Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 6 |Writing in Ancient Egypt 113

 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

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

Africa

 Identify hieroglyphs as the system of writing used in ancient

Egypt

 Explain why a written language is important to the development

of a civilization

 Describe key components of civilization

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this

lesson. Objectives aligning with the Common Core State

Standards are noted with the corresponding standard in

parentheses. Refer to the Alignment Chart for additional standards

addressed in all lessons in this domain.

Students will:

 Describe the connection between a written language and the

ability to accurately record information (RI.1.3)

 Describe an illustration of hieroglyphs and use pictures and

details in “Writing in Ancient Egypt” to describe the read-aloud’s

key ideas (RI.1.7)

 Compare and contrast writing in Mesopotamia with writing in

ancient Egypt (RI.1.9)

 Make personal connections between the role of writing in their

lives with writing in ancient Egypt (W.1.8)

 With assistance, categorize and organize facts and information

from “Writing in Ancient Egypt” to answer questions (W.1.8)

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