Transcript How Did the Nile Shape Ancient Egypt

Warm Up
• How do you think the Nile River has shaped
Ancient Egypt civilization?
How Did the Nile River
Shape Ancient Egypt's Society?
Day 1
• Students will be able to
explain how the physical
environment of Egypt
influences it economy, culture
and trade patterns. The
purpose is for students to
understand how the past has
influenced our society today.
• This means students will be
able to participate in their
first DBQ.
Objective
A wall painting from the tomb of Sennefer, mayor of Thebes and Overseer of
the Royal Gardens during the reign of Amenhotep 11, 1426-1400 BCE
Overview:
• The glory days of Ancient Egypt lasted almost 3,000 years. They
began about 2920 BCE with the unification of Egypt under the first
pharaoh and ended when the Romans conquered the kingdom in
30 BCE. Through this rich and vibrant civilization flowed the longest
river in the world. The Nile, which meanders 4,126 miles across east
Africa before ending its journey in Egypt, brought life-giving water
to the desert kingdom. This Mini-Q is about the importance of the
Nile to the people of Ancient Egypt.
• The Documents:
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Document A: Ancient Egypt (map)
Document B: The Nile River Flood Cycle (chart)
Document C: Transportation on the Nile
Document D: Field of Reeds (tomb painting)
Document E: Hymm to the Nile
Title page 38 Nile DBQ Hook
Site A
Pros:
Site B
Pros:
Cons:
Cons:
Site C
Pros:
Site D
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Cons:
Cons:
Site E
Pros:
Which site will you recommend to
the council? Why?
Cons:
Hook Exercise:
Finding a New Homeland
• Directions: It is several centuries before the time
of Jesus Christ. You are an elder in a goat-herding
tribe of 500 people. Unfriendly raiders from the
north, the Attakalots, are forcing you off your
land. You send out a small party of men, armed
mostly with your prayers, to search for a new
homeland. Six months later, they return. That
evening, around a large bonfire, the scouting
party presents a rough map to the Council of
Elders with five possible settlement sites.
– Examine the map with a fellow elder and discuss the
pros and cons of each option.
– Which site will you recommend to the council?
Discussion Questions
• Which direction is the Great River flowing?
• What are the basic needs for survival in this kind
of environment?
• What would you need to meet those needs?
• What would you need to succeed in keeping your
goats alive?
• Which sites have security concerns? Distance
concerns? Trade concerns?
• What seems to be the top priority in choosing a
good place to live?
How Did the Nile River
Shape Ancient Egypt's Society?
Day 2
• Students will be able to
explain how the physical
environment of Egypt
influences it economy, culture
and trade patterns. The
purpose is for students to
understand how the past has
influenced our society today.
• This means students will be
able to participate in their
first DBQ.
Objective
Title page 40 Nile DBQ Background
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Black Land
Red Land
Tributaries
Papyrus
Irrigation
How Did the Nile River Shape Ancient Egypt's Society?
BACKGROUND ESSAY
Background Essay Questions
1. Name four important river civilizations of the ancient world.
2. List two or three pairs of contrasts that describe ancient
Egypt.
3. What are two of the sources of the Nile?
4. How did the flooding cycle provide a seasonal rhythm for
the Egyptian people?
5. Why was sand a health threat for Egyptians?
6. Define these terms:
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Black Land
Red Land
tributaries
papyrus
irrigation
Timeline
• 2920-2575 B.C.E. - Early Dynastic Period: The first pharaohs unify
Egypt into a powerful kingdom
• 2575-2134 B.C.E. - Old Kingdom: big advances in technology and
architecture; pyramids built at Giza
• 2040-1 640 B.C.E. - Middle Kingdom: Egypt's population, religion
and the arts flourish
• 1550-1 070 B.C.E. - New Kingdom: kingdom expands into Syria and
Nubia; international trade routes established
• 712-332 B.C.E. - Late Period: Persians invade and annex Egypt
• 332-304 B.C.E. - Alexander the Great defeats Persians; establishes
new capital called Alexandria
• 304-30 B.C.E. - Reign of Cleopatra
• 30 B.C.E. - Egypt falls to Roman Empire
The task of recognizing and defining key words in the question is a crucial
habit of mind. The second task of pre-bucketing based on clues in the
question and in document titles is a huge categorization skill.
UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION
AND PRE-BUCKETING
Understanding the Question
1. What is the analytical question asked by this
Mini-Q?
How did the Nile shape Ancient Egypt?
2. What terms in the question need to be defined?
“Shape” and “Ancient”
3. Rewrite the question in your own words.
How did the Nile River influence the lives of
people in Ancient Egypt?
DOCUMENT A ANALYSIS- WHOLE
CLASS
How Did the Nile River
Shape Ancient Egypt's Society?
Day 3
• Students will be able to
explain how the physical
environment of Egypt
influences it economy, culture
and trade patterns. The
purpose is for students to
understand how the past has
influenced our society today.
• This means students will be
able to participate in
vocabulary activities about the
civilization of Egypt.
Objective
CLASSWORK: ANALYZE DOCUMENTS B,
C, D, E AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
THAT FOLLOW.
HOMEWORK: ANALYZE THE REMAINING
DOCUMENTS B, C, D, E THAT ARE NOT
FINISHED IN CLASS AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
Discussion of Documents
• Working in pairs or threesomes, have students
discuss the answers to the first set of Document
Analysis questions they did for homework.
• Using a different-colored pen than they used for
homework, they may add to their answers.
• After five minutes, open the discussion of that
document to the full class.
• Then proceed to the next document and repeat.
Students are to complete the bucketing and chicken foot work page.
This step will help students clarify their topic statement and road map.
BUCKETING AND CHICKEN FOOT
Bucketing- Getting Ready to Write
• Look over all the documents and organize them into your
final buckets.
• Write bucket labels under each bucket and place the letters
of the documents in the buckets where they belong.
– It is OK to put a document in more than one bucket. That is
called multi-bucketing, but you need a good reason for doing so.
– Remember, your buckets are going to become your body
paragraphs
Thesis Development and Road Map
• On the chicken foot below, write your thesis
and your road map.
– Your thesis is always an opinion and answers the
Mini-Q question. The road map is created from
your bucket labels and lists the topic areas you will
examine in order to prove your thesis.
Sample
• This is what
page 69 should
look like in your
“How Did the
Nile Shape
Ancient Egypt?”
packet.
HOMEWORK: STUDENTS ARE TO FILL
OUT THE OUTLINE GUIDE SHEET OR
WRITE THEIR MULTI-PARAGRAPH ESSAY.
Mini-Q Essay Outline Guide
Working Title
• Paragraph #1
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Grabber
Background
Stating the question with key terms defined
Thesis and road map
• Paragraph #2
– Baby Thesis for bucket one
– Evidence: supporting detail from documents with document citation
– Argument: connecting evidence to the thesis
• Paragraph #3
– Baby Thesis for bucket two
– Evidence
– Argument
• Paragraph #4
– Baby Thesis for bucket three
– Evidence
– Argument
• Paragraph #5
– Conclusion: Restatement of main idea along with possible insight or wrinkle
Warm Up
• Students will be able to
explain how the physical
environment of Egypt
influences it economy, culture
and trade patterns. The
purpose is for students to
understand how the past has
influenced our society today.
• This means students will be
able to participate in
vocabulary activities about the
civilization of Egypt.
Objective
How Did the Nile River
Shape Ancient Egypt's Society?
Day 4
CONDUCTING AN IN-CLASS WRITING
WORKSHOP
DUE:
HOMEWORK: STUDENTS ARE TO TAKE
THEIR EDITED ESSAY AND WRITE THEIR
MULTI-PARAGRAPH FINAL ESSAY.