Today’s Learning: Was Alexander of Macedonia great?
Warm Up: Please close read – underline, highlight, annotate – Alexander’s letter to King Darius. Then write one word to describe the tone (general attitude or mood) of his letter at the bottom of the letter.
IF you missed ANY on your Standards 3.1/3.2 Quiz, please put your corrected quiz on the front table. If it’s not done, please plan on attending the Homework Zone after school today to complete it.
Class Work: Close read Alexander’s letter to Darius a second time and respond to the questions on p. 2 of the letter. Restate the question in your response.
- Sourcing: What is the purpose of Alexander’s letter?
- Contextualization: What events led to Alexander’s negative opinion of the Persians?
- Close Reading: What claims does Alexander make about himself and his empire? What evidence from the text supports these claims?
View Age of Alexander: Engineering an Empire with Stump the Champ questions, notebook p. 32.
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