Ancient Egypt

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Introduction to the Civilization of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt

• Today in this lesson we are going to cover the
  following objectives
• TLW be introduced to the unit topic of
  civilization and develop an understanding of a
  definition of civilization
• TLW develop an understanding of the hierarchy
  (structure)of needs of individuals and groups of
  people as it affects the development of
  civilizations
• TLW answer and develop questions that will serve
  as a basis for studying civilizations

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Evaluation I will be using the following
three-point rubric to evaluate your work during
this lesson. Three points Students actively
participated in class discussions and group work
completed their research carefully and
thoroughly made a thoughtful, accurate, and
complete presentation to the class. Two
points Students participated in class
discussions and group work completed their
research made an accurate and complete
presentation to the class. One point Students
did not participate in class discussions and
group work had difficulty completing their
research made an incomplete presentation to the
class.
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Shipwrecked Scenario

• Materials needed
• Team membersTaylor and ConnorBrittany and
  JonathanQuinton and Emily
• Samantha and Jarred
• Shipwrecked Scenario hand out 1---2---3
• Pencils-Chart Paper-Markers

How does a civilization come to be? Every
Civilization has to start somewhere, but why in a
certain place and how? Does it just miraculously
appear one day? Suppose you and your classmates
were suddenly stranded on an island with no way
to get off and probably no hope of being rescued.
What would you do? So, Lets begin our journey
into a new civilization, your civilization
called, Gilligans Island. The Scenario
begins with
Click on the ship to begin.
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Each team used the following questions to guide
them.

• Group Discussion Scenario Questions
• What were the most important problems to solve
  first? Why were these problems the most
  important?
• Would rules and laws have been important on the
  island? Why or why not?
• Suppose one of the people in the group was a
  really wonderful artist. When do you think that
  person would have had opportunities to really use
  her talentsnear the beginning, or later? Why?
• Lets share what each team came up with and as a
  group, decide on the best way to proceed.

So, in the beginning of a new civilization would
you call yourself, Gilligans Settlement or
Gilligans Civilization? Why or why not? Is
there a difference between the two? What does a
civilization have that a new settlement does not?

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Whole Group List on board Please tell me
everything that comes to your mind when you hear
the word CIVILIZATION. Remember to think in
terms of (Prior Knowledge-Connections-and
Questions)   Civilization Please take out your
journals and write down the word
Civilization-Settlement-Surplus- and Division of
Labor What do these words mean and how do they
relate to the word civilization?
Definitions A civilization is a large community
of people who live and work in a place and have a
government to make laws for the group and
organizations for education and other social
purposes. A civilization usually also has a
system of writing and advanced arts and
sciences. A settlement is a permanent place of
living for a group of people. A surplus is having
more than you need of something. When you have a
division of labor it means that you have a
separation of different jobs among different
people in a group. Different people in a
community do different jobs.
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• The Ancient Egyptians developed a settlement on
  the banks of the
• Nile River. At first they had to tend to the
  basic needs of the
• People. They made sure that everyone had food,
  water, shelter,
• and clothing. As this group of people grew bigger
  things began to
• change. There system for growing and hunting
  food was perfected,
• (Surplus).This freed people up to do other
  things.
• What other kinds of jobs do you think people
  began to have?
• (Division of Labor)
• Think about our brainstorming session with the
  word Civilization.
• In what order do you think these added jobs would
  have happened?
• Lets gather some information about Ancient
  Egypts Civilization.
• I put together a list of questions under a
  category for you to
• answer. I also made a website with a hotlist of
  sites for you to use to
• answer those questions.
• List of questions
• Mrs.Sweezys Website (Directions for this
  activity on my site)

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Review
When and Where
A look ahead
Ancient Egypt A brief introduction to the
civilization
Welcome to Ancient Egypt
3000 years of Civilization