TEACHING MANUAL

Submitted By,

REMYA. V

Social Science,

Reg. No.: 14367014

LESSON TEMPLATE

Name of the teacher : Remya. V Std of Stage IX

Name of the School : R V S M H S S Strength 40

Name of the Subject : Social Science Duration 40 min

Name of the Unit : The invention of Bronze Date

Name of the Topic : Egyptian civilizations

Curricular statement : Pupils are enables to generate different dimensions of knowledge and different values

related to Egyptian civilization through observations and enquiry.

Content analysis

Terms :- Sahara desert, Namibian desert, semiprecious stones, Egyptian civilization, Nile river,

Ethiopian floods, pharaohs, hieroglyphics, pyramids, triangle, decimals.

Facts The west of Egypt lies the vast Sahara desert and to the east lies the Namibian

desert.

Gold, copper and multi coloured semi precious stones were available in plenty in

Egypt

The early Greek travelers described this civilization as the “Gift of the Nile”

The king of Egypt were known as “Pharaohs”

The Egyptians used Heiroglyphics scripts of language.

Monuments were built in memory of their king they were known as pyramids.

Egyptians were knew the use of decimals.

Dead bodies of the kings and members of the royal family kept as ‘mummies’

Concept Egyptian civilization

Learning outcomes After learning this topic the students will be able to

Recall related knowledge about Egyptian civilization

Describe about Egyptian civilization

Organize about Egyptian culture

Apply the concept in to new situation

Provide innovative suggestions about Egyptian civilization

Instructional aids World map

Picture of pharaohs

Picture of Hieroglyphics script

Incidents that written by hieroglyphics scripts

Picture of pyramids

Model of pyramids

References SCERT text book STD IX, handbook std IX, labour India

Previous knowledge Students got the idea about pyramids and the mummies from the previous classes

Classroom interaction procedure Actual pupil response

Introduction

Teacher enters the class and ask certain questions to students.

1. Do you like farming?

2. Do you have any farming?

3. What are the factors that need for the farming?

From the response of the students

The bank of the rivers is fertile. So in the ancient times peoples

concentrate the banks of river for agricultural activities. The

most of the ancient civilizations are originated from the banks

of rivers. Through this teacher enter the topic.

Presentation

In the ancient civilizations the Egyptian civilization was the

most important bronze age civilization.

The Egyptian civilization was originated from the banks of Nile.

To the west of Egypt lies the vast Sahara desert and to the east

lies the Namibia desert. Cairo is the Capital of Egypt.

Teacher show the position of Egypt in the world map and

explain.

The rise and fall of the Egyptian civilization were according to

the fluctuations in the flooding of the Nile river. At the end of

each summer, the ensuing Ethiopian floods deposited black and

fertile alluvial soil of the banks of the river. Agricultural

products of this area became the basic factor of the Egyptian

civilizations.

The king of Egypt were known as ‘Pharaohs’ The supreme

authority of the land was vested with the pharaoh.

Teacher show a picture of pharaohs

A feature of the Egyptian civilization was that events were

recorded accurately. The script used for writing down these

records is known as ‘Hieroglyphics’

Hieroglyphics means ‘The holy script’. This script is read from

right to left.

Teacher show a picture of Hieroglyphics scripts.

Activity I

Teacher divides class in to five groups and teacher ask the

students to group discussion for that teacher give the topic

write a short note on the topic Hieroglyphics script”.

Teacher give little more time to group discussion. Teacher ask

the students to present their answer in front of the class. After

that teacher generalize the topic.

“Egyptians used the Hieroglyphic script for recorded the events.

This scripts is reads from right to left. This script means ‘The

holy script’.

Teacher shows a chart containing the events recorded in the

Hieroglyphic script.

Events recorded in Hieroglyphic script

1. Administrative achievements of the pharaohs

2. Royal customs and rituals

3. Description of military raids

Pyramids are the toms of pharaohs

Teacher show a model of pyramid

The pyramids are contains dead bodies of the kings and

members of the royal family kept as mummies an it also

included their used weapons, cloths and jewellary.

Activity II

Teacher divide class in to five group. Teacher give little more

time for group discussion. Teacher give the Topic for group

discussion.

“Write a short note on a pyramid”

To ask the students to present their answer in front of the class.

After that teacher generalize the topic.

“Egyptian civilization was rich in diversity. The king of Egypt

were known as pharaohs. Pyramids are the tombs of pharaohs

and it also included their used weapons, cloths, Jewelleries. The

base of the pyramids is square and the sides are triangular. The

top of the pyramids is the apex of the triangle.

Conclusion Egyptian civilization was very rich in diversity.

Review:

1. Which country is known as “the Gift of Nile”?

2. Name the script used by Egyptians?

3. What are the events recorded in the Hieroglyphics script?

4. What did you call the dead bodies of Pharaohs?

Enrichment activity

1. Write a short note on the River Nile?

2. “Most of the civilizations originated in river valley”. Justify your answer?