OBJECTIVE: Students will identify details about how the Persians came to rule a great empire.
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DUE (End of class):
Complete the Google Doc on Module 3, Lesson 5: The Persian Empire. Answer all Reading Check questions. |
Main Ideas:
1. Persia became an empire under Cyrus the Great. 2. The Persian Empire grew stronger under Darius I. 3. The Persians fought Greece twice in the Persian Wars. |
Key Terms:
Cavalry - a unit of soldiers mounted on horses Cyrus - the Great founder of the Persian Empire Darius I - Persian emperor who organized and expanded the empire Persian Wars - a series of wars between Persia and Greece beginning in 490 BC Xerxes I - Persian emperor who led the second invasion of Greece in 480 BC |
Instructions:
1) Watch the video below:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/ancient-medieval/ancient-persia/v/overview-of-ancient-persia
2) Login to Google Classroom.
3) Open the assignment called Lesson 5: The Persian Empire.
4) Read through the lesson and answer all Reading Check questions before submitting. You can answer the questions directly on the google doc.
1) Watch the video below:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/ancient-medieval/ancient-persia/v/overview-of-ancient-persia
2) Login to Google Classroom.
3) Open the assignment called Lesson 5: The Persian Empire.
4) Read through the lesson and answer all Reading Check questions before submitting. You can answer the questions directly on the google doc.