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2nd Quarter Civilizations Mesopotamia (The Tigris & Euphrates)

Egypt (The Nile River Valley)

India (The Indus River) China (The Yellow River)

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2nd Quarter 2017 ISN Table of Contents

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BLANK ☺ New Table of Contents 1 BLANK ☺ 2 Egypt L. Goal 3 Map of Egypt 4 Geography & HEI 5 Social Class Pyramid 6 Division of Labor 7 KING TUT/Game Pitch 8 Religion in Culture & Gov’t 9 Mummification Process 10 Cultural & Scientific 11 Khufu’s Pyramid 12 Pharaoh Contributions 13 Egypt Study Guide 14 Egypt CSA/Test 15

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Learning Goal

Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of Ancient Egypt’s government, geography, religion, cultural and scientific contributions as well as its influences on the development of later civilizations.

Strand 2: Concept 2: PO 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9

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Ancient Egypt

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HEY! Where’s the RIVER? BRAINPOP Topic: Ancient Egypt- kyrenecentennial bpop

Ancient Egypt- Ch. 5 p.143 (ISN p.4)

Label the following bodies of water & rivers, landforms, regions and cities.

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• Mediterranean Sea
• Nile River
• Red Sea
• Gulf of Suez

Bodies of Water & Rivers

• Sinai Peninsula
• Eastern Desert
• Western Desert
• Sahara Desert

Landfor ms

• Nile Delta
• Valley of the Kings
• Valley of the Queens
• Giza
• Thebes
• Abu Simbel

Regions & Cities

Why was the Nile River a gift for the Egyptians?

Essential Question

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Geography & HEI of Egypt ISN p.5

CUES NOTES

Using your Costa’s Levels of Questioning- create a question(s) for these answers

• every year flooding provided fertile farmland in the desert and

deposited silt

• Ibis, white bird, would appear before the Nile would flood then

the farmers could plant seeds

• Nile River: longest river in the world and flows south to north

Using your Costa’s Levels of Questioning- create a question(s) for these answers

• Built irrigation canals & flood dams
• To expand their farmland, created a tool called a shaduf, was

used to spread water across the desert to increase farmland

• Grew flax plants and wove its fibers into fabric called linen used

for clothing

• Domesticated animals for food and service

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• Traded surplus goods along the Nile river
• Fished and hunted wildlife
• Mined copper and iron for tools/weapons
• Used gold and gems for jewelry

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For centuries, THE NILE RIVER FLOODED THE VALLEY, enriching the land with a thick layer of sedimentary soil. Flooding occurred from July to September as the result of the tropical rains. The river attained its highest level in October, then began to recede to its lowest point sometime between April and June.

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Domestication of Animals

• LIVESTOCK was important to the Egyptian economy,

supplying meat, milk, eggs, hides, and dung for cooking fuel.

• Nothing was ever wasted.
• A variety of DOMESTICATED ANIMALS were raised,

including cattle, oxen, sheep, goats, pigs, ducks and geese.

• They did not eat pork (pigs).
• HERDSMEN and SHEPHERDS lived a semi-nomadic life,

pasturing their animals in the marshes of the Nile.

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TRANSPORTATION: The Nile River was the highway that joined the country together. Up until the nineteenth century, travel by land was virtually unknown.

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How did work and social roles affect people in ancient Egypt?

Essential Question

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Division of Labor & Social Class Structure ISN p.7

CUES NOTES

Using your Costa’s Levels of Questioning- create a question(s) for these answers

• People at the top (government and royal family) lived

in palaces and ate fine food.

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• People in the middle (craft workers and scribes) were

well respected and often rich.

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• The Egyptians at the bottom (majority) were poor

and had to work very hard.

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Social Class Pyramid ISN p. 6

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