Do Now: Do Now: Importance of Importance of WaterWater

Take out your social studies Take out your social studies notebooknotebook

Start a new entry titled Start a new entry titled “the “the Importance of Water”Importance of Water”

Make a list!Make a list! Write down as many examples as Write down as many examples as

possible.. What can Hpossible.. What can H22O do? What O do? What makes it important?makes it important?

Geography of Ancient EgyptGeography of Ancient Egypt::Importance of the Nile Importance of the Nile

RiverRiver

Social Studies Reading Social Studies Reading Workshop Workshop

Things to Learn:Things to Learn:

What: Importance of the Nile River What: Importance of the Nile River on life in ancient Egypton life in ancient Egypt

How: From bothHow: From both primary primary and and secondarysecondary sources sources

Teaching PointTeaching Point

Good historians cannot travel back in Good historians cannot travel back in time so they use time so they use bothboth primary and primary and secondary sources to understand secondary sources to understand what actually happened in the past what actually happened in the past

Look carefully…Look carefully…

Look at this satellite imageLook at this satellite image

Can you locate the Nile RivCan you locate the Nile River Valleyer Valley? ? 尼羅河谷在哪兒尼羅河谷在哪兒 ??

What else can you see?What else can you see? 除了尼羅河谷外除了尼羅河谷外 , , 我們還能看我們還能看見什麼見什麼 ??

What can we learn about thWhat can we learn about the life of Ancient Egyptians e life of Ancient Egyptians by looking at this imageby looking at this image??這張圖告訴我們什麼這張圖告訴我們什麼 ??

Write in your notebook…Write in your notebook…

Primary Source: “Hymn to the Primary Source: “Hymn to the Nile”Nile”

Now let’s read a hymn written circa Now let’s read a hymn written circa 2100 BC …2100 BC …

On your “double-entry journal” On your “double-entry journal” handout, quote at least three different handout, quote at least three different places of the hymn on the left side, and places of the hymn on the left side, and what each quote teaches you about the what each quote teaches you about the impact the Nile river had on life in impact the Nile river had on life in ancient Egypt.ancient Egypt.

You can use text from either of the two You can use text from either of the two translationstranslations

Example…Example…

From the Text From the Text (Clues)(Clues)

““Hail to thee, O Nile! Who Hail to thee, O Nile! Who manifests thyself over manifests thyself over this land, and comes to this land, and comes to give life to Egypt!give life to Egypt! ” ”

Inferences (Hidden Message)Inferences (Hidden Message)

▶ ▶ The ancient Egyptians clearly The ancient Egyptians clearly considered the Nile their source of considered the Nile their source of life, and it comes to “give life to life, and it comes to “give life to Egypt.” It might very well be their Egypt.” It might very well be their only source of water in the midst only source of water in the midst of the lifeless African dessert…..of the lifeless African dessert…..

▶ ▶ Being called the “giver of life” is a Being called the “giver of life” is a big deal, even for a long river, so I big deal, even for a long river, so I think people back then might have think people back then might have worshiped the Nile River. They worshiped the Nile River. They might even have considered it as might even have considered it as important and holly as the sun.. important and holly as the sun..

Secondary SourceSecondary Source

It’s non-fiction reading time!It’s non-fiction reading time! We’re going to combine social We’re going to combine social

studies learning and non-fiction studies learning and non-fiction reading workshop together, kill two reading workshop together, kill two birds with one stone!birds with one stone!

I want to teach you todayI want to teach you today

Good readers of non-fiction often use Good readers of non-fiction often use pictures and their captions to predict pictures and their captions to predict the main idea of the text before they the main idea of the text before they dive into the text!dive into the text!

Now watch me…Now watch me… I found a good article on the Nile I found a good article on the Nile

River and ancient Egypt civilization River and ancient Egypt civilization on the Internet..on the Internet..

The article has two pictures.The article has two pictures. Before I read, I look at these two Before I read, I look at these two

pictures and think to myself…pictures and think to myself…

The Two PicturesThe Two Pictures

The River The Desert

Now you try….Now you try…. Let’s look at one of the most reliable Let’s look at one of the most reliable

secondary sources out there: our secondary sources out there: our TEXTBOOK!TEXTBOOK!

Open up to page P.107!Open up to page P.107!

Let’s look at the picture on the bottom Let’s look at the picture on the bottom of the page, talk to your partner: what of the page, talk to your partner: what do you think the text is going to be do you think the text is going to be about?about?

Now Readers AND great Now Readers AND great Historians,Historians,

Let’s work on putting the Nile puzzle Let’s work on putting the Nile puzzle pieces together by using our great pieces together by using our great secondary source!secondary source!

Remember that good NF readers Remember that good NF readers always look at pictures and captions always look at pictures and captions first!first!

Read textbook p.106~p.111 on your Read textbook p.106~p.111 on your own!own!

Complete the handout…Complete the handout…