Geography and Early Egypt

Objectives:

• Explore the gifts of the Nile
• Contrast Upper and Lower Egypt
• Describe the three seasons created by the Nile’s flood cycle
• Compare the flood seasons of Sumer and Egypt
• Explain the meaning of the red, white and double crowns
• Understand the unification of Egypt- King Menes

• Cataracts
• Delta
• Menes
• Pharaoh
• Dynasty
• Fertile
• Silt

The Old Kingdom

Objectives:

• Understand life in the Old Kingdom and how it influenced pharaohs, roles in society and trade
• Explain how religion influenced their lives and how important religion was to Egyptians
• Analyze the social structure of Ancient Egypt by comparing it to the levels of a pyramid
• Understand the importance of the pyramids to pharaohs

• Old Kingdom
• Khufu
• Nobles
• Afterlife
• Mummies
• Elite
• Pyramids
• Engineering
• polytheism

The Middle and New Kingdoms

Objectives:

• Describe what life was like in Egypt during the Middle Kingdom
• Understand how the New Kingdom was a period when Egyptians reached their peak in power and trade but it did not last
• Reinforce the social classes of Egypt and how work and daily life was different depending on your class

• Middle Kingdom
• New Kingdom
• Trade routes
• Queen Hatshepsut
• Ramses the Great
• Thutmose III
• Scribes
• Artisans
• Architects
• Merchants
• Traders

Egyptian Achievements

Objectives:

• Explain the importance of the Rosetta Stone
• Understand the creation of Hieroglyphics
• Analyze the great temples and buildings of Egypt
• Explore the magnificent art work of Egypt

• Hieroglyphics
• Papyrus
• Rosetta Stone
• Sphinxes
• Obelisk
• King Tutankamen