Title of Unit: Ancient Egypt
Author: Emily Kreilkamp
Timeframe: 17 days- (40-45 minute class period)
Grade: 6th
Subject Areas: Social Studies, Technology, Oral Language
Objectives: Students will be analyzing information on Ancient and Present day Egypt
through websites and videos. They will learn to identify names of vegetables in Egypt’s
language of Arabic. The students will then research a topic on Ancient Egypt, such as
Pyramids, Mummification, King Tut, or the Nile River. After researching, they will
create a script for a podcast or audio recording. In the end their final product will be an
audio recording using Audacity to share their knowledge learned on Ancient Egypt.
State Standards:
Social Studies
A 8.7 Describe the movement of people, ideas, diseases, and products throughout the
world
A8.9 Describe how buildings and their decoration reflect cultural values and ideas,
providing examples such as cave paintings, pyramids, sacred cities, castles, and
cathedrals
B 8.1 Interpret the past using a variety of sources, such as biographies, diaries, journals,
artifacts, eyewitness interviews, and other primary source materials, and evaluate the
credibility of sources used
B 8.7 Identify significant events and people in the major eras of United States and world
history
Information and Technology Literacy
A.8.5 Use media and technology to create and present information
· design and produce a multimedia program
· plan and deliver a presentation using media and technology appropriate to
topic, audience, purpose, or content
D.8.1 Participate productively in workgroups or other collaborative learning
environments
· collaborate with others to identify information needs and seek solutions
· demonstrate acceptance to new ideas and strategies from workgroup members
· determine workgroup goals and equitable distribution of individual or
subgroup responsibilities and tasks
· plan for the efficient use and allocation of time
· complete workgroup projects on time
· evaluate completed projects to determine how the workgroup could have
functioned more efficiently and productively
D.8.2 Use information, media, and technology in a responsible manner
· return all borrowed materials on time
· demonstrate responsible use of the Internet and other electronic resources
consistent with the school’s acceptable use policy
· recognize the need for privacy and protection of personal information
Materials:
Computer with microphone
Internet
Audacity
Books on Ancient Egypt
Paper/Pencil
Procedure:
Day 1
Day 2
Days 3-7
Days 8-10
Introduction to
Ancient EgyptPower
Point/overview of
unit
Demonstrate
Audacity, go over
websites/videos,
discuss research
Start research on
selected Ancient
Egypt topic. Use
internet, books,
magazines, etc.
Days 11-12
Days13-14
Begin watching
videos from
National
Geographic.
Answer questions
to videos. Watch
podcast on Arabic
and take quiz.
Days 15-16
Write script with
each part for a 45130 second audio
recording to share
information.
Students will use
Audacity to create
podcasts.
Present podcasts to
the rest of class.
Wrap up the unit
with discussions
and learning about
Alex the Great
Day 17
Day 1: Dress as an Egyptian and give power point presentation on Ancient Egypt. Tell
the class information about Egypt’s location, the Nile River, writing, housing, clothing,
and modern times. Also give an overview of the Ancient Egypt Unit.
Day 2: Demonstrate use of Audacity, giving the students a paper with a few step by step
directions for future reference. Show the class where to find the websites/video and
discuss the worksheet of questions from those resources. Create a list of how to collect
research and what to include to aid students.
Days 3-7: Students will be watching videos from National Geographic’s website about
King Tut & the Lost Dynasty, Tut’s Treasures, Unlocking the Great Pyramid, King Tut’s
Final Secrets, and Egypt’s Sunken Treasures. They will also watch a podcast on Egypt to
gather information from the past and present times. Once the video’s are complete they
will be listening to two different podcasts from ArabidiPod101. One lesson they will
listen to and the other they are going to have to learn how to speak different vegetables.
Once they are ready, they can take a podquiz on identifying the vegetables in Arabic and
comparing Arabic to English.
Days 8-10: Students will begin researching their selected topic on Ancient Egypt. They
are expected to try and answer who, what, when, where, why and hows. Take notes for
audio recording.
Days 11-12: Students will begin creating scripts for their audio recordings. They will
outline the format, then write out each persons lines. This is also a time to run through
and make sure they present information about their topic.
Days 13-14: Students will use Audacity to create an audio recording/podcast. The
podcast should be anywhere from 45-130 seconds. They can add music to the
background and include other features. They will have to follow the rubric to make sure
everything is included.
Days 15-16: Students will present their podcasts to rest of the class. They will have to do
an introduction and share what they liked and disliked about this project. This will allow
other students to learn information about different topics.
Day 17: Wrap up the unit with reviewing concepts and discussing how events affected
the culture. Show video clip of Alexander the Great and the Lost Tomb from National
Geographic.
Assessment:
Worksheet on Egypt videos
Arabic Language Quiz- Audio with worksheet
Script with each part
Podcast-rubric
Presentation
Resources:
Egypt’s Sunken Treasure
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060807-egypt-video.html
National Geographic- Expedition Week Episodes
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/expedition-week#tab-Videos/03168_03
PBS Kids Ancient Egypt
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/
Tour of Egypt
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/tour.htm
Raiders Resources Website
http://www.mcedtech.net/edkreilkampwebpagefinal/Index.html
ArabiciPod101- Learning Vegatables
ArabiciPod101-A daily conversation
Egypt Podcast
Example of Audio- Mummificaiton Process
Arabic Audio Quiz