Teacher: Miss A. Jones
Date of Lesson: Spring 2014
Grade: Grade 2
School: Matoaka Elementary
Time Needed (Approximate): 2 class periods
Lesson Subject/Topic: Introduction to Ancient Egypt (Beginning of Historical Narrative
Process)
Student Learning Goal(s): Students will gain general knowledge about Ancient Egypt as an
introduction to the unit. They will organize the learning process in a K-W-L chart. They will
practice letter writing skills through writing postcards.
Standards:
ENGLISH SOL 2.11 The student will maintain legible printing and begin to make the transition to
cursive.
ENGLISH SOL 2.12 The student will write letters.
a) Generate ideas before writing.
b) Organize writing to include a beginning, middle, and end for narrative writing.
c) Expand writing to include descriptive detail.
GEOGRAPHY SOL 2.4 The student will develop map skills by
a) locating Egypt on world maps;
b) understanding the relationship between the environment and the culture of ancient
Egypt
Essential Questions: How can people connect to past cultures? How can thinking from a
different perspective enhance learning experiences?
Assessment(s): pre-assessment in engage and hook phase, post assessment in evaluate phase
Resources: “Journey Back to Ancient Egypt”
Materials: EGYPT block letter sheets (25),
historical narrative
4x6 index cards (25), poster board or bulletin
paper, read aloud worksheets (25),
Notes:
Lesson Component
Engage & Hook
Teacher
Student
Pre-test: give students a sheet
Inside the letters of the word
of paper with “EGYPT”
“Egypt” students will draw
printed in large block letters
pictures and symbols that
come to mind when they think
of Egypt. They will write
words, phrases, and sentences
about Egypt outside of the
letters.
Explain & Model
After students discuss in small
Students will share and
groups, the teacher will
discuss their Egypt sheets in
facilitate and write as the
small groups. Students will
whole class organizes a K-W-
orally create a K-W-L chart as
L chart on bulletin paper. This
the teacher writes. This chart
poster will be posted
will be dynamic throughout
throughout the unit.
the unit. Students will change
the chart as they learn more
information.
Explore & Apply
Evaluate & Close
The teacher will read her
Students will complete an
historical narrative, “Journey
accompanying read aloud
Back to Ancient Egypt”
worksheet.
At the end of the historical
Students will write a historical
narrative, the main character,
narrative throughout the
Michal, invites the students to
course of the unit in the form
join her in learning more
of postcards from their
about Ancient Egypt. Teacher
journey back in time to
will tell the students that next
Ancient Egypt. At the end of
class period, they will all hop
this lesson, students will write
aboard the Travel Express and
their first postcard to a friend
travel back in time to Ancient
or family member explaining
Egypt. Teacher will ask
that they will be traveling to
students what are their
Ancient Egypt with their class.
expectations. The teacher will
They will include one thing
model for students how to
they have learned so far.
write a postcard about their
traveling experience.
Each lesson will focus on a specific aspect of Ancient Egypt (geography, Nile River, mummies
and the mummification process, religion, King Tut, social class system, daily life, etc). At the
end of each lesson, students will write a postcard explaining their daily adventures. The teacher
will provide guiding questions for the postcard writing process. The postcards will be written as
if the student is in Ancient Egypt. At the end of the unit, students will have a set of postcards that
will compose their historical narrative.