Demeter and Persephone 3A

What event in nature does this myth try to explain?

• The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

• The Water Cycle

• The Changing of the Seasons

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

What happens to Persephone at the beginning of the story?

• She was spirited away by Hades

• She went to Mount Olympus

• She went to the Underworld

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.3

What is Hades the god of?

• Mount Olympus

• The Underworld

• The Ocean

• Death

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

Why does Hades spirit away Persephone away?

• He wanted her away from her mother

• He wanted to take care of her

• He hates Demeter

• He saw how beautiful she was and wanted to make her his queen.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.7

How does Demeter feel when she realizes Persephone is missing?

• She looks older and no longer happy

• She looks Upset and Tired

• She looks Angry and Sad

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.7

Hades returns Persephone to her mother, but only for part of the year. Why?

• Hades did not want to make Zeus angry

• Persephone ate 6 pomegranate seeds so she had to stay in the Underworld for 6 months.

• Hades felt bad for Demeter

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.SL.2.2