Egypt unit plan

Unit Overview: This unit will briefly review Egyptian civilization’s periods/epoch, religion, major advancements, significant individuals and a connection to the present.

• 2 article reviews on Egypt

• Project EGYPT

• Egyptian Dynasties

• THEY WERE BUILT BY ALIENS!
  Let's take a look at some undeniable evidence....

• Who built the Egyptian pyramids?

• Gods & Religion

• Egyptian civilizations greatness due to their high ambition to
  exert power
• Read Ch. 2
  

Construction:

• Why were such massive amounts of resources used up in Egyptian society to build tomb for one person?
• What are theories of the construction process of the pyramids?

Daily Life:
What was the day in the life like for an Egyptian?

From the History Channel

Engineering and Empire Egypt

Exam due 11/17

Essential Question (EQ) “ What ideas survive form the early cavitations today?”

AZSS Objectives/Standards
Inform students clearly of the objectives, students write in notes.

1. Content

Strand 2 - Concept 2:  Early Civilizations

The geographic, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of early civilizations significantly influenced the development of later civilizations.

PO 1.  Describe the development of early prehistoric people, their agriculture, and settlements.

PO 4. Analyze the enduring Chinese contributions and their impact on other civilizations:

• development of concepts of government and citizenship (e.g., Confucianism, empire)
• scientific, mathematical, and technical advances (e.g., roads, aqueducts)
• cultural advancements in art, architecture, literature, theater, and philosophy

Concept 1:  Research Skills for History

PO 5.  Evaluate primary and secondary sources for:

• authors’ main points
• purpose and perspective
• different points of view on the same historical event (e.g., Geography Concept 6 – geographical perspective can be different from economic perspective)

Language Objectives

• The student will produce independent writing that uses basic English conventions outlined in the Advanced Level with some errors, although the errors do not interfere with communication.
• The student will speak in short phrases and simple sentences using English grammatical structures and linguistic forms outlined in the Advanced Level with some errors, although the errors do not impede communication.