Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt and the Near Eastand the Near East

Lockland Middle SchoolLockland Middle School

66thth Grade Grade

Social StudiesSocial Studies

Skills and MethodsSkills and Methods

6A1. Use multiple 6A1. Use multiple sources to define sources to define essential vocabulary essential vocabulary and obtain information and obtain information for a research project for a research project including; a. including; a. almanacs; b. almanacs; b. gazetteers; c. trade gazetteers; c. trade books; d. periodicals; books; d. periodicals; e. video tapes; f. e. video tapes; f. electronic sources. electronic sources.

6B2. Analyze 6B2. Analyze information from information from primary and primary and secondary sources in secondary sources in order to summarize, order to summarize, make generalizations make generalizations and draw conclusions. and draw conclusions.

Skills and MethodsSkills and Methods

6B3. Organize 6B3. Organize information using information using outlines and outlines and graphic organizers. graphic organizers.

6B4. Read and 6B4. Read and interpret interpret pictographs, bar pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs, line graphs, circle graphs, circle graphs, tables and graphs, tables and flow charts. flow charts.

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6C5. Complete a 6C5. Complete a research project research project that includes a that includes a bibliography. bibliography.

6C6. Communicate 6C6. Communicate a position on a a position on a topic orally or in topic orally or in writing and support writing and support the position with the position with evidence. evidence.

Skills and MethodsSkills and Methods

6D7. Work effectively to achieve 6D7. Work effectively to achieve group goals: a. engage in active group goals: a. engage in active listening; b. provide feedback in a listening; b. provide feedback in a constructive manner; c. help constructive manner; c. help establish group goals; d. take various establish group goals; d. take various roles within the group; e. recognize roles within the group; e. recognize contributions of others. contributions of others.

HistoryHistory

6A1. Construct a 6A1. Construct a multiple-tier time multiple-tier time line from a list of line from a list of events and events and interpret the interpret the relationships relationships between the between the events. events.

HistoryHistory

6A2. Arrange dates 6A2. Arrange dates in order on a time in order on a time line using the line using the conventions of B.C. conventions of B.C. and A.D. or B.C.E. and A.D. or B.C.E. and C.E and C.E

HistoryHistory

6B4. Compare the 6B4. Compare the geographic, political, geographic, political, economic and social economic and social characteristics of the characteristics of the river civilizations in river civilizations in the Nile (Egypt) before the Nile (Egypt) before 1000 B.C. including: 1000 B.C. including: a. location; a. location; b. government; b. government; c. religion; c. religion; d. agriculture; d. agriculture; e. cultural and scientific e. cultural and scientific

contributions. contributions.

HistoryHistory

LocationLocation Northeast AfricaNortheast Africa Modern-day EgyptModern-day Egypt Along the Nile River Along the Nile River

protected by the Sahara protected by the Sahara (desert)(desert)

GovernmentGovernment MonarchyMonarchy

Pharaoh inherited power Pharaoh inherited power through bloodlinesthrough bloodlines

ReligionReligion PolytheisticPolytheistic

Many-godsMany-gods Pharaoh was considered a Pharaoh was considered a

godgod

AgricultureAgriculture Farmed the fertile lands Farmed the fertile lands

bordering the Nile Riverbordering the Nile River Seasonal floods deposited Seasonal floods deposited

silt in the Nile River Valley silt in the Nile River Valley that made it possible to that made it possible to grow foods and cotton.grow foods and cotton.

Cultural ContributionsCultural Contributions Developed a writing Developed a writing

system called system called hieroglyphics in 3000 hieroglyphics in 3000 B.C.E.B.C.E.

Scientific ContributionsScientific Contributions Studied math, astronomy, Studied math, astronomy,

architecture, engineering,architecture, engineering,

People in SocietiesPeople in Societies

6A1. Compare the 6A1. Compare the cultural practices cultural practices and products of the and products of the societies studied societies studied including: including: a. class structure; a. class structure; b. gender roles; b. gender roles; c. beliefs; c. beliefs; d. customs and d. customs and

traditions. traditions.

People in SocietiesPeople in Societies

Class Structure 82Class Structure 82 Pharoah> Government Pharoah> Government

Officials> Priests> Officials> Priests> Scribes> Artisans> Scribes> Artisans> Peasants>Peasants>

Gender Roles 83+86Gender Roles 83+86 MenMen

Heads of household and Heads of household and Egyptian societyEgyptian society

WomenWomen Managed home and raised Managed home and raised

childrenchildren Had rights to own land, Had rights to own land,

run businesses, divorce, run businesses, divorce, and be at all levels of and be at all levels of classesclasses

Beliefs 87Beliefs 87 AfterlifeAfterlife

Egyptians believed in life Egyptians believed in life after deathafter death

Customs and TraditionsCustoms and Traditions MummificationMummification

Embalming of a dead Embalming of a dead body allowed for the body allowed for the person to use the body in person to use the body in its afterlifeits afterlife

People in SocietiesPeople in Societies

6A1. Compare 6A1. Compare world religions and world religions and belief systems belief systems focusing on focusing on geographic origins, geographic origins, founding leaders founding leaders and teachings. and teachings.

