Teacher's Guides

This is a full-length guide with activities and discussion questions for every chapter, designed for classroom teachers who would like to teach a unit on The Lightning Thief and/or Greek Mythology. It incorporates most of Rick’s favorite reading and writing activities from his years as a teacher.

Curriculum by Kathleen Joaquin of SAISD, including vocabulary activities, quizzes and more!

A curriculum rationale, based on NCTE models, for those teachers considering Percy Jackson for classroom use.

A guide for The Sea of Monsters, featuring a new author interview, discussion questions and class activities!

This is designed for students who are doing an author report on Rick Riordan and need information

From the Scholastic Book Club edition of The Lightning Thief.

More great student projects from a variety of schools.

Click here to view the Kane Chronicles Teacher’s Guide and Event Kit.

Click here to view The Hidden Oracle Activity Kit.

Click here to view the Mark of Athena Event Kit.

Click here to view the House of Hades Event Kit.

Click here to view the Greek Gods Event Kit.

Click here to view the Lightning Thief Activity Kit.

Click here to view The Lost Hero Event Kit.

Click here to explore the Egyptian Celebration Kit for the Kane Chronicles.

Click here to download the Greek Heroes Activity Kit.

This is an easy-to-use, five minute script to get your kids into the book by acting it out! Thanks to Mary Milligan, who prepared this for the Texas Library Association’s Bluebonnet Award list.

Originally designed for the launch of Titan’s Curse, this event planner offers ideas and activities for throwing a Percy party in your classroom or library.

Click here to view the Sword of Summer Activity Kit.

This guide was created by Rose Brock, a school librarian and doctoral candidate at Texas Woman’s University, specializing in children’s and young adult literature. Click here to view the Lost Hero Discussion Guide.

This guide is aligned with the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards (CCR) for Literature, Writing, Language, and Speaking and Listening. Click here to view the Sword of Summer Educator’s Guide.

Click here to view the Son of Neptune Literary Guide.

This guide was created by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, a reading specialist and children’s author. Click here to view The Last Olympian Discussion and Teacher’s Guide.

This guide was created by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, a reading specialist and author of the book Sketches from a Spy Tree. Click here to view the Sea of Monsters Discussion Guide.

Click here to view the Mark of Athena Discussion Guide.

This guide was created by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, a reading specialist at Endeavor Elementary and an award-winning children’s author. Click here to view the Battle of the Labyrinth Discussion Guide.

This guide was created by Rose Brock, a school librarian and doctoral candidate at Texas Woman’s University specializing in children’s and young adult literature. Click here to view the Educator Guide for the Kane Chronicles Series.

This guide is aligned with the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards (CCR) for Reading in the areas of Literature, Writing, and Language. Click here to view the Heroes of Olympus Series Guide.