Ancient Egypt

By:  Tiffany Terrill

Introduction

Standards

Objectives

Activities

Assessment

Results

Resources

Introduction
The development of agriculture in Ancient Civilizations led to economic surplus and the materialization of cities.  In this lesson we will trace the development of the agricultural techniques that led to these occurrences in the city of Egypt.

Subject:  World History and Geography
Topic:  Agricultural Techniques in Ancient Egypt
Grade Level:  6th
Student Lesson:  Ancient Egypt

6.1. Students analyze the geographic, political, 
       economic,  religious, and social structures of the early 
       civilization of Mesopotamia,  Egypt, and Kush.
           6.2.  Trace the development of agricultural                  
                    techniques that permitted the production of       
                    economic surplus and the emergence 
                    of cities as centers of culture and power.
           

Instructional Objectives

1. Given appropriate materials, students will construct a model of an irrigation system.
2. After collecting information from the internet about Egypt students will be able to order the levels of the ancient Egyptian social structure by comparing it with the levels of a pyramid. 
3. After reading chapter seven,  students will be able to pass a multiple choice quiz with an 80 percent accuracy demonstrating their knowledge of the emergence of the city Egypt.
4. In a five paragraph essay, using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation, students will be able to  write, edit and revise their findings on how the  agricultural techniques of the Egyptian civilization led to economic surplus and the emergence of cities as centers of culture and power. 

We will read together chapter 7 "Ancient Egypt" Houghton Mifflin Social Studies - 6th grade.

Students will do Draw Like an Egyptian.

We will discuss the key terms:  access, cataract, city-state, code, delta, dynasty, empire, plateau, plain, and tribute. 

Teacher will give students a "gift" from nature, such as berries, fruit, or flowers and ask how they intend to use the gift.  Teacher will point out that people usually give gifts to please someone or to achieve some other positive effect.  In the same way, the ancient Egyptians used the gifts of the Nile River to achieve a positive effect, a long-lasting civilization.  Teacher will ask students what they think some gifts of the Nile might be.

Enabling Activity(ies)
Students will write a weather report for a day in one of ancient Egypt's three seasons.  They will prepare graphs, charts, or maps to accompany their report.  They will note how the weather that day will affect farmers, pyramid builders, and other workers.  Each group will choose a "weathercaster" to present the report to the class.

Students will create a large model of the Egyptian irrigation system on poster board.

Students will do the Egyptian wordsearch.

Teacher will draw a large pyramid on the board and point out that Egyptian society was organized like a pyramid.  Students will then copy this onto their own paper and fill in the proper places on the pyramid for the various members of Egyptian society.

Culminating Activity
Students will research Egypt and Mesopotamia on the Internet finding sources for the culminating activities.  Sites available for the research on Egypt can be reached here, here, here, and here.  Sites available for the research on Mesopotamia can be reached here, here, and here.

Students will make a chart comparing and contrasting the geography of Egypt and Mesopotamia.  They will show similarities and differences in flooding, irrigation, soil, and agriculture.

Students will be given the appropriate materials and will construct the Egyptian irrigation system.

Students will write, edit, and revise a five paragraph essay showing  their findings on the  agricultural techniques of the Egyptian civilization using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Students will complete a chart listing the conditions that led to a civilization and showing what the characteristics of a civilization are. 

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Assessment
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Results
After implementing your lesson (sometime between January & March), insert a chart of your pre-test, post-test, and culminating assessment data.
 

Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
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Enabling Activity
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Culminating Activity
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Pine School
Holtville, CA
Tiffany Terrill   (tiffanyt70@hotmail.com)
Last Revised: 06/28/2000