Looking for a teacher's guide that has way more information then you can probably ever use? That is exactly what the one time teacher Rick Riordan has put together for teachers in his guide to The Lightning Thief. The guide is 91 pages divided to correspond with lessons for each chapter. It spans all the elements of the curriculum, art, social studies, geography, social studies, and language arts (of course). Topics include discussing gods; the different types of Greek art: sculptures, painting, and pottery, ADHD, and others topics. And that doesn't even mention the using Rick's idea of having an Olympian festival at the end that can incorporate food of the time, or at least similar, and of course physical activities- the Olympian games of racing and javelin throwing, and discuss toss to name a few. It is impossible to not find a lesson that a teacher could not use at some point while reading The Lightning Thief.
Rick Riordan's Teacher's Guide can be found at the following website along with many other teacher resources compiled by Rick.
http://www.rickriordan.com/index.php/books-for-children/a-teachers-guide-to-percy/
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