Creating Your PowerPoint
Presentation on Constructing
Pyramids
by Mr. Margrave
Essential Question!
• (This is the big picture.)
• Essential Question: Why was the building of the
pyramids so significant to the history of Egypt?
Unit Questions!
• (These are the supporting ideas)
• Unit Questions: What are the lessons that can be
learned from the ways in which, the ancient Egyptians
constructed a pyramid?
What are the steps in constructing a pyramid?
How was the site of the pyramid prepared?
Where were the stones, used in the construction, quarried from
and how were they brought to the site?
How were the rough stones turned into uniform blocks?
What was the process for getting blocks to the upper areas of
the pyramid?
How was the capstone fitted to the top of the pyramid?
By what means were the rough blocks finished to create the
completed shape of the pyramid?
Slides...What goes on each slide.
• Slide 1(title): Title and Author(s)
• Slide 2 (content): Base Preparation (The
steps that go into preparing the base of the
pyramid.)
• Slide 3 (content): Quarry (Where, how, etc.
was the stone used in the pyramid
quarried?)
Slides Continued
• Slide 4 (content): Growing Ever Higher
(How does the pyramid go from the first
course {base} to last course {capstone}?)
• Slide 5 (content): Inner Chambers (What
are the parts of the inner pyramid? How
are the inner chambers decorated?
• Slide 6 (content): Finishing the Pyramid
(The steps to complete the pyramid once the
last course has been added.)
Slides Continued
• Slide 7 (comprehension): Comprehension
Questions (One comprehension question
from each of the content slides.)
• Slide 8 (work cited): Work Cited (The work
you cited in creating your presentation.)
• Slide 9 (Fun Facts Optional): Fun facts
(These are interesting things you came
across when doing your research.)
Now That We Have Our
Instructions!
• Let’s get gooooooooooooing……...