Standard 6.17  Analyze the impact of key figures from ancient Egypt including:

• Significance of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb on the understanding of ancient Egypt

Standard 6.18  Analyze the achievements of ancient Egyptian civilization, including:  hieroglyphics, papyrus, and the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza

Standard 6.19  Examine the cultural diffusion of ancient Egypt with surrounding civilizations through trade and conflict, including its relationship with Nubia.

Standard 6.20 Identify and locate geographical features of ancient Israel, including:

Dead Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Jerusalem, Red Sea, Jordan River, Sinai Peninsula

Monday-  Egyptian Achievements & King Tut

HW- Study guide due Wednesday, Chapter 3 Mapping and Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday

Chapter 3 Egypt Test Thursday

Tuesday- Kush vs. Egypt  

HW- Finish Chapter 3 study guide and study for Chapter 3 Mapping and Vocabulary Quiz

Wednesday- Review

Check Chapter 3 study guide & Review for Test Thursday

Ch 3 vocabulary and mapping Quiz

Online review- use online textbook

HW- Study for Chapter 3 test

Thursday- Chapter 3 Egypt Test

Begin Geography of Ancient Israel

Geography of Ancient Israel

Read pages 202 & 203 (old textbook) and review map

Complete Ancient Israel maps

Read Chapter 4, Lesson 1 “Beginnings”

Start Chapter 4 quizzlet- Due Tuesday

HW- Work on Chapter 4 quizzlet

Friday- Ancient Egypt Group Activity

Egypt QR Codes/Pic Collage

Questions/Group Activity/Media Album Schoology

HW None

Standard 6.17  Analyze the impact of key figures from ancient Egypt including:

• Growth under the leadership of Queen Hatshepsut and her economic policies
• Ramses the Great’s military conquests leading to growth of the kingdom
• Significance of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb on the understanding of ancient Egypt

Standard 6.18  Analyze the achievements of ancient Egyptian civilization, including:  hieroglyphics, papyrus, and the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza

Monday-  Pyramids

*Building a pyramid 

*Read pgs. 94&95 (old textbook)

*Perform play—Planning a Pyramid

* Horrible Histories- Tomb Raider

* Constructing a Civilization 

* Browse pyramid websites

HW- Watch Pharaohs BrainPop

HW- Read Chapter 3, Lesson 3 “Egypt’s Empire” (online textbook)

Tuesday - Egyptian Achievements

*Analyze the achievements of ancient Egyptian civilizations, including: hieroglyphics, papyrus, and the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza

Group Activitiy

HW Bring in items for Ancient Egypt Day Thursday

Wednesday -  Hatshepsut & Ramses the Great

* Review Queen Hatshepsut ( Old textbook pg. 97)

* “The Pharaoh that Would Not be Forgotten” 

* Play “Hatshepsut and Thutmose III”

* Review Ramses the Great (Old textbook pg. 98 & 101)

* Ramses the Great Ducksters (CW Grade)

* Ramses Reading Sheet & Questions

*HW- Bring things for Ancient Egypt Day

Thursday-  Ancient Egypt Day

HW - Watch Pharaohs BrainPop

Friday - Tutankhamen

*The Pharaoh Report 

*Review page 88, “Who was ‘King Tut’”

*Pharaohs BrainPop (quiz grade)

*King Tut reading & questions

*HW- None

Standard 6.13 Identify and locate geographical features of ancient Egypt, including: Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Nile River, The Sahara, The regions of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nile Delta

Standard 6.14  Explain how agricultural practices impacted life and economic growth in ancient Egypt, including the use of irrigation and development of a calendar.

Standard 6.15  Explain the structure of ancient Egyptian society, including: Relationships between groups of people, How social classes were organized by occupation, Positions of pharaohs as god/kings, Role of slaves

6.16  Explain the polytheistic religion of ancient Egypt, with respect to beliefs about the afterlife, the reasons for mummification, and the use of pyramids.

Monday- Geography of Ancient Egypt

Go over Egypt Day signup genius

Ancient Egypt Day - Thursday, October 24th

The Gift of the Nile 

Geography of Ancient Egypt- Ducksters

Ancient Egypt Map

HW- Finish Chapter 3 Quizzlet

Tuesday- Agricultural Practices

Check Chapter 3 quizzlet

Egypt-National Geographic 

Read pages 62-64 (online textbook), highlight the “Making Connections” on page 63

Egypt, Land of Abundance 

HW Read online textbook Chapter 3, Lesson 2, pages 67-79

Wednesday- Early Pharaohs & Their Role

Read online textbook pages 64-66

Ancient Egypt Pharaohs- Ducksters

Nile River Lesson 1 Self-check

Essay Question #5 on page 66

HW- None

Thursday- Religion of Ancient Egypt

Review old textbook pages 92-93

Egyptian Myths & Ancient Gods

Great Gods and Goddesses

HW- Watch Mummies BrainPop

Friday- Mummification & Afterlife Beliefs

Mummification 

Mummies BrainPop

Ancient Egypt Mummies/Afterlife Beliefs 

HW None

Standard 6.12  Analyze the impact of the introduction of written law in the Code of Hammurabi, and explain its basic principles of justice.

6.13  Identify and locate geographical features of ancient Egypt, including: Mediterranean Sea, Nile Delta, Nile River, Red Sea, regions of Upper and Lower Egypt, the Sahara Desert

Monday- Hammurabi’s Code

Sargon’s Rule and Hammurabi’s Code Play

Hammurabi’s reading 

Code of Hammurabi- Ducksters (CW grade)

Quizziz vocabulary review

HW- Study for Chapter 2 Vocabulary and Maps...Study Guide Due by Wednesday.

