1. Do Now
Copy the HW:
WHIL due Friday (extra copies on back table)
Open your textbook to page 74 and copy the definitions for:
Pharaoh
Dynasty
Absolute power

2. Vocab
Pharaoh
The title of the kings of ancient Egypt

3. Vocab
Dynasty
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group

4. Vocab
Absolute power
Complete control over someone or something

5. Activity: The Power of the Pharaohs
You are going to write a speech, as Menes, for the monument.
In your speech, you need to discuss:
How you started Egypt’s first dynasty
The type of power you hold
How you make decisions
How laws were made
Why you are called a god-king
Your power over the Nile and yearly harvests
Independently, read about the rulers of Egypt from page 75 – top of 76.
Then, you are going to put yourself in the mind of the first pharaoh of Egypt, Menes.
You want a monument made about your accomplishments.

6. King Menes’ Speech! How you started Egypt’s first dynasty
I united the two areas of Egypt called Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into one large kingdom.
The type of power you hold
As pharaoh, I have absolute power over all the people of Egypt! I have complete control!
How you make decisions
Although only the pharaoh makes decisions, I usually ask my advisors for advice, or I pray to Ma’at, the goddess of truth.

7. King Menes’ Speech! How laws were made Why you are called a god-king
Whatever I decide can become a law!
Why you are called a god-king
I am the earthly form of Horus, the falcon god. I am both a god and a king!
Your power over the Nile and yearly harvests
Since I am a god, I control the flooding of the Nile River each year and the harvests that follow. Without me, those would not happen!

8. 4 corners
One person should be allowed to create laws for an entire society.