Unit 4: Africa/Egypt
Overall Purpose of Unit: To understand how and why Egypt developed according to G.R.A.P.E.S. (Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economy, Social Classes) over time. Explore connections to our world today.
Key Vocabulary: Slavery, Mummification, Theocracy, Polytheism, Treaty, Pyramid, Catastrophic, Pharaohs, Hieroglyphics, After Life, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
Key People/Places: King Tut, Cleopatra, Hatsheput, Ramesses the Great, Nefertiti/Akhenaten, Kufu, Seti, Timbuktu, Kush, Empire of Ghana, Empire of Zimbabwe
Key Events:
What are Egypt’s greatest accomplishments and how do they affect us today?
- First written treaty
- Trade with Greece & Rome ect.
- Pyramid construction
Essential Questions
- How did the work of Cleopatra & Hatshepsut (and Nefertiti) contribute to the modern day women's movement?
- How did the Nile River influence the practices of agriculture and trade/movement of ideas/religion/people?
- What are Egypt's greatest accomplishments and how do they affect us today?
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