Greek Culture 1(of 3) Intro to Alexander the Great

This lesson enables students to develop definitions of culture and cultural diffusion through reading passages, reflective questions, and whole-group instruction. This lesson purposefully scaffolds instruction to allow students to define culture, then cultural diffusion. Following this lesson, students will apply their understanding of cultural diffusion to the life of Alexander. The homework assignment accompanying this lesson provides a timeline and key events in the life of Philip II of Macedon. This assignment will set up the following lesson on Alexander.