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Unit 2: Lesson Plans             

Ancient Egypt              

 

What is going on in Unit 2!


     Listed below are all the days and the daily lesson plans for Unit 2 on Ancient Egypt and other early civilizations. In this unit, we will examining the first civilizations and what the characteristics are for a civilizations. For this unit students will be doing a Tomb project. The students are supposed to imagine that they are a great pharaoh who before he/she dies will leave a model of what they want their tomb to look like and items they want to take with them when they die. Everyone can earn 20 bonus points if they do their tomb in the shape of a pyramid. All tombs should be at least the size of a shoebox. In addition some students will be doing a Portfolio Presentation using the characteristics of civilization.  Also, there is a Journal assignment due for this unit. For additional studying for the Egypt exam click on Tutorial at Day 4. Standards being assessed in this unit are: 7.1.12.A, 7.1.12.B, 7.3.12.A, 7.4.12.A, 8.1.12.A, 8.1.12.B

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Egypt Podcast Questions

Last Updated: 03/19/2008

ŠJason Heiser
Teacher
Selinsgrove Area School District
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9/10:






 

Activity: Bell Ringer Activity page 22 - Importance of the Nile.
Collect map of Egypt
Daily Life of Egyptians(click here to see assignment)
Discuss tomb assignment (assignment explanation)
Assignment: Read Chapter 2 section 2 pages 26 – 31
Long-term Assignment: Create a tomb due day after test
Reminder: finish Egyptian religion podcast
 
9/11:








 		 Reviewed Map of Ancient Egypt (Skrbl Pad)
Discuss Podcast on religion in Egypt
Read Page 996 Instruction of Ptah-hotep(blog assignment in your space)
Page 29 (Finding King Tut’s Tomb) relate to religion podcast
Discuss Hatshepsut
Discussion on the transparency of Egyptian painting
Briefly discussed "what is a thematic map?"
Explained and worked on the personal cartouches for the Tomb Project
Assignment: Read Ch 2 sec 3 and complete thematic map handout

9/12:




 

Video on building pyramids and completed worksheet 44 minutes
Discussed video and worksheet
Review map work on Egypt and Thematic map
Assignment: Handout Code of Hammurabi
9/13 




 

Portfolio Presentations
Discussed Hammurabi's Code
Discussed Judaism
Looked at the contributions of civilizations from the fertile Crescent from p.41
Reviewed for test. For additional assistance for the test click on Tutorial
     

9/14 

Test
Assigned Portflio Presentation: 2 groups of 2 students will create a Ancient Greek magazine one on Athens and Sparta - Due for Chapter 5 day 4. (blog assignment in your space)
Reminder: Joournal assignment due in 2 days (post on Heiser blog)
Assigned PowerPoint presentation