Ancient Egyptian Timeline

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Ancient Egyptian Timeline

• Paula Alexander
• Marigold Elementary School, Chico, CA

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• My name is Paula Alexander and I am a 6th grade
  teacher at Marigold Elementary School
• My web site is httpberners.bcoe.butte.k12.ca.us/
  palexand/
• My e-mail is palexand_at_cusd.chico.k12.ca.us
• This is a sixth grade History/Social Studies
  lesson

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Standards Addressed

• Grade Sixth History-Social Science
  World
  History and Geography Ancient Civilization

6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political,
economic, religious, and social
structures of the early civilization of the
early civilization of Egypt.
Sixth Grade Reading/Language Arts Research and
Technology
1.4 Use organizational features of electronic
text (e.g., bulletin boards, databases,
keyword searches, e-mail addresses) to locate
information.
1.5 Compose documents with appropriate
formatting by using word-processing skills
and principles of design (e.g., margins, tabs,
spacing, columns, page orientation).
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Expectations

• How to put a lesson on a web site
• To work with teachers from a variety of grade
  levels
• Create a lesson to be used in my classroom
• To use CUTE and LEECH
• To use PowerPoint
• To use Excel

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Outcomes

• Web page creation in Netscape Composer
• Using CUTE and LEECH as a communication tool
  between server and computer (downloading and
  uploading)
• Linking pages and projects

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Successes

• High student motivation
• Student collaboration
• High interest in subject matter
• Parent support

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Successes Continued

• Meets Standards in Grade Sixth History-Social
  Science
  World History and Geography Ancient
  Civilization
• Meets Standards in Sixth Grade Reading/Language
  Arts Research and Technology

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Shortcomings

• Lack of numerous computers
• Time for students to complete PowerPoint
• Interruptions (i.e. assembly) during the social
  studies period

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Student Data
All the students show substantial improvement. I
feel the outstanding improvement was due to the
motivation and interest the students had in this
subject matter. They also had very little prior
knowledge of Ancient Egypt.
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Revisions

• After going over the rubric with the students I
  found that it could have been more detailed in
  the explanation of the criteria. The student
  were very confused at first.

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Summary

• This project used technology to enhance and
  expedite the learning of my sixth grade class.
  The time used on the internet was very valuable
  tool. It allowed the students a much boarder
  base of research. This project would have taken
  much longer and been quite frustrating for
  students who were trying to find information
  available at an elementary school site.

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SummaryContinued
Creating a lesson using the History-Social
Science /World History and Geography Ancient
Civilization standard for my grade level and
relating it to my subject matter, Ancient Egypt,
was unproblematic. I would advise others who
attempt this process to use a timeline theme as
their first try at this process. I have learned a
great deal from this project. I plan to share
what I have learned with my fellow colleagues.
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Student Work
The following slides contain pictures of the
students working in their Nomes on their timeline
project.
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Memphis
Predynastic Period c. 5000 3100 b.c.
Archaic Period c. 3100 - -2686 b.c.
Old Kingdom c. 2686 2181 b.c.
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Abydos
First Intermediate Period c. 2181 - 1991 b.c.
Middle Kingdom c. 1991 1786 b.c.
Second Intermediate Period c. 1786 1567 b.c.
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Hermopolis/Akhentaten
New Kingdom c. 1567 1085 b.c.
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Bubastis
Early Period c. 1085 525 b.c.
First Persian Period c. 525 404 b.c.
Late Period c. 404 343 b.c.
Second Persian Period c. 343 332 b.c.
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Thebes
Conquest c. 332 b.c.
Ptolemaic Period c. 332 30 b.c.
Conquest by Romans c. 30 b.c.
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The End