On this occasion students watcehd a significant presentation sent by Cypriot mates and were helped by teachers in order to dig their knowledge on Greek mithology, particularly on Aphrodite subject. This last is known to be the ancient goddess of beauty, love and generation; according to the ancient myths she was born just in the Cypriot Sea. Guys investigate about the goddess's powers and epithets, how she has been depicted in mosaics and statues, and the role she played during and before the Trojan War. 

discovering how the Goddess has been rendered in marble (above: Venere di Milo) and represented in famous paintings (below: Sandro Botticelli, la Nascita di Venere)

Then students worked a little bit on Greek alphabet and learned basic letters: then tried to compose their own names using them. Teachers collected their works on a canva poster that you can open following this link.

writing names using Greek alphabet letters

Lorenzo

Valentina

Marco

Giorgia

Giada

Arianna

Emma

Davide

Italian students were also invited to create online puzzles starting from Aphrodite images: they chose a piece of art (a statue, a mosaic, a painting) representing the Greek goddess and worked with jigsawplanet: here you can find some of their work.

Aphrodite of Milos  

The birth of Venus by Botticelli

Aphrodite

Aphrodite Sosandra

Enjoy!

And now discover how much students appreciated the daily activities:

24 March.pdf