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1
10/9/08BR- Why is the Rosetta Stone important to
the study of Egypt?
BINDERS!
  • Today Using Archaeological Artifacts to learn
    about the past.

2
Binder Check 3 - Due Friday
  • All the stuff from 1 (Syllabus, Student Bill of
    Rights, Macs Guideline, Reflective Journal 1,
    Vocabulary 1, Hunter-Gatherer notes)
  • All the stuff from 2 (Hunter-Gatherer Intro
    Paragraph)
  • - Guns, Germs and Steel Viewing Guides.
  • Notes on Guns, Germs, and Steel Road to Cargo
    diagram
  • Add Stuff from chapter 1-4 (Ill add it to the
    binder if you handed it in!)

3
Task
  • Break into small groups (no more than 3)
  • Get an Artifact Analysis worksheet
  • Analyze the artifact and complete the paper (1
    for each)
  • Report to the class about your artifact
  • Compare your findings to the info card.

4
Next Unit
  • Start on Chapters 5-7
  • These chapters talk about Egyptian Religion and
    the afterlife
  • Read Chapter 7 for tomorrow. Well watch a video
    and if youve read the video will make more sense.

5
Vocabulary Journal 4
  • Chapter 5 shrine, stela, navigate, exquisitely,
    maat, sanctuary, ritual, mortuary
  • Chapter 6 afterlife, festering, meander,
    immortality, deceased, essential, fluids,
    embalmer
  • Chapter 7 disembark, swagger, plateau,
    restlessness, trafficked, lever, constellation,
    orientation, overseer, erosion, haunch

6
Timeline 2
  • 2700 BCE - Old Kingdom Period Begins
  • 2650-2500 BCE - Pyramid Age (construction of the
    three major pyramids at Giza) begins
  • 2589-2566 BCE - Khufu (Cheops) rules builds
    Great Pyramid at Giza
  • 2558-2532 BCE Sphinx at Giza Built
  • 2532-2504 Menkaure rules, builds 3rd pyramid at
    Giza

7
Important People 2
  • Chapter 5 Neferhotep, Plutarch
  • Chapter 6 you pick 1
  • Chapter 7 Khufu, Thumose IV (tut-moze)

8
Study Questions Chapter 5
  1. What form did the Egyptian gods take? 2. Who was
    the most important god in ancient Egypt? Why? 3.
    How did Isis recover Osiris body after Seth
    killed him? 4. Why was it very important to King
    Neferhotep that the god Osiris be well taken care
    of? 5. Why do you think the king had 14 boats
    buried with him? 6. What did the Egyptians
    believe about Horus?

9
Study Questions Chapter 6
  • 1. What did the Field of Reeds mean to ancient
    Egyptians?
  • 2. Why was the body of a person who died
    important to the ancient Egyptians?
  • 3. How do we know the recipe for making a
    mummy?
  • 4. Compare natural mummification with
    mummification by embalmers.
  • 5. What was the purpose of the Book of the Dead?

10
Study Questions Chapter 7
  • 1. Why did the kings men come on barges to the
    villages along the Nile during flood season?
  • 2. Why did farmers work on pyramids during flood
    season?
  • 3. How was the Sphinx preserved over thousands of
    years?
  • 4. Describe 2 ways that water was important in
    building the pyramids
  • 5. Why do you think people worked on the
    pyramids? (p.59)
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