Early Societies Inquiry
Creating a Timeline About Ancient Egypt (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 3: Literacy for GrowthAges:
9-12
Grade Range:
4th 5th 6thFood Groups:
Primary: Knowledge Building, Reading Comprehension Strategies Secondary: Oral Language & ELL
Transcript
In the Fourth Grade Social Studies unit, students investigate the interrelationship between daily life and the environment with that in early societies and present day. By applying the inquiry process, students develop skills that they need in order to think critically, solve problems, and communicate with each other. The Ancient Egyptian Timeline is a great way to develop students' abilities to formulate questions, gather information, sort their data, and gives them the opportunity to use a variety of tools and technologies. Students were asked to look at various places, major events, and key figures throughout ancient Egypt. Students conducted research online and wrote a paragraph pertaining to one of those three things. They also created an image that depicted their scene. Students then had to apply their math skills, by sorting the various cards. They had to look at the times and they had to place them in order, going from the past all the way to the early 1900s.
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Activity Objective
The goal of Early Societies Inquiry: Creating a Timeline About Ancient Egypt (Virtual Tour) is to apply the inquiry process to help students think critically, solve problems and communicate with each other. In particular, this teacher asks students to investigate the interrelationship between the daily life and environment of early civilizations and how this compares to the present day. Students create a timeline of these civilizations in order to document their learning.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- You can ask students to work in partners so that they can explicitly compare and contrast their respective civilizations as part of their inquiry. - Since there are many areas to investigate, provide students with a list of interesting topics and ask them to choose from these. This will prevent students from feeling overwhelmed. - Provide students with two or three concrete resources to get them started. Remind them to put all information into their own words and to reference any sources the use throughout their investigation.
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