Hippolytus Lesson Plan

From the beginning of the play until the chorus’ entrance (lines 1 – 121).

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

From the beginning of the play until the chorus’ entrance (lines 1 – 121).

Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, sex, and marriage, addresses the audience in a prologue. She tells them she treats...