Course
UNIT
Weekly Goal(s)
Topic of
Lesson
Lesson
Objectives
Bell
Ringer
7th Grade Social Studies
Teacher
Miss Brigid
Donahue
Date
September 15-19, 2014
Ch.16—North Africa; Ancient
PERIODS
1, 2, 6, 7
SCHOOL
Lewis Cass Jr. – Sr. High School
Egypt
• Students will understand Ancient Egyptians customs, beliefs, religion, and burial practices.
• Students will work together to successfully mummify an apple slice and recreate the ancient Egyptian burial
procedure.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
North Africa:
Ancient Egypt
North Africa:
Ancient Egypt
North Africa:
Ancient Egypt
North Africa: Ancient
Egypt
Students will
refresh their
memory of ancient
Egyptian burial
processes and
tombs.
Students will
understand what
the Sphinx is, why it
was built, and the
many theories
about how it was
built.
Students will
understand how the
pyramids were built
and why they went
out of style in
ancient Egypt.
-What’s the state of
your group’s
canopic jars?
(finished, still need
some work?)
-what’s the most
interesting thing
you’ve learned so
far from Mummy
Tech? (look at your
notes!)
-What do you know
about the Sphinx of
Giza? (who built it?
Why? What does it
look like? What’s its
purpose? Etc.)
-Which of the 3
Egyptian kingdoms
built the pyramids?
-What are some of
the problems they
ran into with the
pyramids?
Students will
understand the
difference between
Old Kingdom
Egyptian burial
practices and New
Kingdom Egyptian
burial practices.
-How/where did the
New Kingdom
pharaohs build their
tombs?
-What’s one positive
and one negative
about the new way
tombs were
constructed in the
New Kingdom? (think
back to last week!)
Friday
7th grade trip to IUK
(no class)
Time/Layout
Assignment/Homework
Closure
State Standards
-Bellwork
-canopic jars: finish
them
-finish Mummy Tech
-most important
info learned?
Discuss/star on
notes
-Bellwork
-Sphinx
introduction/article
-virtual tour of
Sphinx and
pyramids of Giza via
Google Maps
-3 question quiz
Finish canopic jars
at home (if
necessary)
Have students turn
in their movie
notes.
None (get caught
up with missing
work)
3 question quiz
review
7.1.1, 7.1.5, 7.2.2,
7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.4,
7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.3.10,
7.4.3
7.1.1, 7.1.5, 7.2.2,
7.3.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2,
7.3.4, 7.3.7, 7.3.8,
7.3.10, 7.4.3
-Bellwork
-Pyramids of Giza
clip
-Discuss pyramids:
questions, purpose,
how were they
made?
-revisit mummy
predictions and
discuss (reveal next
week)
-finalize pharaoh’s
stories (meet with
group)
Egyptian burial
procedure
paragraph.
Remind students
that their paragraph
is due tomorrow.
7.1.1, 7.1.5, 7.2.2,
7.3.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2,
7.3.4, 7.3.7, 7.3.8,
7.3.10, 7.4.3
-Study Hall
-Bellwork
-weekly Bellwork
collection
-Valley of the Kings
virtual tour and
documentary clip
None!
Remind students that
we will be unveiling
our apple slices on
Monday!
7.1.1, 7.1.5, 7.2.2,
7.3.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2,
7.3.4, 7.3.7, 7.3.8,
7.3.10, 7.4.3
7.1.1, 7.1.5, 7.2.2,
7.3.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2,
7.3.4, 7.3.7, 7.3.8,
7.3.10, 7.4.3