Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

218 Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide PP2 | Pausing Point 2

 Explain the signifi cance of gods/goddesses, ziggurats, temples,

and priests in Mesopotamia

 Describe key components of a civilization

 Identify Mesopotamia as the “Cradle of Civilization”

 Describe how a civilization evolves and changes over time

 Locate Egypt on a world map or globe, and identify it as a part

of Africa

 Explain the importance of the Nile River and how its fl oods were

important for farming

 Identify hieroglyphics as the system of writing used in ancient

Egypt

 Explain the signifi cance of gods/goddesses in ancient Egypt

 Identify pyramids and explain their signifi cance in ancient Egypt

 Describe how the pyramids were built

 Explain that much of Egypt is the Sahara Desert

 Identify the Sphinx and explain its signifi cance in ancient Egypt

 Identify Hatshepsut as a pharaoh and explain her signifi cance as

pharaoh

 Identify Tutankhamun as a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and explain

his signifi cance

 Explain that much of what we know about ancient Egypt is

because of the work of archaeologists

Student Performance Task Assessment

 Ancient Egypt

Materials: Instructional Master PP2-1

Directions: I will read ten sentences about ancient Egypt. If my

sentence is correct and gives the right information about ancient

Egypt, circle ‘T’ for “true.” If my sentence is incorrect and does not

give the right information about ancient Egypt, circle ‘F’ for “false.”

I will read each sentence twice.