1. Warm Up
Read: Many mysteries surround the pyramids of Egypt. The greatest of these is how the ancient Egyptians were able to build the Great Pyramid. The Great Pyramid is over 450 feet tall- taller than a 40 story building! It is made of approximately 2,300,000 blocks, many of which weight 3 tons or more. And yet most scientists agree that it was built in just over 20 years. Question in your warm up section: How were the ancient Egyptians able to create this incredible monument in so little time?

2. Task
You are going look at three hypotheses (educated guesses) about how the Egyptians were able to complete this incredible task. With your partner, rank the hypotheses from 1 to 3, with 1 being the hypothesis you think is most likely and 3 the hypothesis you believe is least likely. Be sure to have reasons to support your rankings.
Complete this ranking under your warm up

4. Touring Ancient Egypt

5. Learning Target
I will learn the accomplishments of the pharaohs and the importance of their monuments
Correctly identify each Pharaoh’s accomplishments
Describe the purpose of their monument

6. Task
For each site that you visit on your tour of ancient Egyptian monuments, you are to send a postcard to a friend or relative.
Make sure to follow the following steps:
Begin with a proper greeting (such as Dear Maria,)
Fill in the blank with the name of the monument
Write at least one interesting thing you learned about the monument
Fill in the blank with name of pharaoh
Write at least one interesting thing you learned about the pharaoh.
Draw an appropriate symbol or visual for the stamp
Write a proper closing (such as See you soon!)