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Ancient Egypt/Crash Course World History

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Ancient Egypt/Crash Course World History

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/5212df84-ca7f-4f46-ba63-5eb6cf6c324d/ancient-egypt-crash-course-world-history-4/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

John Green covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods. Learn about mummies, pharaohs, pyramids, and the Nile with John.

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Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 8
World History to 1500

2 ) Analyze characteristics of early civilizations in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings.

• Comparing significant features of civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He River Valleys

Examples: natural environment, urban development, social hierarchy, written language, ethical and religious belief systems, government and military institutions, economic systems

• Identifying on a map locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations

Examples: Mesopotamia, Nile River Valley

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: World History to 1500

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Analyze and compare the characteristics of early civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India based on their natural environments, urban development, technology, division of labor and social hierarchies, types of government, ethical and religious belief systems, economic systems, calendar, and writings.
Locate and describe the cultural hearths of early civilizations including those in Mesopotamia and the Nile Valley.

Teacher Vocabulary:

technology
early civilizations
labor
government
developed
division of labor
cultural hearths
natural environments
urban development
social hierarchy
types of government
ethical and religious belief systems
economic systems

Knowledge:

Students know:

The characteristics of early civilizations, including natural environments, urban development, technology, division of labor and social hierarchies, types of government, ethical and religious belief systems, economic systems, calendar, and writings the similarities and differences among the civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang-He River valleys.
The locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations.

Skills:

The students are able to:

Analyze and compare early civilizations using a list of characteristics.
Locate places on a map.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

There are ways early civilizations developed to meet the demands of their environment and the needs of their people.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.8.2- identify and list characteristics of early civilizations.

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Ancient Egypt, mummies, Nile, pharaohs

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

ALEX Classroom Resource

Ancient Egypt/Crash Course World History