WOW:Name and date your paper, please.
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Word: Delta
Definition: a piece of land shaped like a triangle that is formed when a river splits into smaller rivers before it flows into an ocean Sentence: The Alabama River Delta empties into Mobile Bay. |
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Use a search engine to find as many facts about the Nile River in Ancient times as you can. You need to be able to answer the question:
Why was the Nile River an imperative component to Ancient Egypt? |
Prepare to leave: |
Close all ipad safari tabs.
Find your Bulldog Bark page to be stamped. Put notebooks away in the correct place. Close ipads and leave them on the corner of the table. In the afternoons, one person will collect them and plug them in. |
Wow:Write the definition and a NEW sentence with the WOW word.
Check your sentence for . . . 1. Ten words or more 2. context clues 3. wow is included |
coopera·tion
kōˌäpəˈrāSH(ə)n/ noun the process of working together to the same end. EXAMPLE SENTENCE: They worked in close cooperation with the AAA. |
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Think about ways Ancient Egyptians had to cooperate to survive and thrive. |
No WOW or TOW this week. JUST a POW to get you thinking!
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POW:
"Where in the World" Label and Identify parts of a physical map of Egypt. Grab a map activity from the front table. :) The map in your notebook may be helpful. You may work together if your voices stay low. |
For each answer on the map activity, read one clue at a time. See how few clues you need to find the correct answer! For instance, try to answer them all only using clue #1 first! Look up some physical maps of Egypt if you need to!
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POW:
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Using google, do some research to add "Valley of the Kings" and "Giza" to the map of Egypt in your notebook.
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Matching assignment: |
Research to find out pharaohs / kings for each kingdom of the timeline. List these in the Egypt section of your binder. We will use this information next week when we learn specifically about Ancient Egyptian rulers.
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6th grade service project: |
Today, we need to focus on our proposal to Mr. Jackson. We will take our brainstorming ideas and create this in google drive so that the next class can revise and edit.
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THE INDIVIDUAL RULERS OF ANCIENT EGYPT EACH HAD THEIR OWN PERSONAL SIGNATURES IN THE FORM OF CARTOUCHES. THE ROYAL CARTOUCHE CONSISTED OF THE NAME OF THE RULER WRITTEN IN HIEROGLYPHICS ENCLOSED IN AN OVAL ROPE RING. THE DIFFERENT ROYAL CARTOUCHES WERE INVALUABLE TO EARLY SCHOLARS ATTEMPTING TO TRANSLATE THE VARIOUS HIEROGLPHIC TEXTS.
'Cartouche' is actually a French word meaning 'gun cartridge'. When Napoleon's soldiers were in Egypt, they nicknamed this shape 'cartouche' because it reminded them of the shape of their gun cartridges, or bullets. At the time, people could not read hieroglyphic writing, so they did not know that the cartouche surrounded the name of the pharaoh. 'Cartouche' became so commonly used that it has remained the standard name for the shape around the name of an Egyptian pharaoh or queen. |
POW! |
Today we won't be re-salting our pharaohs. However, we need to look at our DATA to make sure the mummies are on track.
For each mummy, find the TOTAL mass lost and AVERAGE mass lost. Mass is measured in GRAMS. Record your equations neatly in the Egypt section of your binder. You can use a calculator to find these. HOW much of the chicken has dessicated? Can you find a percentage? |
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Today's research challenge: |
Find a pharaoh to research. Be able to share when he or she lived and their major impact on Egyptian life. Find at minimum of 15 facts and 5 images of artifacts from their time. Save your research in a your Google Drive folder.
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WOW: Remember to write the word, the definition, and your own sentence using 10 or more words!
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EGYPTIAN DEATH MASK:
A death mask is an image, typically in wax or plaster cast made of a persons face following death, often by taking a cast or impression directly from the corpse. Death masks may be mementos of the dead, or be used for creation of portraits. |
CHICKEN MUMMY TIME! |
We will measure and record the mass of our chicken pharaoh, and resalt. We'll make predictions of the next mass, and decide if the mummification process is complete.
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WOW:Remember to write the word, the definition, and your own sentence using 10 or more words!
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AMULET:
an ornament or small piece of jewelry thought to give protection against evil, danger, or disease. She wore an amulet that had supposedly given her grandmother mystical powers of intuition. |
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From what you know about Ancient Egypt, what were amulets used for?
Do some research on an ipad. Write down 5 little known facts about amulets to share with the class. |