format 3: Digital Easel Activities

The fill-in-the-blank pages appear digitally. Answer boxes allow kids to type directly on the page. Additionally, they can use the highlighter and pen tools to color the picture.

Format 4: Digital Google Slides

These fill-in-the-blank pages appear in full color. Kids can type responses onto the slides.

Select pages to meet your needs (or choose them all!)

• Assign a different sheet to each student in your class.
• Let kids pick their own characters from myths.
• Choose Greek gods and goddesses, demigods, heroes, and/or creatures to work with your current classroom project. For example, if your students are reading The Lightning Thief, use pages featuring Perseus, the Olympians, Medusa, the Minotaur, and Medusa.
• Allow early finishers to research pages of their choice.

Display kids’ work and show off what they’ve learned!

• Hang them up for a beautiful bulletin board.
• Bind them (with the included cover) to make a class book of mythological characters.

Your students will love it – and you will too.

• Kids are totally enthralled with Greek mythology.
• They enjoy learning about characters from myths – and sharing with others.
• Activities address the intent of your standards. For example, kids complete short research projects to fulfill CCSS W.4.7. They can also describe and/or compare characters, which supports RL.4.3 and RL.5.3.
• Suggested answers are included. (What a relief!)

You can use them with kids of all ages.

Originally, these resources were intended for kids in third, fourth, and fifth grades. But teachers from primary to high school have used them with great results. Listen to what they’ve said:

• My gifted second graders loved this! – Melissa A.
• Great resource. Highly engaging. My students really enjoyed this activity! (sixth grade) – Rebekah M.
• This product was AMAZING for my high school special education class. Each student picked out a god/goddess and completed the research—Love this! -Emily R.

Enjoy teaching!

Brenda Kovich