Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 7B | Amon-Ra and the Gods of Ancient Egypt 141

1. color and green (Color is general, and green is specifi c.)


2. milk and drink (Milk is specifi c, and drink is general.)


3. three and number (Three is specifi c, and number is general.)


4. girl and Maria (Girl is general, and Maria is specifi c.)


5. winter and season (Winter is specifi c, and season is general.)

Early World Civilizations Chart 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) Image Card 8 (City) Image Card 9 (Hieroglyphs)

Image Card

10 (Egyptian

gods)

Show students Image Card 10 (Egyptian Gods). Ask students to

identify what they see, talk about the Image Card, and share what

they learned from the read-aloud about gods and goddesses in

ancient Egypt. Tell students that you are going to place the Image

Card on the Civilizations Chart to help them remember that the

ancient Egyptians believed in many, many gods.

Egyptian gods and goddesses 15 minutes

You may wish to talk about and show images of different gods

and goddesses that the people of ancient Egypt believed in.

Stress that the religion of ancient Egypt had many, many gods

and goddesses. (See the web resources in Notes to Teacher for a

starting place to obtain information about the Egyptian gods and

goddesses.)

Domain-Related Trade Book 20 minutes

• Refer to the list of recommended trade books in the Introduction
  at the front of this Supplemental Guide, and choose one trade
  book related to life along the Nile River or Egyptian gods and
  goddesses to read aloud to the class.