Last Day of Investigation

This was the last day for students to collect evidence from the video.  By Monday, students need to decide how King Tut died and evidence to support their decision.  Students will have 15 minutes to write the paragraph using the RACES strategy.  If students do not have enough evidence, they can re-watch parts of the video (Link here) or do their own research on the internet.  

Happy Halloween!

King Tut's Final Secrets Day 2

Students continued their investigation today.  Students were able to find evidence in the video.  Tomorrow students will begin writing their paragraph to prove their answer to the question, how did King Tut die? Students will turn in their paragraphs before they leave on Friday in most classes.  

Due today - Egypt: Gift of the Nile

King Tut's Final Secrets

Students will spend two days watching a video to assist them in investigating the death of Tutankhamen.  I put the link to the video below if anyone needs to watch it.  After watching the video students will write a paragraph to answer the question, how did King Tut die?  Students will use the RACES strategy to write the paragraph.

1. Restate the question
Ex:  I think King Tut was killed by...

2. Answer the questions
Ex: I think King Tut was killed by...because...

3. Cite evidence to support the answer
Ex: The video showed...

4. Explain/Expand
- How does it all fit together?

5. Sum it up
Ex: Closing statement


King Tut's Final Secrets

How the Egyptians built the pyramids?

QOD - How did the Egyptians build the pyramids?

Students used the RACES strategy, which comes from Reading class.  The strategy helps students organize their information to answer a question fully.  Students viewed a short video to help answer the question.  Next, we had a discussion on the article "Curse and Coincidence".  It focuses on the curse of Tutankhamen.  

Homework: "The Gift of the Nile" - article on the back of the "Curse and Coincidence". There are seven questions to answer from the reading.  

JIgsaw Teaching

QOD - What are the four important rivers of the Fertile Crescent?  What ways did people use the rivers?

WOD - Rosetta Stone - The Rosetta Stone was written in all three scripts so that the priests, government officials and rulers of Egypt could read what it said. (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek)

The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C..

The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799.

The Rosetta Stone was found by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt.

The Rosetta Stone was found in a small village in the Delta called Rosetta (Rashid).

Students taught each other the different parts of the study guide.  Students retain 90% of what they teach.  Friday, they collected the information in class.  

Ancient Egypt Jigsaw Reading

QOD- How has modern technology improved our knowledge of the ancient Egyptians?

Students split the reading into three parts and will come together Monday to teach each other.  We all checked the Internet activity in class.  

Ancient Egypt in Images

QOD - How has technology improved our knowledge of Ancient Egypt?

- great student responses (x-ray, Lidar, sonar, communication, and chemical analysis)

Today, we watched a 7:30 minute video of images from Ancient Egypt. Student had to identify images and draw conclusions in a word web. We ended class by working on finishing the maps. 

Extension - solve a story problem about the volume of a square pyramid.