Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 5 | People of the Nile 95

 Prior to listening to “People of the Nile,” make predictions

orally about whether life in ancient Egypt was similar to, or

different from, life in Mesopotamia, and then compare the actual

outcomes to predictions

 Share writing with others

Core Vocabulary

advantage, n. Something that helps to make someone better or more

likely to succeed.

Example: The children’s small size gave them an advantage when

playing hide and seek because they could hide in small spaces.

Variation(s): advantages

Egyptians, n. People from or living in Egypt

Example: Cleopatra and King Tut were Egyptians.

Variation(s): Egyptian

enriched, v. Added to make something better

Example: Breakfast cereals are enriched with vitamins.

Variation(s): enrich, enriches, enriching

fl ooding, n. Water rising and overfl owing onto the dry land around it

Example: Flooding of the Nile River helped the Egyptians grow crops.

Variation(s): none

Vocabulary Chart for People of the Nile

Core Vocabulary words are in bold.

Multiple Meaning Word Activity word is underlined.

Vocabulary Instructional Activity words have an asterisk (*).

Suggested words to pre-teach are in italics.

Type of Words Tier 3

Domain-Specifi c Words

Tier 2

General Academic Words

Tier 1

Everyday-Speech Words

Understanding

canals

clay

Egypt/Egpytians

flooding

floodwater

Rensi/Ipi/Meret

village

ancient

advantage/

disadvantage*

damage*

destroy

enriched

flows

boat

family

farm/farmer

fisherman

food

mud/muddy

river

Multiple Meaning

crop

floods

fields building

grow

rose

Phrases

Nile River

vitamins and

minerals

could not count

on

depended on

start to build up

again

go hungry

no longer

used up

Cognates canalsEgipto/Egipcio(a) destruirenriquecido botefamilia