KWL chart and essential questions
Teacher will start off with projecting KWL chart about what students know about Ancient Egypt already:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwFsu9BmjmcIcGk4SGNLTlp4VnM/view?usp=sharing
Essential Questions for Unit:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwFsu9BmjmcIcGk4SGNLTlp4VnM/view?usp=sharing
Essential Questions for Unit:
- What conditions are necessary for a civilization to begin to develop?
- What economic and geographic factors led to the rise of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization?
- Why was religion so important to the Ancient Egyptian way of life?
- How did the Ancient Egyptians influence modern day life?
- Why was the Nile River important to life in Ancient Egypt?
- Why were pharaohs important to ancient Egyptians?
- How do the natural resources of a geographical region affect the day to day life of the people?
- How did the location, geography, and climate of ancient Egypt affect the development of civilization there?
- What was the impact of the Egyptian religious belief system on daily life, particularly burial practices?
- How were Egypt's economic, social, and political levels structured?
- How did work and social roles affect people in ancient Egypt?
- How important was the Nile River to life in Ancient Egypt?
- How did location affect how early people lived?
- How did the development of agriculture change human life?
- Why was ancient Egypt able to remain a great power for so long?
- What did the Egyptians think happened after death?
- Why do you think the bodies were mummified? What does that say about the ancient Egyptian culture?