PUTTING THE POINT INTO ANCIENT EGYPT

This is a Grade 7 Social Studies Lesson in which students gather information about Ancient Egypt and create a PowerPoint presentation to demonstrate their knowledge.

Developed by Sandra Averill and Shelley Gray-Langley Fundamental Middle School.Modified for sd71.

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INTRODUCTION:

TIME AND TIME AGAIN, a famous time travelling company has hired you and a team of experts to teach their travel agents about Ancient Egypt. You will need to travel back in time to gather information about Ancient Egypt, present what you have learned to the agents and test them to ensure that they learned from your knowledge.

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TASK:

Your job is to travel back to Ancient Egypt and gather information about one of the following topics (your teacher may decide to have you draw your topic out of a hat):

Medicine Hieroglyphics Artifacts Hatshepsut Daily Life Temples Mummies and Tombs

Pyramids King Tut Akhenaten Nefertiti Ramses Cleopatra

You will then create a presentation to show your knowledge using PowerPoint.

To accompany your presentation you will need to create a worksheet for students in your class to fill out while they view your presentation.

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PROCESS:

1. Choose the topic that you will be researching.

2. Use the Web Sites found in the Resources section of this assignment and books from your school library to gather information about your topic.

3. Create a Powerpoint presentation to show your class. Click here to view instructions on how to use PowerPoint. Don't forget to check the Evaluation section of this assignment to see how you will be marked and make sure that you include all the parts that you need.

Click here for the Criteria for your PowerPoint presentation.

You will need to create a Storyboard to show how you will be organizing your PowerPoint presentation. Click here to get the worksheet in MS Word. Click here to get it in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat).

4. In a Word Processing program (MS Word) create a worksheet with questions that students will answer while they view your presentation. You should be able to tell if they were listening to your presentation and if they understood it by their answers to your questions.

5. Present your PowerPoint Production to your class. Don't forget to read slowly and smile.

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RESOURCES:

Click here for a page of resources. or click on the topic that you are researching:

Medicine Hieroglyphics Artifacts Hatshepsut Daily Life Temples Mummies and Tombs

Pyramids King Tut Akhenaten Nefertiti Ramses Cleopatra

 

 

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EVALUATION:

Click here to view the criteria for how your presentation will be evaluated.

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CONCLUSION:

Congratulations on completing a safe journey in time. Hopefully TIME AND TIME AGAIN will be happy with your presentation of information. Make sure that you smile and read your presentation along with your PowerPoint slides.

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TEACHER:

This lesson is designed for students to be able to work independently. You may decide to choose their topics by drawing them out of a hat and you may wish to have students working in pairs.

Before you begin the assignment ensure that students understand they will not be typing all of the information into Powerpoint for their presentation. Instead they type all the information into MS Word and put only headings and graphics into Powerpoint. They will be reading the MS Word notes while they show the headings in PowerPoint.

SOCIAL STUDIES 7 LEARNING OUTCOMES COVERED:

• gather and record a body of information from primary archaeological and historical evidence and secondary print, non-print, and electronic sources

• generate and justify interpretations drawn from primary and secondary sources

• identify and clarify a problem, issue, or inquiry

• organize information into a formal presentation using several forms of representation

• compare how various cultures meet common needs

• demonstrate understanding of events as part of a chronological series

• describe daily life, work, family structures, and gender roles in selected ancient cultures

• analyse effects and consequences of contact and conflict between ancient cultures

• identify connections between current cultures and ancient cultures

• compare different concepts of membership and citizenship in ancient civilizations

• compare ways in which ancient governments acquired and used power and authority

• assess how settlement patterns, economies, and occupations of ancient peoples were influenced by their physical environments

• assess ways technological innovations enabled ancient peoples to modify their environments, satisfy their needs, and increase exploration and trade

• locate and describe current and historical events

• evaluate how ancient cultures were influenced by their environment

• analyse ways that people's interactions with their physical environments change over time

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