14A -- 323 BC Alexander the Great dies (student of Aristotle)

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE TEN MEMORY DATES. 

1. Lesson pages from Supplemental Materials:

·         From Adam to Us: p. 224- 242 (additional activities for these pages are in the accompanying Map Book and Student Workbook)

·         Story of the World, vol. 1: p.176-187 (additional activities for these pages are in the accompanying The Story of the World: Activity Book One)

2.  Study material for family discussion (older students can read on their own, parents can read and summarize for younger students):

·          Omni

·         Read Daniel’s prophecies in Daniel 8 and Daniel 11. Alexander is mentioned in these, and it is prophesied that his kingdom will be split into four territories after his death. This happened, with each of the four pieces of his empire being ruled by his four generals:

• “Lysimachus - who took Thrace and much of Asia Minor.
• Cassander - controlled Macedonia and Greece.
• Ptolemy I - ruled Egypt, Palestine, Cilicia, Petra and Cyprus. He founded the Ptolemaic Dynasty which lasted until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BCE.  
• Seleucus I Nicator - ruled the remainder of Asia and founded the Seleucid Empire which was comprised of Mesopotamia, the Levant, Persia, and part of India.” (from https://www.ancient.eu/article/94/the-hellenistic-world-the-world-of-alexander-the-g/, good info about Alexander and his father Philip II)

• A breakdown of the historical figures described in Daniel’s prophecy in chapter 8  can be found here: https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/daniel-8/ and for chapter 11 can be found here: https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/daniel-11/. Overall these are more for adults, but the sections on Alexander the Great might be interesting to your students. And the ends of these prophecies deal with our times and are therefore an important study.

3. Attention Getter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0czxSi53jI (Bill and Ted meet Socrates)

4. Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VicE4FM3aRA (prelude to Peloponnesian War)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_IP6Qrshh4 (the Peloponnesian War begins. If you want details of the war, you can watch the rest of the episodes on the war by See U in History)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFlOl_cD2ww (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjbfS8RDoYo (summary of Peloponnesian War)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x0QKG1XzYs (Alexander and the horse Bucephallus)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW0uBdJy2vY (Alexander and Aristotle)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wf4I4QwjkQ&pp=QAA%3D (10 facts about Alexander the Great)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTYnonC4q4 (Coriantumer and Shiz, we don’t know for sure when the end of the Jaredites occurred, but it was probably somewhere in this time period)

5. Mapping: Map 13 in From Adam to Us Map Book. There are also maps in the Activity Book to go with the chapters covered in The Story of the World.

6. World History Reading:

·         Alexander the Great by Jane Bingham, Usborne Famous Lives series

·         Who Was Alexander the Great? By Kathryn Waterfield and Robin Waterfield

·         Alexander the Great: Master of the Ancient World by Doug Wilhelm, A Wicked History series

 

Memory DatesWorksheet:  If you need help, use the answers on Page One to complete one of the four worksheets