Today's+Lesson

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Today we will be learning about __Xerxes the Great__ and how be became King of Persia.
This lesson will be addressing the HSC Syllabus points in the box below:

- 2 Background and rise to prominence ||
 * = ====__Option E The Near East: Xerxes – Personality Study__ ====
 *  Family background and status
 * Succession to kingship - The main focus of this lesson

We will be learning this through sources analysis, and by attempting to crack some of the mystery as to why and how Xerxes became king.

** __ Please download these worksheet: __ **



**__Teacher's note: __** Task 1) The Herodotus and Source worksheet incorporates three different source analysis tasks. The first will be completed as a class and aims to aid all students as it will model how to analyse sources and practice such analysis. It will particularly aid the lower ability students as this scaffold will allow them the opportunity to practice critically thinking about sources and inquiry-based learning.

Task 2) As the students move onto the next activity, they will be required to complete a different type of source analysis. This analysis is a visual, not a text. This aids visual learners, lower ability learners and mixed ability learners as visuals are a great tool for learning, according to Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences.

Task 3) Finally, the last activity is aimed for the higher ability students. This activity does not have any scaffolding questions, and is also a task to be completed individually. This will challenge the students to think critically about sources, analysing them on their own. This will further challenge their inquiry based learning, and allow them to practice source analysis in preparation for the HSC.

Please give your worksheets to your teacher via email, or hardcopy - regardless of if you have completed the analysis or not.

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