Today we learned about Egyptian social classes. Our focus was on the importance of the pharaoh.
Today we learned about symbols that were significant to Egyptian mythology, such as the ankh, the was scepter, the scarab beetle, and the tyet. Students drew pictures of each one and wrote down what they symbolized.
Today we learned about some of the mythology stories of ancient Egypt and some of the gods and goddesses of the civilization.
Today we learned about the magic of Abu Simbel and the amazing ability of the Egyptians to construct temples and do math.
Today we met Pharaoh Clucky and learned about how mummification worked. 2nd hour did MobyMax with the substitute since it is a shortened week.
Today we met Pharaoh Clucky and learned about how mummification worked. 4th and 6th hours did MobyMax with the substitute since it is a shortened week.
Ramses had many a project that started. One of them included placing great stone obelisks at the entrance to the temple. We learned how the cut them, moved them and put them into place. We did our regular MobyMax schedule.
Today is the last night of conferences. We finished learning about the pyramids and worked on our Egypt maps.
Today we learned about pyramids, their purposes, and the amount of effort that went into them.
Today we started our Egypt unit by learning about the natural defenses of the deserts and the importance of the Nile River.
We took our unit test on Mesopotamia today. Class averages were awesome! We also spent time with Moby Max for math practice.
Today we reviewed our unit concepts, including bartering, Code of Hammurabi, polytheism vs monotheism, Epic of Gilgamesh, and others. We used the Kahoot! game to help us review for the test.
Today we learned about mythology by acting out a class play of the tales of Gilgamesh. It was epic!
Today we learned about Cyrus the Great, who allowed people he conquered to keep their religion. We took a practice quiz using the Senteo clickers for the first time.
Today we watched From Nomads to Farmers and completed a video worksheet that will also serve as part of our study guide for Friday's Mesopotamia test
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