The Middle Kingdom Day 9

Subject: Ancient Egyptian History Topic: The Middle Kingdom Standards: see standards below Goals: My goal is to prepare the students for the upcoming assessment that will take place at the end of week. Standards: HSS 6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Kush. HSS 6.23 Understand the relationship between religion and social and political order in Mesopotamia and Egypt. HSS 6.25 Discuss the main features of Egyptian Art and architecture. Trace the evolution of language and its written form. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. Craft and Structure CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.5 Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally). Lesson Summary: Students will be exploring the achievements of the Middle Kingdom for this lesson. In addition, students will do further research of their ancient Egypt research project at the library/ computer lab. They will have the opportunity to learn from an expert on how to research for their project. Objectives: Lesson 3 Students will describe the major achievements of the Middle Kingdom. Students will describe Egyptian trade in the eastern Mediterranean and the Nile Valley. Duration: 1 hour Hook: The hook for this lesson is a brainpop video. In these videos animated characters Tim and Moby explain key concepts about the history of Egypt. These videos are both engaging and informative. The videos also simplify the academic language so that the students can grasp the content of the lessons.

Instruction Input: It is important to review because this helps access prior knowledge from the previous chapter. Then I will have students silently read the first page of the chapter and then make predictions about what the chapter. I will also front load key academic terms from the lesson prior to going into todays activity. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RvyCzDL3Z7kMJHw1a9p6D_STTNHhXBhHt1J8VeR Vf6Q/edit?usp=sharing Modeling: The students will have time to work on their research project during class. Today the students have a scheduled time to go to the library where they will be shown some resources from an expert for their research project. Guided Practice: The librarian/ media teacher and the teacher will show students some great resources for their project. For students who do not have internet access the library/ computer lab will be open during lunch and afterschool for their use. Independent Practice; The students will continue to work on their research project on their own. Homework: The students will work on their research project and study for tomorrow's quiz. Which is based upon the vocabulary they have been going over daily and the following questions: What achievements were made during the Middle Kingdom? Why did Egyptians trade with other regions? How were the Hyksos able to conquer lower Egypt? https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RvyCzDL3Z7kMJHw1a9p6D_STTNHhXBhHt1J8VeR Vf6Q/edit?usp=sharing Materials used: social studies journals and pencils to take notes while in the computer lab or they can type up their notes using a google document in the computer lab