Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

128 Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 6B | Writing in Ancient Egypt

 Vocabulary Instructional Activity^5 minutes

Word Work: Inquired

1. In the read-aloud Meret inquired, “But why would we need to write
   things down, when we can just pass them on by talking?”


2. Say the word inquired with me three times.


3. Inquired means asked a question in order to get more information.


4. Meret is a curious girl, she inquired about many things.


5. Pretend you are Meret, what would you have inquired about?
   [Ask two or three students. If necessary, guide and/or rephrase the
   students’ responses: “I would have inquired about.. .”]


6. What’s the word we have been talking about?
   Use a Sharing activity for follow-up. Directions: Think of something you
   are curious about; think of something you would like to learn more about.
   Then think of a question you can ask about it. I will call on several of you
   to ask your question. After you have fi nished saying your question, the
   rest of the class will say “inquired [name of student].” For example, after
   [Marcy] asks, “Why is it important to learn about ancient civilizations?”
   the rest of the class will say all together, “inquired [Marcy.]”

Early World Civilizations Chart 10 minutes

Farming Cities Writing Leaders Religion

Mesopotamia Image Card 1 (Farming) Image Card 2 (Babylon) Image Card 3 (Cuneiform)

Image Card 4

(Hammurabi)

Image Card 6

(Nebuchadnezzar)

Image Card 5

(Ziggurat)

Ancient Egypt Image Card 7 (Farming) Image Card 8 (City) Image Card 9 (Hieroglyphs)

Show students Image Card 8 (City in Ancient Egypt). Talk about

the Image Card and how people settled along the Nile, just

like Meret and her family. Ask students how this is similar to

Mesopotamia. (They both had cities near rivers.) Tell students that

you are going to place the Image Card in the Cities column on the

Civilizations Chart to help them remember that there were cities in

ancient Egypt.