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Ancient Egypt

Lesson 11

ELA

Alternate Unit 5

1st Grade

Lesson 11 of 19

Lesson Overview

Objective

State an opinion about if you would or would not have wanted to live in ancient Egypt.

Lesson Map

Lesson

Explain why the Egyptian civilization started near the Nile River.

Materials

Mummies and Pyramids pp. 12–23

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.8

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Describe some of the people who lived in ancient Egypt and how they spent their time.

Materials

Mummies and Pyramids pp. 26–37

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.8

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Describe what a woman or man in ancient Egypt would wear and why.

Materials

Ancient Egypt pp. 32–37

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.5RI.1.8

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Defend if being a scribe is or is not the most challenging job in ancient Egypt.

Materials

Ancient Egypt — pages 38-39, 52-53

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.5RI.1.8

Lesson

Explain how life in ancient Egypt was similar to and different from your life today.

Materials

Ancient Egypt — pages 42-43, 44-45, 48-49

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.5RI.1.8

Lesson

Narrative

3 days

Write a narrative about the day in the life of a person in Ancient Egypt using details from the text.

Materials

Ancient Egypt
K-2 Narrative Brainstorm
Grade 1 Writing Rubrics (Narrative, Opinion & Informational)

Standards

L.1.2SL.1.1SL.1.2W.1.3W.1.5

Lesson

Describe some of the gods and goddesses Egyptians worshiped and why they were important.

Materials

Mummies and Pyramids pp. 40–53

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.8

Lesson

Explain how mummies were made using details from both texts.

Materials

Mummies and Pyramids pp. 55–61
Ancient Egypt pp. 18–19

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.8RI.1.9

Lesson

Explain why ancient Egyptians built pyramids and how they built them.

Materials

Mummies and Pyramids — Chapters 5 and 6

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.8

Lesson

Identify new or different information about pyramids.

Materials

Pyramids

Standards

RI.1.2RI.1.3RI.1.9

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Discussion & Writing

2 days

State an opinion about if you would or would not have wanted to live in ancient Egypt.

Standards

W.1.1W.1.5W.1.6W.1.8

Lesson

Defend if the tomb raiders were or were not doing anything wrong.

Materials

Mummies and Pyramids — Chapter 7 (pp. 84-91) and Chapter 8 (pp. 92-103)

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.8

Lesson

Debate if preparing a king for the Land of the Dead was a quick and sad process.

Materials

Tut's Mummy... — Chapter 1

Standards

RI.1.2RI.1.3RI.1.9

Lesson

Analyze how being stubborn helped Howard Carter reach his goal.

Materials

Tut's Mummy... — Chapters 2-3

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.8RI.1.9

Lesson

Explain how people responded to the discovery of King Tut’s tomb.

Materials

Tut's Mummy... — Chapters 4-5

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.8RI.1.9

Lesson

Analyze Egyptian artwork.

Standards

RI.1.7SL.1.1

Lesson

Discussion

Discuss unit Essential Questions.

Standards

L.1.6SL.1.1SL.1.2SL.1.6

Lesson

Assessment

Gauge student understanding of unit content and skills with one of Fishtank's unit assessments.

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Writing

4 days

Write a class book about ancient Egypt.

Standards

L.1.1L.1.2L.1.6RI.1.5W.1.2W.1.6W.1.7W.1.8

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