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Alternate Unit 5
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Explain why ancient Egyptians built pyramids and how they built them.
Book: Mummies and Pyramids: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #3: Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborne — Chapters 5 and 6
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Why did ancient Egyptians build pyramids? How did they build them?
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What happened during a funeral procession? Give three to four details.
What was the Book of the Dead? Why was it important?
How was the first pyramid created? Why was it created?
How was a smooth-sided pyramid different from the step pyramid?
Why were the Giza Pyramids special?
How were the pyramids built?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
procession
n.
a group of people walking together as part of a ceremony or festival
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RI.1.3 — Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
RI.1.8 — Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
RI.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.1.2 — Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
RI.1.4 — Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
RI.1.10 — With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.
SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
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Lesson 10
Explain why the Egyptian civilization started near the Nile River.
RI.1.3 RI.1.8
Describe some of the people who lived in ancient Egypt and how they spent their time.
Describe what a woman or man in ancient Egypt would wear and why.
RI.1.3 RI.1.5 RI.1.8
Defend if being a scribe is or is not the most challenging job in ancient Egypt.
Explain how life in ancient Egypt was similar to and different from your life today.
Narrative – 3 days
Write a narrative about the day in the life of a person in Ancient Egypt using details from the text.
L.1.2 SL.1.1 SL.1.2 W.1.3 W.1.5
Describe some of the gods and goddesses Egyptians worshiped and why they were important.
Explain how mummies were made using details from both texts.
RI.1.3 RI.1.8 RI.1.9
Identify new or different information about pyramids.
RI.1.2 RI.1.3 RI.1.9
Discussion & Writing – 2 days
State an opinion about if you would or would not have wanted to live in ancient Egypt.
W.1.1 W.1.5 W.1.6 W.1.8
Defend if the tomb raiders were or were not doing anything wrong.
Debate if preparing a king for the Land of the Dead was a quick and sad process.
Analyze how being stubborn helped Howard Carter reach his goal.
Explain how people responded to the discovery of King Tut’s tomb.
Analyze Egyptian artwork.
RI.1.7 SL.1.1
Discussion
Discuss unit Essential Questions.
L.1.6 SL.1.1 SL.1.2 SL.1.6
Assessment
Writing – 4 days
Write a class book about ancient Egypt.
L.1.1 L.1.2 L.1.6 RI.1.5 W.1.2 W.1.6 W.1.7 W.1.8
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