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Classwork Assignments for the Week



= Ancient Egypt Studies Even though the Ancient Egyptians lived over 4000 years ago, much has been learned about these people. Pyramids, temples, statues, mummies, artifacts and many other things discovered by archaeologists have helped us understand just how these ancient people lived. During our ancient Egypt social studies journey, you will learn about this fascinating civilization that flourished along the banks of the Nile River. =

== While we are on this unit, you will delve into many different topics using a variety of sources to learn as much as you can about the ancient Egyptian civilization. We will begin our studies this week with a brief introduction to Ancient Egypt. For the remainder of the week, you will research the Egyptian mummification process and their system of writing. ==

Introduction to Ancient Egypt!

 * Hold onto your hats, today Ms. Herb will be introducing the ancient Egypt unit to you in class. She will show you a movie and slideshow about ancient Egypt. Look at Question #1 above, "What helps people today learn about an ancient civilization?" Be ready to add to class discussion after the introduction. Your teacher will have a hand-out for you to take notes during the slideshow and movie if you wish. **

Movie Clip:[|Ancient Egypt Introduction] If you would like to see the movie clip again and the link above does not work, copy and paste this into your browser: []

Slideshow: [|Egypt.ppt] Copy of Pdf file to use for your notes: (Ms. Herb will have a printed copy of this for you.)



Mummification

 * Today you will be visiting an interesting site to learn about the mummification process. As you are navigating your way through the site, you will answer some questions that I will be collecting for a grade. You will also have fun playing an interactive game at another site pertaining to the mummification process when you have finished your research. **


 * Step 1: **
 * After Ms. Herb gives you the hand-out with the questions on it, go to the following site to do your research: [|Mummies] (If the site does not open, copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.akhet.co.uk/clikmumm.htm )
 * Follow all directions on the hand-out as you navigate through the site to answer the questions.
 * Pdf file of hand-out: [[file:Clickable Mummy1.pdf]]


 * Step 2: **
 * Check your answers for spelling and required format. Put your paper in the In-box on Ms. Herb's desk.
 * Now you are ready to play the game to test your knowledge on mummification.
 * Go to this site to play the game: [|Mummy Maker Game] (If the site does not open, copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">H.W. - Be thinking about what you learned today pertaining to the mummification process. How does studying mummies from ancient Egypt help us learn about this civilization? Be ready to share your thoughts during a future class.



Hieroglyphics

 * Today you will be visiting two sites to learn about the writing of the ancient Egyptians. As you are navigating your way through the sites, you will answer some questions that I will be collecting for a grade. You will also have fun seeing what your name would look like in hieroglyphics. If you would like, you may also do some extra credit today and create a message for a friend in hieroglyphics. **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 1: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pdf file of hand-out: [[file:Hieroglyphics.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After Ms. Herb gives you the hand-out with the questions on it, go to these two sites to do your research:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Site for Part 1 of Worksheet:[|Egyptian Writing] (If the site does not open, copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/index.html)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Site for Part 2 of Worksheet: [|Don't Touch My Cartouche!] (If the site does not open, copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.hbschool.com/activity/cartouche/cartouche.html)


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 2 (EXTRA CREDIT): **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create a hieroglyphic message for a friend following the directions on the hand-out. If another friend is finished, exchange messages.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">H.W. - Be thinking about what you learned today pertaining to the hieroglyphics. How does studying the writing from ancient Egypt help us learn about this civilization? Be ready to share your thoughts during a future class. You could also make up your own system of writing by inventing a code for each letter of the alphabet.

Become a Game Show Creator!

 * <span style="color: #25b195; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today you will become a game show creator! Using the information you have learned this week about mummies and hieroglyphics, you and a partner will combine forces to create questions and answers for a game show called //Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?// At the beginning of class today, Ms. Herb will show you the template you will be using to create the game show. Be an attentive listener so that you and your partner can create your questions, answers, and finish your game show. **

After Ms. Herb assigns you your partner, make sure that you <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">follow all the directions below very carefully. If needed you and your partner may look back at the websites you visited this week to help you formulate your questions and verify the correct answers. In addition to receiving a grade for your questions and answers, you will receive a grade for how well you and your partner work together cooperatively and follow the classroom rules.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 1) QUESTION: Type question here <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> CORRECT ANSWER: Type answer here <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 2) QUESTION: Type question here <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> CORRECT ANSWER: Type answer here <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Continue numbering for your question and answer in this format up through #15.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DIRECTIONS for CREATING THE GAME: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Open the //Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?// game template below and save it to the desktop of the laptop using your last name or your partner’s last name. [[file:Who Wants to be Skeleton.ppt]]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create 15 questions about mummies, the mummification process, and/or hieroglyphics with your partner and type them into the question spaces of the template for each amount of money. Your questions should increase in difficulty. You may look back at the sites you visited this week and/or the question sheets you completed on Tuesday and Wednesday that have now been returned to you.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For each question you create, you will need to type in three wrong answers and then the one correct answer in the answer section of the template. One or two of the wrong answers should try to throw off or confuse the game contestant to make the game more challenging.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do not make the questions so difficult though that they would be impossible for a person to answer them. The correct answers must be verified somewhere on the sites you used this week.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continue inputting questions and answers in until you get to the final question of the game.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Remember to save often so that you do not lose any data.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When you are finished, you and your partner should take turns playing your game to make sure it is working correctly. You should also check your grammar and spelling to make sure it is correct as well. Remember that a question ends with a question mark.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After you have checked your questions and answers thoroughly, open a Word document and type out the fifteen questions you created with the correct answers. Do not include the wrong answers. Use the following formatting directions on the Word document.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use Times New Roman, size 14, bold, and black ink for the entire document. Align left for all typing.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Type your name and your partner’s name at the top left-hand.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After your heading, set your document up as follows:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Proof-read question and answer sheet again. Print to the room printer and place in the in-box on Ms. Herb's desk.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Get a flashdrive from the basket on Ms. Herb's desk and save your game to the flashdrive as you have been taught how to do during previous projects. Give Ms. Herb your flashdrive with the save game on it.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shut down your computer and place in the laptop cart following the student procedure for this.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Your game will be played by your classmates tomorrow. The list of questions and answers will be handed in for a grade.



Wrap-Up of our Mummy and Hieroglyphic Studies

 * <span style="color: #25b195; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today you will have fun playing some of your classmates' //Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?// games. You will rotate around the classroom with a partner to play the games for approximately 25 minutes. After the 25 minute game time, you will go back to your desk, and we will have a short wrap-up discussion of what we have learned this week. Refer to the questions that were presented on Monday. Remember to work cooperatively and follow the classroom rules as you will receive a grade for this today as you play the games with your partner. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> REVIEW OF QUESTIONS GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> While you are on your educational journey this week, think about these questions: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 1) What helps people today (like us!) learn about an ancient civilization? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) How and why did the Egyptians mummify their dead? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) What does the mummification process tell us about the Egyptians’ religious beliefs? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4) Besides speaking to one another, how did the ancient Egyptians communicate? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5) How does studying an ancient civilization’s writing help us learn about their civilization?