- Home
- Grade 6
Write Clicks
- My Home Page
- Curriculum
- Grade 5
-
Grade 6
- Egypt
- Greece and Rome
- China
- Middle Ages
- Lesson resources
-
Unit Outline - Grade 6
- Lesson 1: Introduction to the iPad
- Lesson 2: Turning Points- how do we define them?
- Lesson 3: Content Introduction
- Lesson 4: Web Site Validity
- Lesson 5: Project Framework and Research Skills
- Lesson 6: Research and Essay Composition
- Lesson 7: iMovie Creation
- Lesson 8: Celebration of Success - Student Presentations
- Grant Funded Schools
- My Slide Shows
- My Resources
- My Calendar
- Surveys
- Lesson Resources - iPads (Class Set)
- Gr. 6 Mordaunt
- Lesson Plan
- Lesson Plan
- Lesson Plan
- School 18 File Uploads
- Student Work Grade 5
- Student Work Grade 5
- Student Work Grade 5
- Gr. 6 Pignatora
- Student Work Grade 6
- School 19 File Uploads
- School 27 File Uploads
- School 37 File Uploads
- School 39 File Uploads
- School 53 File Uploads
- School 66 File Uploads
- School 67 File Uploads
- School 74 File Uploads
Religious Practices
-
Resources:
Resource Citation R1 PBS Egypt's Golden Empire R2 Gods and Goddesses R3 Egyptian Mumification- click on the link towards the bottom of the right column R4 Clickable Coffin R5 Ancient Egypt and the Modern World-cilck on the link in the left column called "Beneath the Bandages" R6 You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy R7 Timeline of Ancient Egypt
Content Questions:
Answer these questions based on your reading and research. The numbers and letters in the brackets after each question will help you identify in which resource the answer can be found.
How did the ancient Egyptians explain things they did not understand? [R1] List three ancient Egyptian gods and what they were responsible for? [R2] List two differences between the most expensive mummification and the cheapest mummification. [R3] How was natron helpful in mummification? [R3] What is a sarcophagus? [R3] In the movie about the Getty Museum’s mummy, what two items were added to the mummy by the embalmer? [R3] What body parts are usually removed from a mummy? [R3/R6] In the movie by Dr Zahi Hawass, why did the Egyptians mummify the dead? [R3/R6] What did Anubis look like?[R3] What kinds of pictures and writing were painted on the coffins? [R4] Why were “eyes” painted on coffins? [R4] How did Egyptian mummification help doctors in other future societies? [R5] When was the Ancient Egyptian Period? [R7]
Guiding Questions:
Answer these questions based on your reading and research. Identify a possible "turning point" (transformational event/key idea/invention that changed the course of history) and fully answer the questions below. Write your items in the blank row directly below each question.
What was the innovation? ("key idea", "turning point", "transformational event") Who was involved? When was the time period? Where did this innovation occur? What was life like before the innovation (you may have to infer this)? *Can you identify a specific cause for this innovation? (bonus question) How did life or culture change after the innovation? Why could this be considered a turning point (go back to your definition of Turning Point)?