LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Students Prior Knowledge:
The creation of the Egyptian civilisation as a result of the
Time: 1:20pm-3:00pm (7M) and 9:45amNile River
10:35am/10:55am-11:45am (7R)
Treatment of the dead (ie. Burial tombs, mummification,
Date: 14/06/16 (7M) and 15/06/16 (7R)
the taking of items into Afterworld etc.)
Egyptian Gods (ie. Horus, Anubus, Osiris etc.)
Learning Area: History
Role of the Pharaoh
The Lands of Egypt (ie. Black Land / Red Land)
Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum
Farming and the production of Egyptian food
The significant beliefs, values and practices of the
Ancient Egyptians, with a particular emphasis on ONE Egyptian social structure including job descriptions and
rankings of the following class groups:
of the following areas: everyday life, warfare, or death
Pharaoh
and funerary customs (ACDSEH033)
High priests
Elaborations
Scribes

Investigating significant beliefs associated with death and

Nobles
funerary customs (for example, belief in an afterlife) and
Wealthy Merchants
practices (for example, burial in tombs and techniques of
mummification)
Craftsmen

Generating alternative explanations for the building of the

Farmers
pyramids at Giza
Peasants
Slaves
Year Level: 7M and 7R

Students are currently completing CAT Assignment titled

Egyptian Social Structure where students research one
social class group in detail and write a report on it (Due
Friday Week 5)
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Ethical
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
Critical and
behaviour
competence
creative
thinking
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures (N)

Personal and
Social
competence

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

(N)

Intercultural
understanding

Sustainability (N)

Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Revise prior learning from past History (Ancient Egypt) lessons.
Investigate God and Goddesses Website by British Museum to allow for completion of Egyptian Gods Work
Sheet (Appendix 1+2)
Discuss learned information from investigation of Website content as a class.
Apply knowledge of Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses to Egyptian religious beliefs such as The
Afterworld and Mummification.

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:

Observation of prior History lessons
Liaise with Mentor approximately 2 days before
scheduled lesson to allow for editing and
improvement of lesson plan if necessary.
Teacher has previously revised text book: Pearson
History 7 (Teachers Companion) pages 151-160.
Students have person copy of Pearson History 7
and HaSS writing books.
Teacher has created documents Egyptian Gods
Work Sheet (Gods 1-5) (Appendix 1) and
Egyptian Gods Work Sheet (Gods 6-10) and
copied to cater for all students: 22 students
Teacher has corresponding answer sheets
(Appendix 3+4)
Teacher to have Egyptian Activity Sheets
(Appendix 5, 6 and 7) available for students who
finish early.
Website Gods and Goddesses by British Museum
is accessible to students and loaded onto
interactive whiteboard (Link to be uploaded to
Edmodo prior to lesson if difficulties occur in
accessing site) Link:

Provision for students at educational risk:

Students with learning difficulties (including but not
limited to dyslexia, dyspraxia, low level concentration,
and/or low level cognitive ability) will be supported
through visual aids such as YouTube, picture-centered
websites and hard copy class handouts etc.
Students who are gifted and/or talented will benefit from
linguistic and verbal activities such as reading from the
text book, participating in class discussions, thinking in a
critical manner, and analysing information from website
to enter into work sheets.
Students with CAPD, ESL or vision impairments will
have the option of viewing YouTube videos with
subtitles. Students can also zoom in on website to allow
for increased font size.
Students will have option to use personal IT device
(iPad) to type answers if writing proves difficult.

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html

YouTube video Journey to the Egyptian Afterlife

(2:56) is loaded and ready to be projected onto
interactive whiteboard. Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCtn3UolAKs

Students have personal IT device.

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:
Objective 1: Met or Not Met

Objective 2: Met or Not Met

Objective 3: Met or Not Met

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

***See lesson feedback form***

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Time
1:20pm

Motivation and Introduction:

Resources/References

Students transition from PC

Good afternoon 7M
Instruct students they are doing history and need HaSS writing book (Students
do not need textbook yet)

Student writing book

Appendix 1
Appendix 2

Lesson Steps:
1:25pm

Teacher to facilitate prior knowledge discussion with students.

