Yr 7 History
Term 2
HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING – HISTORICAL REASONING &INTERPRETATION
Ancient Civilisations- EGYPT
Key Question
What is History? Why
do we need to study it?
Progression Points
Learning Activities
Resources
Brain storm historical events (whiteboard). Why do we know about them?
How do we know about them? What can we learn from them?
Tracing back p26-27 Hums Alive. Read through and discuss. Students to
write a definition of “History” in their books. Answer Q’s1, 5.
Humanities Alive 1
Why study history? P28-29 Hums Alive. Read through and discuss. Students
to write why they believe we need to study history. In groups (set groups)
discuss and answer Q7.
Humanities Alive 1
Humanities Alive 1
Look at an historical timeline. P40-41 Hums Alive. Read through and
discuss.
What do we need to
know about Ancient
Egypt?
What’s so special about
the Nile?
KWHL chart- students to fill in what they know. Discuss what they need to
know by the end and ways they will find the information.
KWHL chart
Where is Egypt? Use atlas to locate Egypt.
Hand out map of Egypt. Label significant places on the map (refer p54-54
Hums Alive).
Atlas , Map of Egypt,
Humanities Alive 1
Lifeblood of Egypt p 54-55 Hums Alive. Read through. Discuss why rivers
are important, compare to the Murray. Complete “Farming in Ancient
Egypt” worksheets.
Humanities Alive 1, farming
worksheets (2)
What was life like in
Ancient Egypt?
In set groups students are to research an aspect of daily life in Ancient Egypt
for both a wealthy and poor person. Assign each group (across both classes)
an area: food, work, education, clothing, housing, government, childhood,
art, climate and economy. Groups must produce information and a task for
the rest of the class to complete. They must show that they have used a
variety of sources to research their information. The group can decide how
the information is to be presented and the type of task they set. Remind them
to think about the types of activities they have completed throughout their
schooling. Their lesson should last about 10-15min in total (including task)
Students are to present their information to the class and set the task.
Computer access