World History Part I
Chapter 5
Classical Greece
Section 5.4
Alexander – Empire Building
SQ3RW – Reading Strategy
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•Write
WHY SQ3R-W ?
• NEVER just start reading….
your brain will go on circuit
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overload
Nonfiction text – packed with facts
WHY SQ3R-W ?
HELPS your BRAIN
Understand what you will read
SQ3R-W – Reading Strategy
•Survey
•Question
•READ
•Retell
•REREAD
•Write
SURVEY
Survey the Chapter Section
SURVEY = FLY OVER THE CHAPTER – Get a VIEW of what you will be reading
Survey
• Main Idea
• Vocabulary – TERMS & NAMES
Survey
• Main Titles RED
• Subtitles Green
• Italic words
• Bold words
Survey
• Maps, charts, graphs
• Pictures
• Boxes and side bar information
Let’s SURVEY
Chapter 5 Section 4
Alexander – Empire Building
Read the Main Idea
Alexander the Great conquered Persia
and Egypt and extended his empire to
the Indus River in northwest India.
p. 128
SURVEY these Terms and Names
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Philip II
Macedonia
Demosthenes
Alexander the Great
Darius III
p. 128
SURVEY
Main Titles and Subtitles
NOTE: Colors
Philip Builds Macedonia’s
Power
Philip’s Army
Conquest of
Greece
SURVEY p. 128
SURVEY and
Read
IMPORTANT
Person in History
p. 128
Alexander Defeats Persia
Invasion of
Persia
Alexander’s
Ambitions
Grow
SURVEY p. 129
Conquering
the Persian
Empire
SURVEY and
Read
IMPORTANT
Person in History
p. 129
Alexander’s Other Conquests
Alexander
in India
Alexander’s
Legacy
SURVEY p. 130-131
SURVEY and
Read
IMPORTANT
Event in History
p. 130
SURVEY and Read MAP
p. 130
SURVEY and READ
IMPORTANT TIMELINE
p. 131
SQ3RW
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•Write
SQ3RW
•Survey
•Question
•READ
•Retell
•REREAD
•Write
Question
Change each title to a Question
IMPORTANT!!!!
Change each title to a question to
help you
• Read for a PURPOSE
• Understand the section
Philip Builds Macedonia’s
Power
Philip’s Army
Conquest of
Greece
SURVEY p. 128
How did Philip Build
Macedonia’s Power?
How did Philip’s
Army conquer
other countries?
What was the
Conquest of
Greece?
SURVEY p. 128
Alexander Defeats Persia
Invasion of
Persia
Alexander’s
Ambitions
Grow
SURVEY p. 129
Conquering
the Persian
Empire
How did Alexander Defeats
Persia?
What
happened
during the
Invasion of
Persia?
How did
Alexander’s
Ambitions
Grow?
SURVEY p. 129
What
happened
during the
Conquering
the Persian
Empire?
Alexander’s Other Conquests
Alexander
in India
Alexander’s
Legacy
SURVEY p. 130-131
What were Alexander’s Other
Conquests?
What happened when
Alexander went into
India?
What is
Alexander’s
Legacy?
SURVEY p. 130-131
Read
to
answer your questions
Retell
Explain or RETELL
what you read
REREAD
If you can’t answer your
question or Retell, then
REREAD the text.
WRITE or Draw
As you read,
Make NOTES
to
answer your questions
Read and Make Notes
Create
2 Column NOTES
2 Column Notes - SAMPLE
Write your
Question
Make Notes
EXAMPLE
Question
Read to ANSWER your QUESTION
 Philip was a smart general and ruthless
How did
politician
Philip Build
Macedonia’s  He transformed peasants into well trained
army
Power?
 He organized troops into phalanxes with
pikes to strike enemy lines
 He CRUSHED his opponents
 His army was unbeatable
OR
Create a VISUALS
How did Philip Build Macedonia’s Power?
Cause - EFFECT
Philip was a smart general and
ruthless politician
 CRUSHED his
opponents
 He transformed peasants into
well trained army
 His army was
unbeatable
 He organized troops into
phalanxes with pikes to strike
enemy lines
Create a VISUAL for your NOTES
Remember…..
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Use this Reading
Strategy for EACH
main section.
Works Cited
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Google pictures
McDougal Littell maps, timelines, pictures
NOTE: The SQ3R-W reading strategy was applied to the McDougal Littell Ancient
World History Textbook to facilitate student comprehension of the textual
material.
Jane A. Haugh, Ph.D. 2011