BELLWORK: Timeline Review
• Now that you have
learned about the origin
of humans, culture, and
technology, you are
going to create a review
timeline.
• The timeline will span
from 5,000,000 BC to 1
BC.
• Include the important
events/time periods and
a description of each.
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Events to include:
Stone Age
Emergence of Homo Erectus
Ice Age
Emergence of Homo Sapiens
– Include the two types!
• First appearance of hominids
• Neolithic Revolution
African Civilizations
• You are now going to
learn about the earliest
civilizations in history –
African civilizations.
• As early as 5000 B.C.,
people settled around the
Nile River.
• As time progressed,
Africans created their own
governments, empires,
culture, and history.
African Civilizations - Vocabulary
• During Egyptian civilization,
they set up numerous
structures of government.
• When learning about these
types of government you
must know your vocabulary!!!
• In your notes, define the
following vocabulary words.
1.Monarchy
2.Dynasty
3.Bureaucracy
4.Empire
5.Polytheism
African Civilizations
• You are now going to read more specifically
about the oldest civilization – Egypt. (Nile River
Valley)
• While reading, you will complete “mind map”
notes!
• A mind map, or note web, is a strategy used to
organize notes in a visual way.
• Follow the guidelines on the board.
• Pages 30-34
Narmer
Hatshepsut
Thutmose III
Ramses II
“Ramses the
Great”
Amenhotep IV
Video Clips
• Quarry: A deep pit from which stones are
extracted/taken
• How were the pyramids built?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lotbZQ55
SgU
• How were corpses mummified?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh1eTd2c4o
“Tomb of the Gods:” The Pyramids
of Giza
• We are now going to watch a video
on how the pyramids were made and
what they were used for.
• Follow along with the video and
answer all the questions on the board
in your notes.
Possibility instead of the mind map:
Jigsaw Readings
1. Egyptian Monarchy & Egyptian Empire
(pgs. 30-31)
2. Decline/Recovery, Daily life in Egypt &
Egyptian Religion (pgs. 31-32)
3. Writing with pictures, Achievements in
Science & Northeastern Kingdoms (pgs.
32-34)
African Civilizations – Jigsaw Reading
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You are now going to read more specifically about the oldest
African civilization – Egypt.
While reading, you will complete “mind map” notes!
In groups of three, number off 1-3.
Every person in the group will read a different section from
your textbook.
When everyone is done, you will come together and share
information from your section of reading
Everyone in the group will create a “mind map” of notes
centered around their section of reading!