Rosetta Stone Hieroglyphics

Do Now: Golden Goblet Passage, turn in HW (10 min)HW Preview (5 min)Saba the Farmer: Review Questions/Finish (10 min)PPT: Rosetta Stone (10 min)Scribe activity (10 min)PPT: Papyrus (10 min)Compare and Contrast for Exit Ticket (5 min)WWBAT analyze the development of art and symbolism into languageWWBAT state the importance of the Rosetta Stone How do humans today communicate with each other? How many different ways are there?

Observations? Inferences?

Hieroglyphics Egyptian writing that was carved in stone. The symbols were pictures of objects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8QM55OndJ8

Answer question on notes:What type of document was the Rosetta Stone?Why would priests be involved in a government document?Why did the Rosetta Stone have Greek language on it? Why are government languages printed in multiple languages?Rosetta Stone Written in about 196BC (timeline!)Stone block that shows hieroglyphics Founded in 1799 by a French soldier After lots of studying, we now know how to read hieroglyphics

Papyrus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9el1VJqIgw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGH7kQ30SKo Paper used by Egyptians Egyptians would take a plant and cut it into thin stripsThey would then lay the strips flat and weave them to form paper

Why would Egyptians want to invent paper?How did the invention of paper aid in the geography theme of movement?

Answer questions in a venn diagramHow are papyrus and paper different?How are they the same?