People in SocietiesPeople in Societies

EgyptianEgyptian Where: Nile River ValleyWhere: Nile River Valley Founder: PharaohFounder: Pharaoh Polytheistic (mainly)Polytheistic (mainly)

Belief in many godsBelief in many gods Pharaoh was a god, too!Pharaoh was a god, too!

MonotheisticMonotheistic Belief in one godBelief in one god AtenAten

Pharoah was still a god!Pharoah was still a god! TeachingsTeachings

Sacrifice, Afterlife, Sacrifice, Afterlife, MummificationMummification

Judaism (Jews) 101Judaism (Jews) 101 Where: Mesopotamia to Where: Mesopotamia to

Canaan (modern-day Canaan (modern-day Israel)Israel)

Founder: Abraham 103Founder: Abraham 103 Leaders 103Leaders 103

MosesMoses DavidDavid SolomonSolomon

Text 101+113Text 101+113 Torah (the Old Testament)Torah (the Old Testament) Talmud (Jewish law)Talmud (Jewish law)

Teachings 107+112Teachings 107+112 Monotheism (one God)Monotheism (one God) Ten CommandmentsTen Commandments

People in SocietiesPeople in Societies

6B3. Explain factors 6B3. Explain factors that foster conflict or that foster conflict or cooperation among cooperation among countries: countries: a. language; a. language; b. religion; b. religion; c. types of government; c. types of government; d. historic relationships; d. historic relationships; e. economic interests. e. economic interests.

People in SocietiesPeople in Societies

LanguageLanguage Jews spoke HebrewJews spoke Hebrew

ReligionReligion JudaismJudaism Monotheism vs. Monotheism vs.

PolytheismPolytheism Government 114Government 114

Jews vs. EgyptiansJews vs. Egyptians Jews vs. BabyloniansJews vs. Babylonians Jews vs. PersiansJews vs. Persians Jews vs. GreeksJews vs. Greeks Jews vs. RomansJews vs. Romans

Historic RelationshipsHistoric Relationships Egypt with Jews 106Egypt with Jews 106

ExodusExodus Jews leave Egypt led by Jews leave Egypt led by

MosesMoses Romans with Jews 115Romans with Jews 115 Babylonians, Persians, Babylonians, Persians,

and Greeks with Jews 114and Greeks with Jews 114 Economic Interests 114Economic Interests 114

Trade RouteTrade Route Canaan is at the Canaan is at the

crossroads of Egypt, crossroads of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Mesopotamia, and EuropeEurope

GeographyGeography

6A2. Use 6A2. Use coordinates of coordinates of latitude and latitude and longitude to locate longitude to locate points on a world points on a world map. map.

GeographyGeography

6B4. Identify and 6B4. Identify and describe a variety describe a variety of physical and of physical and human regions by human regions by analyzing maps, analyzing maps, charts and graphs charts and graphs that show patterns that show patterns of characteristics of characteristics that define regions. that define regions.

People in SocietiesPeople in Societies

6A2. Compare 6A2. Compare world religions and world religions and belief systems belief systems focusing on focusing on geographic origins, geographic origins, founding leaders founding leaders and teachings and teachings including:including: c. Judaism. c. Judaism.

EconomicsEconomics

6A1. Explain how 6A1. Explain how the availability of the availability of productive productive resources and resources and entrepreneurship entrepreneurship affects the affects the production of goods production of goods and services in and services in different world different world regions. regions.

EconomicsEconomics

Explain that most Explain that most decisions involve decisions involve trade-offs and give trade-offs and give examples. examples.

EconomicsEconomics

6B3. Explain why trade 6B3. Explain why trade occurs when occurs when individuals, regions individuals, regions and countries and countries specialize in what they specialize in what they can produce at the can produce at the lowest opportunity cost lowest opportunity cost and how this causes and how this causes both production and both production and consumption to consumption to increase. increase.

EconomicsEconomics

6B4. Identify goods 6B4. Identify goods and services that and services that are imported and are imported and exported and exported and explain how this explain how this trade makes trade makes countries countries interdependent. interdependent.

EconomicsEconomics

6B5. Describe how 6B5. Describe how supply and demand supply and demand helps to set the helps to set the market clearing market clearing price for goods and price for goods and services and how services and how prices reflect the prices reflect the relative scarcity of relative scarcity of goods and services. goods and services.

EconomicsEconomics

6C6. Distinguish 6C6. Distinguish between goods and between goods and services typically services typically produced by the produced by the private sector and private sector and the public sector. the public sector.