1.4 I

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Today's lesson

• Recap of the previous lesson. 
• Homework check
• Explanation of 1.4 (yes...I know)
• Time to work.
• Explanation of 1.4

Look at the source.

1. What can we learn from this source?
2. Name 3 things we know for sure that are in this source.
3. Name something we are not sure of that is in this source.

Homework check 

• Ch 1.2 exercise 1  till 10
• pay attention to each other.
• do you have a different aswer? Just ask, sometimes there's more than one correct answer.
• correct your answer.

Learning objectives

• I can explain how Ancient Egyptians got their food.
• I can explain how Ancient Egypt was governed.
• I can explain how people lived together in Ancient Egypt.
•  I know what is know about Ancient Egyptian religion.

Irrigation

• Around 3000 BC the first farmers emerged in Egypt.
  

•  There was almost no rain, but there were farmers..
• In the summer the Nile overflows.
• Fertile silt (clay) stayed behind.
• Farmers build canals and pools to catch water. This is called irrigation.

A change in society.

• There was more food because of the farmers who used irrigation.
• So not eveyone had to be a farmer anymore.
•  Craftsmen  specialised in other jobs, like carpenter, shoemaker or potter.
• These craftsmen traded their products for food.
• Some peolpe became so good at trading that they became merchants. 

Go to work

• 10 minutes
• Read page 15.
• Do exercise 1, 2 and 3 on page 21 in pairs or in a group of three. You can quietly discus with the person next to you

Mighty pharaohs.

• Merchants and craftsmen started to live together. And so villages grew into cities.
• The cities were united under a government.
• The head of the government was the pharaoh. 
• The pharaoh had the task to make rules and laws, but he was also an important religious person.

Layers of Ancient Egyptian society.

Go to work

• Until the lesson is over.
• Read page 16.
• Do exercise Ch 1.4 1 till 4 and 6 till 8 on page 21-24 in pairs or in a group of three. You can quietly discus with the person next to you