1:30pm

Teacher to randomly hand out Egyptian Gods Work Sheet (Gods 1-5)
(Appendix 1) and Egyptian Gods Work Sheet (Gods 6-10) (Appendix 2) so that
half of students have one work sheet and half have the other.
Task:
Students access website Gods and Goddesses on personal IT device.
Students navigate site and find pictures of Gods/Goddesses that match
Gods/Goddesses on their worksheet.
Students enter information into work sheet under corresponding headings
(God, Name, Appearance, Description)
Note: In Name column, students should aim to copy Gods/Goddesses
name in hieroglyphics.

Website
http://www.ancientegypt.
co.uk/gods/explore
/main.html

2:00pm

2:20pm

Teacher to project table onto interactive white board and mark each
God/Goddess using student contributions and/or corresponding answer sheets
(Appendix 3+4)

Interactive
Whiteboard
Appendix 3 and 4

Student text books

Students glue sheets into HaSS work books.

Students retrieve History Text books, turn to page 151 and read as a class
Religious beliefs paragraphs.
Discussion:
Pharaoh Mortal and Immortal.
Nile Flooded every year because the Pharaoh willed it to flood.
Gods Could be plants and/or animals, humans or weather
Anything unusual that happened (Nile did not flood, war, droughts)
was a result of the Gods, not because of human action.

2:30pm

Students turn to page 154 titled Egyptians & the Belief in the Afterlife
Teacher/students to read: Life After Death (pg 154)
The Cult of the Dead (pg 154-155)
(Since topic has been covered, discussion will be brief)
Students look at source 6.2 and 6.3 and answer Q2. Examine the figures and
the box carefully. What conclusion could you make about the Ancient Egyptian
whose tomb this is?
Discussion:
Owner of tomb was probably someone important
Lots of ushebtis = Required many servants to work for him/her
Detailed art work on box and sarcophagus = Royalty? Higher class?

2:45pm

Teacher reads Going to the Afterworld paragraph (pg 157).

Play YouTube video Journey to the Egyptian Afterlife (2:56) on whiteboard.
(See like to right )
If time permits...
Teacher/students will read Mummification, Tomb Robbers and Mummies
and Modern Times paragraphs (pg 156-157)
Students may complete Egyptian Activity Sheets (Appendix 5, 6, 7)

YouTube Video
https://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=
ZCtn3UolAKs

Appendix 5, 6 and 7

Lesson Closure and Transition:

Students put away HaSS work books and text books.
3:00pm

Students transition to PC.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
Objective 1:
Revise prior learning from past History (Ancient Egypt) lessons.
To meet objective, students will participate in class discuss contributing ideas,
thoughts and knowledge to discussion. Objective to be judged through verbal
assessment.
Objective 2:
Investigate God and Goddesses Website by British Museum to allow for
completion of Egyptian Gods Work Sheet (Appendix 1+2)
To meet objective, students will navigate God and Goddesses Website and
locate relevant and appropriate information. Students will complete Egyptian
Gods Work Sheets (Appendix 1+2) entering information into all boxes. Objective
to be judged through collection of HaSS work books and checking of work.
Objective 3:
Discuss learned information from investigation of Website content as a
class.
To meet objective, students will participate in class discuss contributing ideas,
thoughts and knowledge to discussion. Objective to be judged through verbal
assessment. Objective to be judged through verbal assessment.
Objective 4:
Apply knowledge of Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses to Egyptian
religious beliefs such as The Afterworld and Mummification.
To meet objective, students will use their prior knowledge of Gods and
Goddesses as sourced from God and Goddesses Website and class
discussion to implement into Egyptian Religion study (looking specifically at The
Afterworld and Mummification). Objective to be judged through verbal
assessment.