Use this activity to prepare students for the “Ancient Greek and Roman Talk Show” visit activity that students will complete during the class visit to the Getty Villa.

Materials
Download the following items for your students from the self-guided activity page on the Getty website: http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/trippack/villa_vsi_talkshow.html

•	Pre-Visit Activity: “Greek and Roman Deities at the Villa” (PDF, 3MB, 8pp.)
•	Pre-Visit Activity: “Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses” (PDF, 207KB, 1p.)
•	Student Worksheet (PDF, 629KB, 4pp.)
•	Getty Villa Map (PDF, 529KB, 2pp.)

Step 1
In preparation for your students’ Museum visit, print out and make photocopies of the two “Ancient Greek and Roman Talk Show” handouts and the student worksheet for each student.

Step 2
For the pre-visit activity, lead a class discussion about all of the gods and goddesses included in the handout “Greek and Roman Deities at the Villa.” 

Step 3
Next, review with students the “Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses” handout and have each student choose one god or goddess on the chart.

Step 4
Students should use the information in both of the handouts as well as additional resources to begin researching the attributes, myths, plant and animal associations, and the unique qualities of their selected god or goddess. On separate sheets of paper, have students take notes and compile a bulleted outline of their research prior to their visit to the Getty Villa.

Step 5
Explain to students that there was a movie in 1989 called Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure in which two high school students, Bill and Ted, traveled back in time and transported famous historical figures to the present for a school report. Tell students that they will do something similar after their Museum visit: Once they have researched and found their chosen god or goddess, they will bring him or her back to the present to appear on a mock television talk show.

Step 5
As you discuss the assignment with the students and answer any questions, remind them that, when they visit the Getty Villa, they must remain in their chaperoned groups at all times.