Warm UpState 4 facts about the

pyramids of Giza.

Objective:

Students will be able to understand Egyptian social structure and daily life.

Most societies have different social classes, can anyone give an example of a social order discussed in our previous units??

Egypt was home to about 5 million people and each took on a different role which reflected their social status.

Who can remember some of the other jobs/occupations people of Egypt had?

Guided Reading“How People Lived”

As we work through the reading discuss the way daily life differs between each social class

Independent Practice

Individually answer the corresponding questions.

Group Work

Each group will be assigned a different social group and asked to write a journal entry detailing their daily activities.

One member from the group will read the entry aloud.

Closure

I will call on students randomly and ask you to detail the daily lives of different social classes.

Homework

Unskilled Workers Handout.