Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 5B | People of the Nile 111

3. An advantage is something that helps to make someone better or
   more likely to succeed. The opposite of advantage is disadvantage.
   A disadvantage is something that causes diffi culty and makes it less
   likely for someone to succeed.


4. Living close to the Nile was an advantage as well as a disadvantage to
   the ancient Egyptians.


5. With your partner, think of one reason why living near the river
   was an advantage and one reason why living near the river was a
   disadvantage to the ancient Egyptians.
   [Ask two or three students. If necessary, guide and/or rephrase
   the students’ responses: “Living near the river was an
   advantage because... ; living near the river was a disadvantage
   because... ”]
   We will make a two-column chart for the words advantage and
   disadvantage.
   [Give each student two index cards. Have them think of one thing that is
   an advantage to them and draw it on one index card. Have them think of
   one thing that is a disadvantage to them and draw it on the other index
   card. Prompt students by having them consider what might help them or
   hinder them in their learning at school, or what might help them or hinder
   them from becoming a better athlete.]

Early World Civilizations Chart (Instructional Masters 5B-1

and 5B-2) 5 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)