The Egyptian Civilization Project

Maryland Learner Outcomes:

2.10 Analyze the cultural development of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley, China, Nubia and Kush.

1.6.5 Summarize text in a manner that reflects the main ideas, significant details, and its underlying meaning.

Essential Questions:

What is a civilization?
How does geography affect human settlement?
What makes a civilization unique?
How can political systems influence the achievements of a society?
What is the role of government in fostering economic prosperity and political and social stability?

Library Media MLO's

Students will demonstrate the ability to locate and use information resources, equipment and other technologies effectively and efficiently.
Students will demonstrate the ability to review, evaluate and select media.
Students will demonstrate the ability to learn and apply reading, research and critical thinking skills to organize, and synthesize information in order to communicate new understanding.

Use AGOPP

RESEARCH PROCESS

DIRECTIONS FOR STUDENTS

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Ask and Clarify Questions

Geography:

1. How did the physical geographic characteristics of Egypt affect the development of that civilization?

2. How did the Egyptians modify their environment to meet their needs and wants?

3. How did geography influence the settlement patterns and population growth of the region?

Economics:

4. How did the Egyptians use their natural, capital and human resources to produce more goods and services? What technologies helped? What specialization of labor occurred?

5. What role did trade and transportation play in providing needed goods and services?

Culture:

6. How did the environment and cultural diffusion influence the development of the Egyptian civilization?

7. What were the major cultural developments of the Egyptian civilization, including government, religion, social classes, written language, art, science and learning?

Political Systems:

8. How did the Egyptian political/government system work? How did it attempt to balance the following three goals:

a) to maintain order b) to protect individual rights c) to provide for the common good?

Need to break that large question down into smaller ones? Check out these simple files that do just that.

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Gather Information from a wide range of Sources

Key Words and phrases to look for when using the index, table of contents and search box:

RELIGION	mummification	afterlife	pharaoh	religion	practices
POLITICAL SYSTEMS	government projects	services like irrigation	protection from invaders	Greece	Nubia
SOCIAL SYSTEMS	roles	education	family	daily life	social classes or structure
HUMAN EXPRESSION	art	sculpture	hieroglyphics	pottery	tomb writing
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	tools	inventions	irrigation	canals	time
GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERS	physical features	rivers	flooding	temperature	natural resources
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS	jobs	trade	products	resources	technology
HUMAN GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERS	architecture	shelters	tombs	social classes	homes

Online Resources - Hint - remember, you are researching ANCIENT Egypt.

AP Multimedia Archives - For Pictures

SIRS - For pictures (Click on the picture tab at the top of the page

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition - For pictures

ABC-CLIO World History: Ancient & Medieval Eras - For pictures and information

World Book - For information & pictures

Encyclopedia Britannica - For information & pictures

Student Resource Center, Jr.

eLibrary

Print Resources (sample selection)

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations
Ancient Civilizations Almanac
Ancient Civilizations Biographies
The World of the Pharaoh

The History of the Ancient & Medieval World
Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
The Ancient World: Egypt
Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World

You must also be able to cite your sources and write a Bibliography for your project. Below is a worksheet you can print and use to help you with this task. Be sure to write down the correct Bibliographic information as soon as you use a source. Check your NBMS handbook for correct form.

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Organize Information & Draw Conclusions

Graphic Organizers can help you to organize the needed information by focusing on what you really need to answer your questions.
Your instructor has given you a sheet to use as a research organizer. Put all your notes on that sheet.

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Prepare Materials to Present

Below is a mock-up of a poster. It has all of the required elements. The stars represent your Egyptian theme. Do NOT put stars on your poster unless it is part of an astronomy theme!

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Present & Assess Information

GRADED FOR MASTERY

A = Demonstrates higher level understanding

Completely answers the question

Answers all parts of the focus questions within the answer

Uses information from research to support the answer

B= Demonstrates a good understanding

Answers the question

Answers most of the focus questions within the answer

Uses information from research to support the answer

C= Demonstrates a basic understanding

Minimally answers the question

Answers some of the focus questions within the answer

Uses some information from research to support the answer

D= Demonstrates a minimal understanding of content

Contains little to no information regarding the content

E= The response does not demonstrate understanding of the content

POSTER LEARNING SKILLS

4 3 2 1 Project reflects care and preparation

4 3 2 1 Active Participation during individual research

4 3 2 1 Proper heading written on poster and paragraph

4 3 2 1 Four appropriate topical images used

4 3 2 1 Images have captions and citations

4 3 2 1 Poster is decorated with an appropriate Egyptian theme

Remember, all presentations must include a poster, a BCR, and proper citation of sources.