Important Vocabulary Chapter 2 Mesopotamia

parallel

silt

irrigation

surplus

city-states

polytheism

ziggurat

patriarchy

cuneiform

scribes

epic

empire

code

military

tribute

provinces

region

complex

caravans

astronomer

Tuesday- Review

Work on Chapter 2 study guide

HW- Finish study guide and study for Chapter 2 test

Wednesday- Review

Check study guide & review answers

Chapter 2 Quizziz

HW- Study for Chapter 2 test

Thursday- Test

Chapter 2 test

Begin Ancient Egypt

Start Chapter 3 Quizlet (due Tuesday, Oct. 8)

HW- Work on Chapter 3 Quizlet

Friday- Geography of Ancient Egypt

Egypt & the Nile River

Read online textbook pages 58-61

The Cities of Ancient Egypt mapping

HW None

Standard 6.08  Analyze how advancements in agriculture in Sumer led to economic growth, expansion of trade and transportation, and the emergence of city-states.

Standard 6.09  Explain the basic concepts of monarchy and empire, and identify Mesopotamia as the regional location of the world’s first empire.

Standard 6.10  Explain the concept of polytheism and its presence in Mesopotamia, with respect to beliefs about the relationship of deities to the natural world and their importance in everyday life.

Standard 6.11 Identify important achievements of the Mesopotamian civilization, including cuneiform, clay tablets, and ziggurats, and identify the Epic of Gilgamesh as the oldest written epic.

Monday- Sumer

Read pages 33 & 34 “City-States Arise” in the online textbook

“Rise of Sumer: The Cradle of Civilization” 

Sumerians reading and questions

HW- Study for BrainPop Quiz "Sumerians"

Study all Vocabulary words

Tuesday- Religion

BrainPop "Sumerians" Quiz Grade

Review pages  62 & 63 “Religion Shapes Society” in old textbook

Read pages 35 & 35 “Gods, Priests, and Kings” in online textbook

Perform play “Humans and Gods in Mesopotamia”

Religion of Ancient Mesopotamia PPT

Religion Reading and Questions

HW Study Vocabulary Words

Wednesday- Epic of Gilgamesh

Vocabulary Quiz Today!

Read pages 65 & 66 “The Invention of Writing” in old textbook

Sumerian Writing and Stories video 

HW- None

Thursday- Mesopotamian Achievements

Read aloud a version of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Ducksters Epic of Gilgamesh, CW grade

Describe 6 of the following achievements:

Writing, wheel, plow, mathematics, architecture, art, plow, astronomy, & medicine

HW None

Friday- World’s First Empire, the Akkadians

Read old textbook pages 61 & 62 about the Sargon (biography) & the Akkadian Empire

Akkadian Empire Ducksters reading and online quiz

Sargon of Akkad 

HW None

Standard 6.06  Explain how geographic and climatic features led to the region being known as the Fertile Crescent.

Standard 6.07  Explain how irrigation, silt, metallurgy, production of tools, use of animals, slave labor, and inventions such as the wheel, sail, and plow led to advancements in agriculture.

Standard 6.08  Analyze how advancements in agriculture in Sumer led to economic growth, expansion of trade and transportation, and the emergence of city-states.

Monday- Fertile Crescent 

Geography of the Fertile Crescent 

Geography of Ancient Mesopotamia Reading and Questions

HW Study Vocabulary 

Tuesday- Agricultural Achievements

Agriculture  of Mesopotamia 

Agriculture reading and questions

Irrigation in Mesopotamia 

HW Study Vocabulary

Wednesday- Trade Routes and Transportation

Trade in Mesopotamia 

Read and discuss page 36 in online textbook

Trade Goods Reading and Questions

HW Study Vocabulary 

Thursday- Trade Routes and Transportation

Trade Reading and Questions & Activities

HW Vocabulary

Friday- Emergence of City-States

Review online textbook page 33

The First Civilization 

Emergence of City-States 

HW None

Standard 6.03  Explain the impact of the Agricultural Revolution, including: barter economy, domestication of plants and animals, emergence of permanent settlements, food surpluses, labor specialization, new sources of clothing and shelter

Standard 6 04  Identify and explain the importance of the following key characteristics of civilizations: culture, government, religion, social structure, stable food supply, technology, writing

Monday- Agricultural Revolution

Nomads to Farming 

Read and discuss online textbook Chapter 1 Lesson 2 

Answer lesson review questions in class

HW- Study for Chapter 1 vocabulary & Agricultural Revolution BrainPop

Tuesday- Agricultural Revolution

Agricultural Revolution - Quiz

Chap. 1, Lesson 2 online textbook powerpoint - Agricultural Revolution

HW Study Vocabulary

Wednesday- Traits of a Civilization

Old textbook- River Valley Civilizations, pages 58 & 59

The First Civilizations Mapping

Review old textbook page s 42 & 43, “An Early Farming Society” Catal Huyuk picture

Adventure in Catal Huyuk play

Bronze Age 

HW- Start bringing in Model Magic—need by Sept. 25

Thursday- Traits of a Civilization 

Agricultural Revolution- Engage with Text 

Civilization Popplet -  include: cities & governments, religions, social structure, culture & technology, writing & art

HW- Study for Chapter 1 vocabulary 

Friday- Traits of a Civilization

What is a Civilization? 

Chapter 1 vocabulary review

Start Chapter 1 study guide

HW- Looking ahead Test Wednesday, September 4th

1st Quarter Extra Credit