History of the
Ancient and
Medieval World
Egypt: Gift of the Nile
Walsingham Academy
Mrs. McArthur
Room 111
Identify by Placing Letter Provided:
Nile River (A) Tigris River (B) Persian Gulf (C) Nubia (D)
Pyramids (E) Upper Egypt (F) Cataracts (G) Libyan Desert (H)
Shade:
Fertile Crescent
Pinpoint:
Sumerian City-States)
Theme: Role of
Geography
Activating Prior Knowledge
• Study your maps and add as
necessary: Upper Egypt, Lower
Egypt and Nubia.
• Identify: the Nile and its cataracts,
Aswan Dam.
• Identify the natural resources
• Identify the main areas of major
monuments.
• Identify protective natural barriers.
The Nile: Where Egypt
Began
(Practice your Listening Skills)
Egyptians used the shadoof for:
A.
B.
C.
D.
River transportation
Building the pyramids
Irrigating their fields
Dredging their fields
Making Inferences
• Sometimes the idea is not
stated directly.
• You have to find clues in a
passage,
• put them together with what
you already know to form an
inference.
• An inference is an informed
guess.
Test your knowledge!
Check Yourself!
Using the chart above, consider:
How religion and learning played
important roles in ancient Egyptian
civilization?
Interesting Egyptian
Gods
Amon-Re “The Greatest”
1. What role did this god play
in lives of the pharaohs?
2. Based on this role, how do
you think religion was
viewed?
Osiris (God of the Dead)
Isis (Goddess of Eternal AfterLife)
Bastet of Bubastis
(Cat Goddess of home,
women and children)
Virtual Field Trips
How do we know that Egyptians
thought seriously about the After Life?
Tutankhamen's tomb
All About the After Life
Find out More
What sorts of crimes does the confession say
one has not committed?
Mummification Interactive
What do these finding suggest about
ancient Egyptian culture?
Virtual Field Trips
Using the worksheet posted on
SPA, explore these sites to find
out more about ancient Egyptian
cutlure.
• Extra Time: Go to: www.youtube.com/
• Watch the History Channel Series: Engineering an
Empire: Egypt or Ancient Mysteries: The Rosetta
Stone.
What are you viewing?
Comparing and
Contrasting: Civilizations
Similarities, differences and proofs
(how we know)
1. Geography
2. Cities
3. Organized Religion
4. Central Governments
5. Specialization of Labor
6. Social Classes
7. Public works (roads, etc.) +
monuments*
8. Fine Arts (art, literature, architecture)*
9. Learning (writing, science, math)
Specifically Consider: What do they tell
us?
*Epic of Gilgamesh
*Pyramids
Egypt- Gift of the Nile
Questions to Consider
• Analyze the impact of
geography on the course of
Egyptian history.
• How is Egyptian historical
development both like and
unlike that of
Mesopotamia? (Compare and
Contrast question)
When you write a
history essay,
Remember to:
• Use a topic sentence that
states a position.
• Organize logically the key
ideas which you:
– Explain and relate to other ideas
(analysis-why important)
– Support by facts (what
happened?)
and for which you
– Provide evidence (How do we
prove it?)
Looking Ahead: This
Weekend!
Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia
and Egypt
Prepare for Test
Text-Based Reading, pp. 30-37 and 44-56
Format includes:
• 15 Multiple Choice (15 Points)
• 1 Essay (10 Points)
• 1 Drawing (5 Points)
30 Points Total
Preparing For Tests
• Organize your lecture notes, PowerPoint
Presentations, readings and Virtual Field trip
notes.
• Rehearse out loud every day.
• Participate in note taking and class
discussion.
• Ask questions based on personal
preparations.
• Anticipate questions by forms indicated.
• Use the buddy system.
• Observe deadlines.
Assignment 1
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Bring text every day this week.
Add details to your Ancient Middle
East map (use slides #3 + 4 and text, pp 47)
Read text, pp. 44-46 (top)
Complete appropriate portions of
Section 3 Note taking Study Guide
Answer Checkpoint questions
Define “blue-type” words
Due Dates:
Fri., Sept. 21: Student Choice – Cuneiform due
Wed., September 26
Test: Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia & Egypt
Monday, October 8: Black Ships… read
Assignment 2
Bring text every day this week.
• Read text, pp. 46-48
• Complete appropriate portions of
Section 3 Note taking Study Guide
• Answer Checkpoint questions
• Complete Map Skills questions
Want an interactive version? Follow this link.
• Define “blue-type” words
Due Dates:
Fri., Sept. 21: Student Choice – Cuneiform due
Wed., September 26
Test: Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia & Egypt
Monday, October 8: Black Ships… read
Assignment 3
Bring text every day this week.
• Read text, pp. 50-53 (top)
• Answer Thinking Critically questions
• Complete appropriate portions of Section 4 Note
taking Study Guide (model is on pp 50)
• Answer 2 Checkpoint questions
• Define “blue-type” words
Lose a Note Taking Study Guide: They are
available for download at www. phschool.com.
Chapter 2’s code is nad-0201 (pp 29 – Always
provided at Chapter’s opening page)
Assignment 4
Bring text every day.
• Read text, pp. 53-56
• Complete appropriate portions of Section 4 Note
taking Study Guide
• Answer Checkpoint questions
• Define “blue-type” words
• Bring headphones for lab work
Due Dates:
Fri., Sept. 21: Student Choice – Cuneiform due
Wed., September 26
Test: Early Civilizations: Mesopotamia & Egypt
Monday, October 8: Black Ships… read
Test your knowledge!