Myth and Religion - Unit 2, Lesson 5: Lesser Adventures of Hercules

KS4 lesson for Unit 2: The Universal Hero, in Component 1: Myth and Religion, of the OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE. The lesson objective is to analyse the lesser adventures of Hercules - focusing on his battle with Achelous, Nessus and finally the hero’s death.

Accessible for all ability groups and the resources are easily differentiated for more and less academically able students.

This lesson includes…

• An introduction to Ovid and the prescribed literary source, Metamorphoses.
• A focused study of the myth of Hercules and Achelous, with a video and visual source to support learning. Please note: This requires the use of the OCR Literary Source Booklet for the prescribed source Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
• Study questions on the myth of Hercules and Achelous as told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
• A focused study of the myth of Hercules and Nessus, with a video and visual source to support learning. Please note: This requires the use of the OCR Literary Source Booklet for the prescribed source Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
• Study questions on the myth of Hercules and Nessus as told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
• Chronological ordering activity for the myth of Hercules and Nessus
• A focused study of the myth of Hercules’ death, with study questions and a focused study of how heroic Hercules is in these lesser adventures. Please note: This requires the use of the OCR Literary Source Booklet for the prescribed source Ovid’s Metamorphoses.