9th Grade- Social Science-World History-Greece Unit | Dana Romano

Hellenistic Cultural Diffusion E-Response Content Standard

• Students will identify the significance of cultural diffusion during the Hellenistic Age.

Process Standard:

• Apply technology to assist in research and review • Construct claims (of fact/value/cause and effect/problem or solution) on

historical events and topics

Tasks: • In pairs or small groups, students will view images and videos and read articles to

gather evidence that Alexander’s conquests resulted in cultural diffusion. • As they use the following assets, students should document examples of cultural

diffusion in a Google Doc that each group can post observations to • These examples may include strategies used by Alexander to spread Greek

culture in addition to examples of Greek culture penetrating other regions. Hellenistic Rubric

Category 3 2 1 0 Response includes examples

(observations) from image

and/or video

Response includes 3 or

more explicitly-

stated, relevant observations of

the text

Response includes 2 explicitly-

stated, relevant observations of

the text

Response includes 1 explicitly-

stated, relevant observation of

the text

Response does not include explicitly-

stated, relevant observations of

the text

Response supports the

proposed claim by including

inferences base on

observations of the image

and/or video

Response supports the

assigned claim by including insightful, reasonable inferences

made about the image or video based on three

or more observations

Response supports the

claim by including insightful, reasonable inferences

made about the image or video based on two

or more observations

Response supports the

claim by including insightful, reasonable inferences

made about the image or video based on one

observation; or response

includes only unreasonable or irrelevant inferences

Any observations made do not

appear to support the

claim