Warm Up a You will be given 5 minutes to draw and complete a chart highlighting the Egyptian social classes. (Use last classes notes!)

Turn and talk with your neighbors to interpret the following quote Quote of the day!! Turn and talk with your neighbors to interpret the following quote

Objective: SWBAT understand Egyptian family structure.

Picture your family in your mind and think about the following: -Who is a part of your family? -What role do they take on? -What are their daily responsibilities? Lets hear some responses from our classmates.

-Egyptian Gods and Goddesses were arranged into family groupings What do you think this says about the importance of family in Egyptian culture? (Turn and talk with your neighbors to discuss)

Who do you think acted as the head of the family?

The Father -The father acted as the head of the family in Ancient Egypt. -The father was expected to go out and work to provide for his family Thinking back to our lesson on social classes, what are some occupations the father might hold?(Turn and talk with your neighbor)

The Mother -While the Father acted as the head of the house, Egyptian women had more rights than other women in early civilization. Can you infer what rights women may have had?

Answer- Women held legal status similar to men, could own property, buy and sell goods, and obtain divorces. Wealthy women could serve as priests, and wives of farmers would work in the fields with their husbands. It was the women of higher classes that were more likely to stay at home.

Egyptian Children -Few Egyptian Children attended school, so where did they learn the skills they needed? What do you think were expected of children as they grew into teenagers?

Egyptian Children -Boys were taught how to farm and trade from their fathers, often times the son would inherit his fathers business. -Girls were taught to sew, cook, and to maintain a household from their mother. -As children grew into teenagers they were expected to marry and start their own families.

Nuclear Families Made up of two parents and their children- mostly seen in middle and upper class families Extended Families Seen in Farm families, and lower class families. Older adults along with their married children and their families lived together. For farm families this allowed for more people to work the field. Explain how the types of family differed depending on the social class. (Turn and talk with your neighbors).

Father Mother Children Nuclear Family Extended Family

Independent Response Write a 5-7 sentence paragraph explaining how Egyptian family structures are similar or different to family structures today. Use at least 3 examples from your own families.

Group Work In your groups, compare, contrast and discuss the answers you wrote out with your neighbors answers.

Closure What have we learned about the Egyptians as it relates to us today?

Homework Summarize todays lesson in a 5-7 sentence paragraph.