October 24, 2014
Ancient Egypt
What do we already know?
 King Tut married his (half) sister
 Egypt was very rich (at some points)
 Kingdom lasted for a really long time (about 3000 years)
 Conquered other nations
 Built the pyramids
 Buried their kings in pyramids
 Lived in the desert
 Worshipped gods
 When pharaohs died, they became gods
 Three “sections” of Egyptian history (Old, Middle, New)
 Egypt is located in Africa
What do we want to learn?
 How were the pyramids built?
 How did Egypt develop over time?
 Why is it called Egypt? How did it become Egypt?
 What does Egypt mean?
 How did Egypt last as one united nation for so long?
 How did the original gods become gods?
 Difference in worshipping gods? (Pharaohs vs.
commoners)
 How did they worship their gods?
 What advancements did the Egyptians make?
 How were kings chosen?
 Why did they want to conquer other lands?
 How were common people treated?
 How did the citizens remember all the gods?
 How were tombs built?
 What were the rules/laws?
 What was their written language?
 What did they think of the afterlife?
 Did they interact with the Mesopotamians?
 What did they eat?
 What were their traditions?
 How did they make a living?
 Who were the first people to settle in Egypt?
How will we find the answers to these questions?
 Use our textbook
 Get other books from the library
 Use the internet
 Students’ resources
 Ask others
 Logan Z. will build a time machine and we’ll go back and
visit (sounds like you have lots of homework to do…)
 Visit Egypt