Search
Meet lovely Pandora—a curious Greek maiden who had everything any youngster could ever want including a special wooden box gifted to her by Zeus, the King of the Gods. This was no ordinary box. It was ornately decorated with beautiful patterns, sparkling colors, and latched with a shimmering golden cord. This tempting treasure came with a strict warning that the box was never to be opened. Pandora followed Zeus’s instruction for a long time until one day when her curiosity could hold out no longer. What happened when Pandora opened the box? What was inside? Why was she told never to open it? What did she learn, and what can we learn? Read this enchanting tale to discover how Pandora’s simple act changed the world forever … or so the legend tells us.
In this issue young readers will:
- read the legend of Pandora’s Box
- learn about Greek mythology
- understand the shapes of constellations and what they represent
- read carefully to choose context vocabulary
- look for similarities and differences in a set of visual objects to find a matching pair
- locate adjectives in the news that describe Pandora
- use your imagination to write about your magical box
- identify examples in the news of good things or events that resulted from curious minds
6 page PDF
