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History of the Ancient and

Medieval World

Egypt: Gift of the Nile

History of the Ancient and

Medieval World

Egypt: Gift of the Nile

Walsingham Academy

Mrs. McArthur

Room 111

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Assignment 1Assignment 1

Bring text every day this week.• Add details to your Ancient Middle

East map (use slides #3 + 4 and text, pp 47)

• Read text, pp. 44-46 (top)

• Answer Checkpoint questions• Define “blue-type” words

Due Dates:Tues., September 28 Test: Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia & Egypt Monday, October 11: Black Ships… read

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Theme: Role of Geography

Theme: Role of Geography

Activating Prior Knowledge

• Study your maps and add as necessary: Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt and Nubia.

• Identify: the Nile and its cataracts, Aswan Dam.

• Identify the natural resources

• Identify the main areas of major monuments.

• Identify protective natural barriers.

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Egypt- Gift of the Nile Questions to Consider

Egypt- Gift of the Nile Questions to Consider

• Analyze the impact of geography on the course of Egyptian history.

• How is Egyptian cultural/historical development both like and unlike that of Mesopotamia? (Compare and Contrast question)

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Making InferencesMaking Inferences

• Sometimes the idea is not stated directly.

• You have to find clues in a passage,

• put them together with what you already know to form an inference.

• An inference is an informed guess.

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Assignment 2Assignment 2

Bring text every day this week.• Read text, pp. 46-48

• Answer Checkpoint questions• Complete Map Skills questions

Want an interactive version? Follow this link.

• Define “blue-type” words

Due Dates:Tues., September 28 Test: Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia & Egypt Monday, October 11: Black Ships… read

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The Nile: Where Egypt Began

(Practice your Listening Skills)

The Nile: Where Egypt Began

(Practice your Listening Skills)

Egyptians used the shadoof for:A. River transportation

B. Building the pyramids

C. Irrigating their fields

D. Dredging their fields

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Assignments 3/4(Double Period)

Assignments 3/4(Double Period)

Bring text every day this week.• Read text, pp. 49-53 (top)

• Answer Thinking Critically questions

• Complete appropriate portions of Section 4 Note taking Study Guide

• Answer Checkpoint questions

• Define “blue-type” words

• Bring headphones for laptop

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Interesting Egyptian Gods

Interesting Egyptian Gods

Bastet of Bubastis

(Cat Goddess of home, women and children)

Amon-Re “The Greatest”

1. What role did this god play in lives of the pharaohs?

2. Based on this role, how do you think religion was viewed?

Osiris (God of the Dead)

Isis (Goddess of Eternal After-Life)

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Virtual Field Trips Virtual Field Trips

Several American museums –New York and Boston- possess

serious Egyptian collections.

Due Dates:Tues., September 28 Test: Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia & Egypt Monday, October 11: Black Ships… read

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Virtual Field Trips Virtual Field Trips How do we know that Egyptians

thought seriously about the After Life?

Tutankhamen's tomb

All About the After Life

What do these finding suggest about ancient Egyptian culture?

Mummification Interactive

What sorts of crimes does the confession say one has not committed?

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Assignment 5Assignment 5Bring text every day.

• Read text, pp. 53-56

• Complete appropriate portions of Section 4 Note taking Study Guide

• Answer Checkpoint questions

• Define “blue-type” words

Due Dates:Tues., September 28 Test: Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia & Egypt Monday, October 11: Black Ships… read

Test your knowledge!

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What are you viewing?

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Early CivilizationsMesopotamia and Egypt

Test

Early CivilizationsMesopotamia and Egypt

Test

Text-Based Reading, pp. 30-37 and 44-56

Format includes:

• 15 Multiple Choice (15 Points)

• 1 Essay (10 Points)

• 1 Drawing (5 Points)

30 Points Total

Looking Ahead!Looking Ahead!

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Preparing For TestsPreparing For Tests• Organize your lecture notes,

PowerPoint Presentations, readings and Virtual Field trip notes.

• Rehearse out loud every day.

• Participate in note taking and class discussion.

• Ask questions based on personal preparations.

• Anticipate questions by forms indicated.

• Use the text’s study aides: pp. 62

• Observe deadlines.

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Comparing and Contrasting: Civilizations

Comparing and Contrasting: Civilizations

Similarities, differences and proofs(how we know)

• Geography• Cities• Organized Religion• Central Governments• Specialization of Labor• Social Classes• Public works (roads, etc.) +

monuments*• Fine Arts (art, architecture)*• Literacy (writing)

Specifically Consider: What do they tell us?*Epic of Gilgamesh*Pyramids

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When you write a history essay,

When you write a history essay,

Remember to:

• Use a topic sentence that states a position.

• Organize logically the key ideas which you:– Explain and relate to other ideas

(analysis-why important)– Support by facts (what

happened?)

and for which you– Provide evidence (How do we

prove it?)