Tasks:

1. Copy the LEQ into your notebook

2. Copy the Drill into your notebook and answer it

3. Pop Quiz

4. Read through the slides in the PPT and take notes when you see

5. Read pages in textbook and complete handout from the pick-up table

Number one to ten on a half sheet of paper. Write your name at the top. Place quiz in the tray for your class period when finished.

Pop quiz

True or False

1. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest and oldest of the pyramids was built for Khufu.

2. It took 10 years to build the Great Pyramid.

3. To build the Great Pyramid the ancient Egyptians used ramps.

4. There were several pyramids built at Giza.

5. The pyramid is located close to Alexandria, Egypt’s modern capital.

True or false

6. Egyptian farmers worked on the pyramid when the Nile River flooded.

7. The entire process of mummification takes 180 days.

8. The ancient Egyptians believed in afterlife.

9. The ancient Egyptians were monotheistic.

10. Pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs of the New Kingdom.

Life in Ancient Egypt

Social Life

Ancient Egyptian Women

• Had a higher status

• Not confined to the home

• Few were educated

• Were considered their husbands property

**Queens were the wife of a god and ruled jointly w/ pharaoh**

Education

• Learned reading, writing, and math

• Strict discipline

• Centers of higher education were established and astronomy was taught

Dress

• Light clothes made of linen 

• Men wore a wrap-round skirt that was tied at the waist with a belt

• Egyptian women wore full length straight dresses with one or two shoulder straps

Jewelry & Makeup

• The Ancient Egyptians wore jewelry to show their wealth and also because they believed it made them more attractive to the Gods.

• Egyptian men and women wore make up.

They used black eyeliner to line their eyes and darken their eye lashes and eye brows.

Textbook Assignment

• Read pages 89-90 of the textbook

• Complete Lesson 2:Life in Egypt handout