1. Ancient Egypt The Gift of the Nile
When you hear or read the words “Ancient Egypt” what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Most likely you think of mummies, kings/queens, King Tut, pyramids or maybe The Nile River. Why would Egypt have the nickname “The Gift of the Nile”? Have the students use the KWL chart and write what they know (K) about Egypt, what they want to learn (W) and then at the end of the unit have them complete what they learned (L).

2. A Joruney of the Nile
Have the student add notes to their KWL chart. Have the student share their thought of the video.

3. Its history of the Old, Middle,
Ancient Egypt
Its history of the Old, Middle,
and New Kingdom
Have the students understand Roman numerals, can define delta, dynasty, bureaucracy, ebony, and deities.

4. History & Geography
When you go to the discovery web link it will take you to several titles, on the right of the site click on the video titled “Egypt, The Nile” it is the 3rd video. Tell the students that they will see the word Egyptology; have them brain storm the meaning, means- the study of ancient Egyptian literature, language, culture, and all things were are studying.

5. Geography of Egypt

6. Geography of Ancient Egypt
Look at this map and notice where the cities in ancient Egypt were located. Ancient Egyptian civilization developed in the delta and valley regions of the Nile River, isolated and protected by vast deserts on either side. The Nile River was the "backbone" of Egypt. The annual flooding of the river deposited rich soil allowing farmers to raise crops along the river banks. This fertile strip along the Nile was never more than 12 miles wide. Rich agricultural and mineral resources along with protection provided by the desert allowed a
long-lasting civilization to develop in Egypt.
Have the student label their map with the two seas, the gulf, lower-upper-middle Egypt, the cities of Giza, Memphis, Cairo, Alexandria, Assiut, Thebes, Karnak, and Aswan, also label the delta.

7. Literature
The World book scroll to the last link scroll down to the Egyptian mythology.

8. Philosophy and Religion

9. Government

10. Life of the People

11. In the pictures you can see the makeup that both the men and women wore as well as the jewelry. The tombs that were built also included the picture of the person with their makeup.

12. Life of the People

13. Egyptian Art

14. Art continued

15. Architecture

16. Hieroglyphics and Writing

17. Hieroglyphics

18. The Gardens
One rarely hears very little about gardens, and yet, they were an essential element to the ancient Egyptian people. Those who could afford to do so laid out gardens in front of both their houses and tomb chapels. The gods were even thought to enjoy gardens and so most every temple was surrounded by lush greenery. Gardens seem to have been particularly important during the New Kingdom. It should also be noted that certain types of gardens had religious symbolism.
We know that gardens often consisted of both trees and other plants. Popular trees included the sycamore fig, pomegranate, nut trees and jujube. However, willows, acacia and tamarisk were also found. In all, there were about eighteen varieties of trees grown by the Egyptians. Flowers were also abundant, and included daisies, cornflowers, mandrakes, roses, irises, myrtle, jasmine, mignonettes, convolvulus, celosia, narcissus, ivy, lychnis, sweet marjoram, henna, bay laurel, small yellow chrysanthemums and poppies. Of course, there were also papyrus, lotus and grapes.

19. Gardens
Gardens were not simply for pleasant environs to the Ancient Egyptians. The Papyrus and Lotus plants were symbolic of the two regions of Lower and Upper Egypt (respectively). Of course, gardens also provided food including vegetables and wine, and in the final analysis, we might know much less about ancient Egypt if it were not for the papyrus paper used through most of Egyptian history.
Regrettably, we know of very few depictions of gardens that surround normal houses, but several literary descriptions of a country estate mention the lush cultivated grounds around a villa of the New Kingdom. There is much more evidence concerning gardens that surround tomb chapels and mortuary temples. Models of gardens were placed in a lot of tombs. In many funerary texts, the deceased talks about walking under the trees of his garden and drinking the water of its lake.

20. An Egyptian Garden

21. Music
Music has been a part of Egyptian culture probably since its beginning. The ancient Egyptians credited on of their gods, Thoth, with the invention of music. Osiris used music as part of his effort to civilize the world. Tomb and temple paintings show a variety of musical instruments in both sacred and secular environments, and many of the dead were buried with instruments. This leads to the thought that music formed an integral part of not only Egyptian rituals, but also daily life and recreation. Sadly, no written pieces of music have survived, and no system of notation is known to have been developed by the ancient Egyptians. It would seem that music in ancient Egypt was, like so many of the arts at that time, passed down from one person to another in a form of "aural" tradition. Various universities and institutions are working to extrapolate what ancient Egyptian music might have sounded like based on present-day and known historical forms using recreations of instruments.

22. Music Continued
Instruments known to have existed in ancient Egypt are roughly the same ones as have been created by nearly all civilizations. Lyres, harps, flutes, pipes, horns (not "true" horns as we know them, but instruments similar to the didgeridoo of the Australian Aborigines, the dragon-horn of Tibet, and the shofar of the Hebrew people), and of course, drums, cymbals, and other percussion. As the ages passed, new instruments were added in as they were developed or introduced from other peoples. Given Egypt's importance in the ancient world, one can easily assume that at one time or another, every kind of instrument ever created has been played in within its borders.

23. Music

24. An Ancient Egyptian Harp