Transcript File - Teacher Anthoney

Mr. Roe
6th Grade
Social Studies
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You have recently learned about the
importance of the Nile River, and the
surrounding valley.
You have also learned that Egypt was divided
into two kingdoms until one man, Narmer,
united both.
Like Mesopotamia (and societies around the
world to this very day), Egyptian society had
strong class divisions.
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Egypt was ruled by all powerful pharaohs
Egyptians believed in many gods and
goddesses and in life after death (afterlife)
The Egyptians of the Old Kingdom built huge
stone pyramids as tombs for their pharaohs
Reading Notes
Cornell Notes
Graphic Organizer on Egyptian Beliefs
Persuasive Writing (Draft and Final)
Logical Note-Taking of Pyramid Building
Cinderella Play (Group Work)
Other Assigned Work (you will be told if there is
any)
*These assignments will be collected and graded
on Friday and put into your social studies
portfolios
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Discuss the role of pharaohs in Egypt
Explain the religious beliefs of the Egyptians
Describe the Egyptian pyramids and tombs
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Pharaoh
Deity
Embalming
Mummy
Pyramid
Period
Welfare
Structure
Principle
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Would you like your student body president,
the captain of your sports team, or another
leader in your life to have unlimited power?
What can people do with unlimited power?
What if our president had unlimited power?
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2600 B.C., Old Kingdom period began in
Egypt
Egyptian kings were called pharaohs
Pharaoh means “great house”
Pharaohs were all powerful
Appointed officials (what do you think they
did?)
Pharaohs considered to be the son of Re (sun
god)
Egyptians were polytheistic (worshiped many
deities)
 Main god was Re (why do you think so?) Re/Ra
 Isis was the most important goddess
(represented loyal wife and mother)
 Believed in a pleasant life after death
 Book of the Dead (Studied to obtain entrance
into afterlife)
 Osiris would decide if they were granted access
to the afterlife
 Initially, only pharaohs and special people could
enter the afterlife
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Pharaohs body needed to be preserved so the
spirit could make the trip to the afterlife
Dead pharaohs continue to look after Egypt
Embalming
-Removal of organs
-Body salted, preserved, spiced and
perfumed
-Wrapped in linens (mummified)
After, put into coffins, and placed into tomb
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Explain the embalming process
How do you think Egyptians learned so much
about the human body?
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Herbs and drugs were used to treat many
illnesses
Good at sewing up cuts (stitches) and setting
broken bones
Some doctors focused on particular parts of
the body (world’s first specialized doctors)
Wrote world’s first medical books on papyrus
scrolls
Egyptian
Beliefs
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What do you think the pyramids were (why
did the Egyptians build them?)
Size of several city blocks, or your school
Full of furniture, jewelry, clothing, food etc..
Protected from floods, grave robbers, and
animals (why was this important?)
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Video Clip
Open to page 169
Read “How Was a Pyramid Built”
Logically outline the process of pyramid
building
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2540 B.C., Egyptians built the Great Pyramids
of Giza
Close to modern day Cairo (capital of Egypt)
Built for King Khufu
2 million stone blocks, weigh 2.5 tons each
Size of nine football fields
Tallest structure in the world for 4,000 years
Built without using animals or special tools!
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Some Egyptians today want to close the
pyramids to tourists. What is your opinion on
this issue?
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You will write your response for HW. We will
talk about persuasive writing in ELA, and
then we will revise and edit your responses
later this week.
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You will continue to practice your research skills.
This week, I want you to use the internet to try to
find answers to the following question:
How does technology help to reveal the past?
Hint: Scientists use X rays and CT scans to look inside
mummies.
Remember, once you find a source, you must
write down the web address!
Pre-Reading
 What do you already know about fairy tales?
 What can you tell the class about Ancient
Egypt?
Post-Readings
Literary Terms:
Foreshadowing
Irony
How does Egyptian medicine impact us
today? What procedures or skills do doctors
use today that were also used by the ancient
Egyptians?