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Ancient Egypt: The Nile Valley Day 2

Author: Evonne Dotson

Standards

HSS 6.2  Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Kush.

Standard 1: Locate and describe the major river systems and discuss the physical settings that supported permanent settlement and early civilizations

·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).

 

Source: California State Standards

The Nile Valley: Key Terms

The terms presented in the slide ware are based upon what the students are studying about on the Nile Valley. The terms presented will help students have a better grasp of the content they are reading from the Reflections textbook.

Create Maps Using My Maps Tab

This is a video created by Google Outreach for the purpose of creating your own custom map.

Source: Google Earth Outreach

The Nile Valley WSQ

Answer the following questions after you have watched the video on creating your custom Google map.

Source: Miss Dotson

My own Google Maps example

Source: Miss. Dotson

Google Maps Submission Form

Source: Miss Dotson

The Nile Valley Chapter Check

This chapter check is based upon the Reflections textbook reading on the Nile Valley in the Ancient Egypt Unit.

Source: Harcourt School Publishers, Reflections 6th Grade Textbook

The Nile Valley Lesson 30 Computers

Source: Miss Dotson