Materials for the lesson

Paintings of Trojan war themes.
The teacher can find many historic paintings online and choose what corresponds best with his/her class.
For classes such as History or Religion, the teacher has many choices and take initiatives that will make the class fascinating (images, video projections, short theater performances etc)

See below some sources with Mythology themes, including the Trojan war. (see image on the left column)

http://www.howarddavidjohnson.com/myth&.htm

http://holographicarchetypes.weebly.com/pantheon.html

http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/Names-O.html

The teacher’s bell

Layout of the classroom

The usual Layout
The printed picture (as large as possible) to be hanged on the blackboard.

1^st Phase

What do we notice in the image?
The people.
The environment (battle field, the Trojan castle etc)

How are the people dressed (Helmets, armors etc)
What exactly is going on (battle , the chariot that is dragging Hector etc)
Description of  the Battle in detail : Heroes (Can we name them – Achilles-Hector etc)
Weapons (spears, shields, helmets etc )
Objects (chariot etc)
What animals do we see ?
The weather conditions  (clouds, heavy sky etc)

The dialogue with the children takes place in parallel with the teachers instruction of the lesson and describes the facts by the book and as he knows them .

2^nd Phase

According to the teachers judgment and when the descriptions and conversation with the children seems complete, he can pass on to theatrical forms and techniques, using simple imaginary dialogues upon various themes:
What did the messenger tell Achilles about the death of his friend Patroklus ?
What where Achilles feelings and what did he answer?
What where Hector feelings towards his son Astyanax before going to battle?
What where Priamos feelings and why he adviced to his son Hector, not to go to battle with Achilles?
What where Priamos feelings and what did he tell Achilles when giving him the dead body of Hector?

The feelings of the Heroes in these short scenes are necessary and provide a different way to knowledge, “Creative Learning”, beyond the cognitive way.  The teacher aspires to direct the students towards this.
Aesthetically, there is little importance in the performance and description of the feelings.  All feelings are acceptable. All feelings and every development or form created (words, syntax and possible mistakes are overlooked)

3d Phase

These short-few minutes scenes of the class, can be combined later  to synthesize the lesson as a jointed action that all children participate.