Ancient+Egypt

[|Listen to an article on ancient Egypt] [|Medicine of ancient Egypt] Egyptian Games Hatshepsut and Ramses II Videos
 * Pharaohs and Their Pyramids ||
 * Thousands of years ago, one of the world’s greatest civilizations developed along the Nile River. During this time, great kings called //pharaohs// ruled Egypt. The pharaohs had huge pyramids built that still stand today. When a pharaoh died, he was buried deep inside a pyramid built just for him. Incredible treasures like gold statues and jewelry surrounded his body. The rule of the pharaohs came to an end about 2,500 years ago. Today, the Egyptian government is trying to preserve the pyramids and treasures of their ancient ancestors. ||
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TEST PREP

Students will be studying daily life of ancient Egyptians and the cast system. A comparison of individual identity and development with that of modern day and career potential will be the final assessment for this unit. Students will use the career cruising website to explore a potential career.





Ancient_Egypt_Booklist

State standards covered in this unit:
 * A.4.1 Use reference points, latitude and longitude, direction, size, shape, and scale to locate positions on various representations of the earth's surface
 * A.8.3 Use an atlas to estimate distance, calculate scale, identify dominant patterns of climate and land use, and compute population density
 * A.8.7 Describe the movement of people, ideas, diseases, and products throughout the world
 * A.8.9 Describe how buildings and their decoration reflect cultural values and ideas, providing examples such as cave paintings, pyramids, sacred cities, castles, and cathedrals
 * B.8.3 Describe the relationships between and among significant events, such as the causes and consequences of wars in United States and world history
 * B.8.7 Identify significant events and people in the major eras of United States and world history
 * B.8.8 Identify major scientific discoveries and technological innovations and describe their social and economic effects on society
 * B.8.10 Analyze examples of conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among groups, societies, or nations
 * B.8.12 Describe how history can be organized and analyzed using various criteria to group people and events chronologically, geographically, thematically, topically, and by issues
 * C.8.3 Explain how laws are developed, how the purposes of government are established, and how the powers of government are acquired, maintained, justified, and sometimes abused
 * E.4.11 Give examples and explain how language, stories, folk tales, music, and other artistic creations are expressions of culture and how they convey knowledge of other peoples and cultures

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