1. Agenda – 9/19 Talk about Herodotus’ histories
Talk about how great y’all are
Hand out new, updated reading calendar
Oct 5 reading – Chapter 4
Talk about extra credit
Rise of Alexander the Great – and intro to DBQs
Homework:
Read! And notes! Quiz TUESDAY over Persia/Macedon

2. ALEXANDER THE GREAT

3. ALEXANDER THE GREAT

4. PELOPONNESIAN WAR, 431-404 BCE
Tensions rose after the Persian Wars
ATHENS VS. SPARTA
Plagues and Spartan prowess weakened Athens
Plagues and natural disasters weaken the Athenians and their allies
Athens surrendered in BCE

5. MACEDON/MACEDONIA Macedonians viewed themselves as Greek
But, how do the Greeks view all foreigners?

6. PHILIP II OF MACEDON 23 years old, became King of Macedon
Improved phalanx
Small army, but incredible cavalry
338 BCE, began his march to conquer Greece
Son Alexander helped him
Killed; Alex became king at 20

7. BACKGROUND Tutored by Aristotle BUCEPHALUS.
“Alexander my son, Macedon is too small- You need to find another kingdom worthy of you!”
Purchased for 13 talents. (A talent is a year’s wage.) Wasn’t tamed. Alexander knew that horses often feared shadows so he led him by the reins in all directions, touching him gently, whispering comforting sounds, letting the horse see the movement of sun and shadow, learning there was nothing to fear in this strange field, surrounded by unknown strangers

8. HELLENISTIC ERA
Alexander considered himself Greek because Macedonian culture was Greek culture. In order to differentiate between Classical Greece (which was no longer technically around after Phillip II) and Alex’s reign, historians call Alexander the Great’s reign the Hellenistic Era
Hellenization/hellenism = spreading of Greek ideals, thought, and culture throughout Asia

9. ALEXANDER’S CONQUESTS
334 BCE – Hellespont
Persians warned King Darius III of Alexander… he didn’t listen
334 BCE – Granicus
Alex’s 35,000 men beat Darius III’s 40,000
Alex begins his pursuit of Darius III
333 BCE – Issus
Macedonians outnumbered 2 to 1
332 BCE – Conquers Egypt, crowned Pharaoh
Starts naming cities Alexandria
331 BCE – Gaugamela
Darius III killed by two generals
327 BCE – marches to Indus River, gets tired, turns around
326 BCE – Bucephalus dies 
323 BCE – Alexander dies at Babylon, age 32
Named more than 70 cities after himself. How’d he die? Murder/malaria/an illness – we don’t know.

10. ALEXANDER’S 10 YEAR CONQUEST

11. The dbq
How to write it well!

12. Document based question
You will receive a prompt and documents that will help you answer this prompt
This means that you technically don’t need to know anything about the subject, because the documents will help you answer it
However, it helps if you have background information handy 
I repeat: ALL of the information you need to answer the question is found in the documents
It is your job to organize, interpret, and analyze these documents

13. The DBQ Using the documents, you should be able to make an argument
Does he deserve the title “the Great” or not?
Or – to what extent does he deserve the title? Major, moderate, minor – or somewhere in between.
Your essay will answer that question, and will use the documents to help you!
On the Greece webquest:*If you didn't do the SAQs (identify and explain one characteristic from Greek culture that you see in the US today; identify and explain one more) you can do that and get up to three points back per SAQ.

14. H.I.P.P.!!!!!!!!
Historical context: what else is going on in the world that’s going to affect the document? Intended Audience: for whom was the document ORIGINALLY intended? How will that affect what is being said? Purpose: Why was the document created? Point of View: what’s the bias present in the document?