Ancient Egyptian
Timeline
Paula Alexander
Marigold Elementary School, Chico, CA
My name is Paula Alexander and I am a 6th grade teacher at
Marigold Elementary School
My web site is http:berners.bcoe.butte.k12.ca.us/~palexand/
My e-mail is palexand@cusd.chico.k12.ca.us
This is a sixth grade History/Social Studies lesson
Standards Addressed
Grade Sixth History-Social Science
World History and Geography: Ancient Civilization
6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social
structures of the early civilization of the early civilization of Egypt.
Sixth Grade Reading/Language Arts
Research and Technology
1.4 Use organizational features of electronic text (e.g., bulletin boards, databases,
keyword searches, e-mail addresses) to locate information.
1.5 Compose documents with appropriate formatting by using word-processing
skills and principles of design (e.g., margins, tabs, spacing, columns, page
orientation).
Expectations
• How to put a lesson on a web site
• To work with teachers from a variety of
grade levels
• Create a lesson to be used in my classroom
• To use CUTE and LEECH
• To use PowerPoint
• To use Excel
Outcomes
• Web page creation in Netscape Composer
• Using CUTE and LEECH as a
communication tool between server and
computer (downloading and uploading)
• Linking pages and projects
Successes
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High student motivation
Student collaboration
High interest in subject matter
Parent support
Successes Continued
• Meets Standards in Grade Sixth History-Social Science
World History and Geography: Ancient Civilization
• Meets Standards in Sixth Grade Reading/Language Arts
Research and Technology
Shortcomings
• Lack of numerous computers
• Time for students to complete PowerPoint
• Interruptions (i.e. assembly) during the
social studies period
Student Data
Ancient Egypt Timeline
Percentage
120.00%
96.00%
Pretest
72.00%
Test
48.00%
Project
Assessment
24.00%
0.00%
Students
All the students show substantial improvement. I feel the
outstanding improvement was due to the motivation and interest
the students had in this subject matter. They also had very little
prior knowledge of Ancient Egypt.
Revisions
After going over the rubric with the
students I found that it could have
been more detailed in the explanation
of the criteria. The student were very
confused at first.
Summary
This project used technology to enhance and expedite
the learning of my sixth grade class. The time used on
the internet was very valuable tool. It allowed the
students a much boarder base of research. This project
would have taken much longer and been quite
frustrating for students who were trying to find
information available at an elementary school site.
Summary
Continued
Creating a lesson using the History-Social Science /World
History and Geography: Ancient Civilization standard for my
grade level and relating it to my subject matter, Ancient Egypt,
was unproblematic. I would advise others who attempt this
process to use a timeline theme as their first try at this process.
I have learned a great deal from this project. I plan to share
what I have learned with my fellow colleagues.
Student Work
The following slides contain pictures of the
students working in their Nomes on their
timeline project.
Memphis
Predynastic Period c. 5000 – 3100 b.c.
Archaic Period c. 3100 - -2686 b.c.
Old Kingdom c. 2686 – 2181 b.c.
Abydos
First Intermediate Period c. 2181 - 1991 b.c.
Middle Kingdom c. 1991 – 1786 b.c.
Second Intermediate Period c. 1786 – 1567 b.c.
Hermopolis/Akhentaten
New Kingdom c. 1567 – 1085 b.c.
Bubastis
Early Period c. 1085 – 525 b.c.
First Persian Period c. 525 – 404 b.c.
Late Period c. 404 – 343 b.c.
Second Persian Period c. 343 – 332 b.c.
Thebes
Conquest c. 332 b.c.
Ptolemaic Period c. 332 – 30 b.c.
Conquest by Romans c. 30 b.c.