Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 8 | Approaching the Great Pyramid 147

Exercise Materials Details

Extensions (20 minutes)

Multiple Meaning Word
Activity: Steps

Poster 4M (Steps)

Syntactic Awareness Activity:
Plural Possessive Pronouns

Vocabulary Instructional
Activity: Created

Pyramids and Ziggurats Image Cards 5, 11; chart paper;
Instructional Master 8B-1
(optional);
additional images and videos of
pyramids and ziggurats

Advance Preparation

You may wish to fi nd pictures and images of pyramids, in

particular the Great Pyramid, as well as images of the pharaohs

and gods referred to in this read-aloud.

For Pyramids and Ziggurats, you may wish to create a large Venn

diagram on chart paper to compare and contrast pyramids and

ziggurats.

Notes to Teacher

For background information and to fi nd images related to Egyptian

pyramids, you may wish to refer to these web resources:

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid