Social Studies

ANCIENT EGYPT
Learning Objective 1 Fourth Term, 2017
Seventh grade
Boston International School
 Objective: To learn the characteristics of the first
civilizations of ancient Egypt, India and China to
compare them with the people of todays world.
Learning Objective: To recognize the characteristics of
the ancient Egypt such as the Government, culture, and
religion, to understand their way of life.
The kingdom of God remains forever

Matthew 24:35
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by
no means pass away.

Biblical Principle
 Class rules
Remember that we do it all for the Lord:
Colossians 3:17
New King James Version (NKJV)
17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the
Father through Him.

Participation
1.Spontaneous participation
2. Accurate answers
3.Comments to enrich the class
Whole brain teaching
Rule 1: Listen when your teacher is talking
Rule 2: Follow directions quickly
Rule 3: Respect others. Respect yourself. Respect your school
Rule 4: Raise your hand to speak or stand
Rule 5: Be safe, Be kind, Be honest for the glory of God.
 Rule 6: Use English at all times, it is the only way to improve.
Rule 7: Do not translate what your teacher says, please.
Rule 8: Take risks and learn from your mistakes
MENDING ORIENTED ACTIONS
If the students take the motivation to misbehave he/she will from 1 to ten
points of his/her participation mark.
If the students distract others he/she has to talk in front of the class and
apologize.
If the students frequently have a bad behavior will be notified in the folder
of behavior.
 The kids will take an hour to go to the I.T. room and prepare their
poster. Later, they will spend the second hour on their oral
presentation.

Project: Make a comparison chart between the religion of the

Ancient Civilizations and the Christians. They have to organize the
information in a Comparison graphic organizer or chat. (I will post
some examples on my blog) The work has to show their investigation
process and creativity.
They will need markers, colors and a big piece of construction paper.
Group: 3 students
Date: September 29th October 6th
RUBRIC - The teacher will take into account
1. Pronunciation
2. Fluency (Student acted as a facilitator, helping the conversation flow and develop).
3. Length of the speech
4. Proper use of various structures
5. Vocabulary used in class was used properly to communicate
6. Voice and non-verbal communication (Pronunciation was clear and inflection and
expressions were used to enhance communication.)
7. Listening (Student responded to questions with appropriate answers, acknowledged all
statements, and incorporated them into the discussion.)
8. Creativity displayed in bringing all the material necessary to carry out the activity
9. Eye contact: look at the audience during the entire presentation while speaking.
10. Use of notecards: look at audience while speaking, not reading straight from the
notecards.
11. biblical integrated approach
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 Egypt Location:

Egypt is located in Africa, limits to the north with the

Mediterranean Sea, to the south with Sudan, to the east
with the Red Sea and to the west with Libya.
 Thousands of years ago, one of the worlds first
civilizations began on the shores of the Nile River. This
river is the longest river in the world. It flows from a lake
deep in Africa to the hot desert land of Egypt.
The people of Egypt need water from the river. Their
country gets little rain.
And the land near the river is fertile.
Nile River
 THE FIRST PHARAOH
A man named Menes ruled over the villages in Egypt,
and he became the first king. He built a new capital city
called Memphis. Menes also built a large palace for
himself. After that, Egypts king was always called the
pharaoh, which mean great palace or great house.
GOVERNMENT UNDER THE
PHARAOH
PHARAOH:
Made the laws for all the people.
Everyone worked for the pharaoh, for example, the farmers had to
give some of the food that they grew to the pharaoh.
NOBLES:
They ran the government. The chief minister supervises the business
of government.
ARTISTS:
Makers of statues, they had less power than the nobles.
FARMERS AND OTHER WORKERS:
They had little to say in the government.
 EGYPTIAN RELIGION
The Egyptians believed in many gods.
They believed that the sun was a god named Ra.
The Egyptians believed a person would live again after
death.
MUMMIFICATION: is a way to protect a dead body.
TOMB: is a place or a building where the dead are
buried. All the things the person might want in the next
life were placed near the mummy.
 THE PYRAMIDS
They are the largest tombs built for the pharaohs. The
largest pyramid in Egypt is called the Great Pyramid.
The tombs of the pharaohs were filled with many
treasures.
Tutankhamen was a pharaoh known as the boy-king
because he died when he was only 18 years old. The
kings mummy lay inside a case made of solid gold. A
gold mask covered the kings head. The tomb was filled
with jewelry, furniture, clothes, weapons, and games.
Tutankhamens tomb helped people learn a lot about how
people in ancient Egypt lived.
 EGYPTIAN CONTRIBUTIONS
TO CIVILIZATION

The Egyptians invented a calendar. They noticed that the

Nile flood came once every 365 days. They also saw that
the flood arrived at about the same time every year. This
gave them the idea that time could be divided into equal
periods.
 The Egyptians also made a writing material called
papyrus. They made papyrus from plants that grew along
the Nile river. Our word paper comes from the word
papyrus.
The Egyptians invented a kind of writing system called
hieroglyphics, or picture writing.