Materials for the lesson

1^st Phase: The teacher has prepared the board with an image (taken from the internet or drawn) and the names of the 12 Gods. With some written information.

4^th Phase: The story of the Gods prepared as an essay- paper from each student.

Layout of the classroom

1^st & 2^nd Phase: Normal classroom settings.

3^rd Phase: Free space for the students to move.

Phase 4-5. Normal classroom settings.

1^st Phase

The desks and chairs are at their normal position. The teacher makes a brief introduction about the 12 Gods and the Scandinavian mythology. There is also a presentation with images of the Gods.)

Odin – Ruler of Asgard

Thor – God of thunder, strongest warrior (Odins son)

Loki  – The evil trickster (Odins son)

Balder – God of light, beauty and love

Vidar – Son of Odin and only beaten by Thor in strength

Vale – Son of Odin

Brage – Wise and the God of poetry

Heimdall – The guard of the rainbow bridge between Asgard and Midgard

Ty/Tyr – God of war, can see who wins wars.

Forseti – God of justice

Frigg – Odins wife and God of love and fate

2^nd Phase

The teacher recites a story out loud. The students will fill the name of the gods at the end of the day.

“One day the giants came down from the mountains and attacked the humans. The humans prayed to Odin for help. Odin asked his wife Frigg if there is a chance they can help them.

– Their fate is not sealed! She told him. Send our two strongest warriors, Thor and Vidar, he said. The two warriors needed to travel to Midgard so they went down to Heimdall  and asked if they could use the rainbow bridge. Down at the Earth they fought back the giants to the mountains and saved the humans.

– Was it our evil brother, Loki who planned this? The two brothers asked each other. Back in Asgard they met Ty/Tyr,  who said that he already knew they would win the war towards the giants.

The two brothers went for dinner at their mother, Frigg  and father, Odin. In a cloud above Loki was looking down planning his next evil plan.

3^rd Phase

The teacher divides the class into two groups. Each student has a partner. One person becomes A and the other one becomes B. The student who is A is a clay and the student who is B is an artist. Each artist imagines a God from the previous story and makes a sculpture from the clay.

Each student makes the sculpture and then all sculptures freeze. The artists explain their artwork to the other artists.

The roles swops. And the activity repeats. The teacher asks some questions to the students in order to distinguish the artworks.

Tips to the teacher:

The teacher can relate these Gods to today’s heros. And the teacher asks the students some questions:

– How would they help the human race. For example if there is a flood in the human’s land. How would you save them?

– How would they help for decreasing pollution, which is destroying earth?

4^th Phase

At the end the exercise the Teacher lets everyone share what they would do for the earth if they where Gods and Heroes?

5^th Phase

The Teacher hides the information under the Gods names and images of the Gods.

Then she hands out a paper with a story with blanks.

The students have to fill in the blanks according to which God they think it resembles.

“One day the giants came down from the mountains and attacked the humans. The humans prayed to___________*Odin for help. ___________*Odin asked his wife___________*Frigg if there was any chance to help them. – Their fate is not sealed! she told him. Send them our two strongest warriors ___________*Thor and ___________*Vidar, he said. The two warriors had to travel to Midgard so they went down to ___________*Heimdall and asked if they could use the rainbow bridge. Down at the Earth they fought back the giants to the mountains and saved the humans.

– Was it our evil brother ___________*Loki who planned this? the two brothers asked each other. Back in Asgard they met ___________*Ty/Tyr who said that he already knew they would win the war against the giants.

The two brothers went for dinner at their mother ___________*Frigg and father ___________*Odin. In a cloud above ___________*Loki was looking down planning his next evil plan..”