Ancient Civilizations

Egypt
6th Grade

Day 1
Materials:
Online History Notebook
Construction Paper
Crayons
Before Lesson
Place students into 5 groups (Nomes) and determine a group leader (Noble of
the Nome)

Nomes
1. Abydos
2. Bubastic
3. Hermopolis
4. Memphis
5. Thebes

Leader Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Lesson:
Introduce: Introduce the Unit and give students time to create their
Noble name Card.
Create: Online History Logs via GoogleDocs and have each student
share with the teacher.
o Day 1: Your Nome name, your Leader name and the rest of your
group members.
Give: Formative Assessment
o What do you know about Egypt?
Day 2
Materials:
Online History Notebook
Mystery of Egypt ~ Video
Lesson:
Watch: Mystery of Egypt movie- students need to write down in their
history logs 10 items they learned or have more questions about
ancient Egypt.
Report: Have students log 10 items they learned from he video/have
questions about Ancient Egypt

Day 2: Things I learned from the Video/Things I want to know

from the Vide

Day 3
Materials:
Online History Notebook
Unit Vocabulary List (one per student)
Lesson:
ASK- What prior information do you know about Egypt?
LIST- Create a KWL chart on the board with the students, write down
information together regarding what they know, want to know, and
learned and have them record it in their Online History Logs
o Day 3 - KWL Chart
PASS OUT- unit vocabulary list to students. Nomes will be responsible
for an assigned Chapter
TELL- students that they will be creating a PowToon presentation on
their set of vocabulary words (5 per group, 1 per person). They are to
find an appropriate picture online that corresponds with their word, and
define it.
ASSIGN- Due dates for words to be completed for chapters 7,8, & 9.
1. topography (7)
2. vegetation (7)
3. Nile River (7)
4. Egypt (7)
5. Kush (7)
6. Mediterranean Sea (7)
7. Canaan (7)
8. Jordan River (7)
9. pharaoh (8)
10. Hatshepsut (8)
11. Ramses II (8)
12. treaty (8)
13. social pyramid (9)
14. social class (9)
15. status (9)
16. noble (9)
17. peasant (9)
18. afterlife (9)
19. pyramid (8)
20. hieroglyph (9)
21. sarcophagus (9)
22. scribes (9)

23. sphinx (8)

24. Khufu (Cheops) (9)
25. The White Chapel (8)
26. Pharaoh Senusret I (9)
27. obelisk (9)
28. vizier (9)
Example of Vocabulary cards for presentation:

Day 4
Materials:
Online History Notebook
Student Study Guide (SSG) (one per student)
History Workbook
Chapter 7 reading text ( one per student)
Lesson:
DISTRIBUTE- Student study guide for students to file in their history
section of their binder.
SAY Yesterday we talked about our previous knowledge of Egypt.
Today we are going to discuss the importance of the environmental
factors on settlements and how Egyptian settlements were affected by
these factors.
PRESENT- Word wall vocabulary for Chapter 7
TELL students to complete workbook page 51 by listing the
environmental factors considered when choosing a new home
(geography piece)
READ- Chapter 7 (7.1-7.2) Environmental Factors
o ASK the following questions:
Question
Why would human settlements likely be
located in the places you selected?

Answer

Student responses will vary

What are the three environmental factors?

Water, Topography, and Vegetation

ACTIVITY-(in online History notebook) Write the three environment factors

and how they affected where Egyptians chose to settle.
o Day 4
Environmental Factors
Egyptian Settlement
Water

Ways Factors Affected

Drinking water, bathe

and wash things to prevent diseases

source of food, for farmers to grow crops, and transportation
as the river was the main
highway.
Topography
Farmers settled in flat spaces
that gave them more room to
grow crops. The rich soil in coastal plains and rivers valleys
were excellent for crops.
Mountains and deserts were less
friendly and hard to cross. Deserts were hot and dry and
contained little water for
farming.
Vegetation
Plants were a source of food.
People learned to make useful
products out of plants, including medicine, baskets, ropes,
tools, and paper. They provided
shade. They also helped to
make a place beautiful.

COMPLETE Study Guide 1-9

Reminder: Prior to beginning the Egypt unit, divide class into groups of 5 with five
to six students in each group. Place the map of the Nile River on the wall and allow
each group to be the name of one of the cities in Egypt. Send out an email
regarding Khats to parents as they will need to be completed by the start of the

Day 5
Materials:
Online History Notebook
Student Study Guide (SSG)
Map of the Nile River (one per student)
Map of Egypt worksheet (one per student)
Interactive Egypt Map
link:http://www.classzone.com/webquest/AC_interactives/AC_05_egypt/
AC_05_143_egypt.html)
Lesson:
REVIEW Study Guide Information from Day 2
SAY- Yesterday we discussed the importance of environmental factors.
Today we are going to learn about its geography and how to read a
map of Africa and the Nile River.
WATCH- the map of the Nile River audio tour (3mins)
ACTIVITY 1 Label the Map of Africa
o Label
o Paste in history notebook

ACTIVITY 2 Map of the Nile River

o FILL-OUT the map on page 6 of the study guide utilizing the
word bank provided
o SHADE- The bodies of water blue and the deserts brown.

Where is Egypt?

Cities
Thebes
Bubastis
Giza
Memphis
Cairo (current

Deserts
The Arabian Desert
The Libyan Desert
The Nubian Desert

Bodies of Water
Mediterranean Sea
The Red Sea
The Nile River

capital)
Aswan
Hermopolis
The Valley of the
Kings

Directions:
1. Label the continent
2. Locate and label
Egypt
3. Draw the Nile River
4. Label the two
countries that border
Egypt
5. Mark the capital of
Egypt with a red star
and label it.
6. Label the oceans
around the continent
7. Label the two seas
that border Egypt
8. Draw a compass

COMPLETE- Numbers 10-15 of study guide.