Getting Started

1. Take out your Social Studies notebook and add

the following to your Table of Contents
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Ancient Egypt Geography

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Students will be able to discuss the

geography of Ancient Egypt by connecting
text about Ancient Egypt and a map.

Success Criteria

I can discuss the geography of Ancient Egypt.

Vocabulary

1. tributaries - smaller rivers that flow into

larger ones
2. pharaoh - a king of Ancient Egypt
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Mapping History: The

History

Distribute copies of Mapping History: The

History.
Source Mapping History: The History.

Mapping History: The

History
Before READING the document ask yourself:
1. Who wrote this?
2. What is the authors perspective?
3. Why was it written?
4. When was it written?
5. Where was it written?
6. Is it reliable? Why? Why not?

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Mapping History: The

History
Close Reading, Mapping History: The History
Number paragraphs
Read Mapping History: The History
Annotate Mapping History: The History

Annotate Ancient Egypt Map

Popcorn Discussion
What was unusual about the location of Upper and Lower
Egypt?
Explain why Upper and Lower Egypt were named as they
were.
Which story about the unification of Ancient Egypt do you
think is most likely? Why?
What might Egyptologists or others need to find in order to
be certain about who deserves credit for establishing this
great, unified civilization?

Exit Ticket

Choose one of the following questions. Make sure

you restate the question in your answer.
Why was the Nile River important?
Why do you think Egypt was called the gift of
the Nile?