Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide PP2 | Pausing Point 2 219

Note: You may wish to relate circling ‘T’ to circling the smiling face

and circling ‘F’ to circling the frowning face, something students

are familiar with doing in the past vocabulary assessments and

domain assessments.

1. Ancient Egypt was located on the continent of Africa. (T)


2. The Nile River was very important to the ancient Egyptians. (T)


3. The fl ooding of the Nile River helped the Egyptians to farm. (T)


4. Ancient Egyptians wrote using cuneiform. (F)


5. Ancient Egyptians had many, many gods. (T)


6. Some Egyptian gods were part human and part animal. (T)


7. Amon-Ra is the Egyptian god of the moon. (F)


8. Only one pyramid was built in ancient Egypt; it was called the
   Great Pyramid. (F)


9. The Sphinx had the body of a lion and the head of a human.
   (T)


10. All the pharaohs of ancient Egypt were male. (F)

Activities

Egypt

Materials: World map, globe

On a world map or globe, help students locate and identify

the area in which the ancient Egyptians lived. (Egypt, in Africa)

Locate the Nile River for students. Have students talk about

the environment in which the ancient Egyptians lived and the

importance of the Nile for farming, travel, and transportation.

Image Review

You may wish to show the Flip Book images from any read-aloud

again and have students retell the read-aloud using the pictures.