Mapping Ancient Egypt

Mapping Ancient Egypt Activity  Today you will demonstrate what you have learned about the land, important places, and geographic features in and around Ancient Egypt, by labeling a blank map of the region. In your Social Studies Google Classroom you can find the assignment Map of Ancient Egypt. Directions for how to complete the activity are included with the map. 

You may utilize various resources to help you complete the activity. The map below, featured in our Social Studies textbooks, I find particularly helpful. The British Museum's Egypt site also features various maps of Egypt here. Also, some really nice maps of Ancient Egypt can be found here.  

This mapping activity builds upon things that we have studied in class and serves as one way to demonstrate what you have learned about the geography of Ancient Egypt. Therefore, it will count towards your Social Studies assessment grade. Your Map of Ancient Egypt will be due on Friday, November 18. 

Ancient Egypt: The Nile River Valley (Day 2)

 Today's Focus Question  How did the Nile River affect where people settled in Ancient Egypt?

Warm Up: Adventure on the Nile River  Today you will begin your day at the British Museum's Egypt website here. Your task is to accompany an ancient Egyptian boy from a farming family as he navigates the Nile River. You will help the boy make important decisions about how and where he travels. His survival may ultimately be in your hands. Pay attention to the details of ancient Egypt's geography along the way. 

Guided Reading: The Nile River Valley  Now we will read from the textbook section "The Nile River Valley". The reading selection can be found digital form in your Social Studies Google Classroom, on pages 96-99 of your Social Studies textbooks, and at the link here. 

As you read, you will record key information from the section using the document The Nile River Valley - Notetaking Study Guide, which can also be found in your Social Studies Google Classroom.

Map of Ancient Egypt, featuring Lower and Upper Egypt

The kings of Upper Egypt work white crown, while the kings of Lower Egypt wore red.

Lower and Upper Egypt were often at war with each other.

According to legend, King Menes was the two kingdoms into one, in about 3100 B.C. The ruler of the combined kingdom wore a double crown of red and white, and was known as the "Lord of the Two Lands." 

Homework  Complete The Nile River - Notetaking Study Guide, which will be due this Friday, November 18.  

Ancient Egypt: The Nile River Valley

 Unit Focus Question  How did the Ancient Egyptians create a brilliant and long-lasting civilization in a desert land?

 Today's Focus Question  How did the Nile River affect where people settled in Ancient Egypt?

Video: "Nile"  To begin today, we will watch a short video about life in Ancient Egypt, with a special focus on the importance of the Nile River. 

The Nile River: Vocabulary Study  Next, we will study the key vocabulary related to the geography of Ancient Egypt, using the document The Nile River Valley - Cognitive Content Dictionary, which can be found in your Social Studies Google Classroom. We will be using an excerpt from our Social Studies textbook, which accompanies the Cognitive Content Dictionary (and which you can also find here), to help us understand the lesson's key words and concepts.

Map of Ancient Egypt

Egypt's Black Land and Red Land

Map of Lower Egypt and the Nile Delta

Nile River Cataract

Satellite Image of Egypt 

Homework  Complete The Nile River Valley - Cognitive Content Dictionary, which is due Friday, November 18.

CNN Student News and Researching and Summarizing a Current Event

Women will be allowed to participate in the Mavericks surf competition this year.
Might this me your chosen current event of the week? 

CNN Student News  Let's begin today with a new edition of CNN Student News. You may want to include a story from today's segment or from last week's "The Week In Rap" as the current event you research and summarize and ultimately include on your Social Studies Events Map. 

Researching and Summarizing a Current Event  This past week Flocabulary's "The Week In Rap" and today's edition of CNN Student News featured stories about the end of the app Vine, how listening to music may help improve HIIT (High-Intensity interval training) workouts, Maverick's surfing competition which will include women for the first time in 17 years, the Chicago Cubs winning their first World Series in 108 years, a study that show Lyft and Uber have discriminated against black passengers, the FBI concluding no new action against Hillary Clinton for her emails, how Daylight Saving Time can cause seasonal depression, and the New York City marathon. 

Your objective is to select the story the most interests you, click the link for additional information, take notes, and then write a current event summary. Locate the document Current Event Notes and Summary in your Social Studies Google Classroom. This assignment will be due Thursday, November 10.

Homework  Continue working on your Current Event Notes and Summary, which will be due Thursday, November 10. 

Ancient Egypt Webquest and Current Events

Which current event news story will you research? Perhaps, the Chicago Cubs
winning the World Series for the first time in 108 years? 

Ancient Egypt Webquest  Today we will continue working on the Ancient Egypt Webquest, which can be found here. Remember you are acting as an online Egyptologist, being sent all over the Internet, to gather information about this important and supremely interesting civilization. You will continue to record your findings using the document Ancient Egypt Webquest, which is located in your Social Studies Google Classroom. This assignment is due next Thursday, November 10. 

Flocabulary: The Week in Rap  Many important news events took place around the world this week. Let's review some of them with our friends at Flocabulary.

CNN Student News  Now let's head over to CNN Student News. On Monday, you will be tasked with selecting one news story from either "The Week in Rap" or "CNN Student News" to research, summarize, and pininpoint geographically and place on the Current Event layer of your Social Studies World Map via Google Maps. 

From Mesopotamia to Egypt

Warm-Up: What Do We Know and Want to Know About Ancient Egypt?  Welcome to the beginning of our unit on Ancient Egypt. Before we jump into the content, I would like you to reflect on what you already know about Egypt and the ancient Egyptians. Additionally, what do you want to know? What do you hope to learn about as we study Ancient Egypt? Share your prior knowledge and questions on your class's Padlet wall (Period 2 and Period 4).

Ancient Egypt Webquest  Today we will be working on an Ancient Egypt Webquest, which can be found here. You will be acting as an online Egyptologist, being sent all over the Internet, to gather information about this important and supremely interesting civilization. You will record your findings using the document Ancient Egypt Webquest, which is located in your Social Studies Google Classroom.  Good luck and have fun! This assignment will be due next Friday, November 11. 

Homework  (1.) Continue working on your Ancient Egypt Webquest, which is due next Friday, November 11. (2.) Complete the You Be the Judge: Hammurabi's Code assignment, which is due tomorrow, Friday, November 4. 

Mesopotamia Quiz

Assessment: Mesopotamia Quiz  Show me what you have learned about the geography and early civilizations of Mesopotamia so far by taking the quiz below. I will read you the questions and answers aloud, and then provide you time to finish. If you finish early, you may silent read or work on one of your digital assignments.