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Culture & Architecture

It’s hard to build in the heat

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Learning Intention

Success Criteria

Students will hypothesize how such marvels were created without the use of advanced technology.

Students will analyze the construction of Egypt’s most famous architectural marvels and cultural achievements.

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Journals Through History

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Notice Wonder

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What are some things in the video that stood out?

What do you wonder about the culture or architecture of Ancient Egypt?

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Egyptian Religion

  • Egyptian Religion was based in Polytheism:
    • Polytheism means the worship of more than one God.

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Major Egyptian

gods/goddesses to know

  • Anubis: god of the dead (human-animal mix) the god of embalming and the dead.
  • Since jackals were often seen in cemeteries, the ancient Egyptians believed that Anubis watched over the dead.

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Major Egyptian

gods/goddesses to know

  • Re, or Amon Re: the sun god (Represented in human form, sometimes with a ram's head, or as a ram,)
  • Amon-Re was originally known just as Amon, Amen or Amun. In Thebes, where Amon was considered their patron saint, he was merged with Re, the sun god.
  • Amon-Re was associated with creating the world and protecting the helpless.
  • The worship of Amon-Re survived many periods of Egyptian history.

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Major Egyptian

gods/goddesses to know

  • Osiris: the god of the underworld
  • He is usually depicted as a man with green skin and a beard associated with the pharaoh, wearing a crown with two large ostrich feathers, and legs partially wrapped like a mummy.
  • Osiris was the ancient Egyptian god of the dead, the underworld, and the afterlife.
  • Egyptians believed all pharaohs became Osiris when they died.

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Major Egyptian

gods/goddesses to know

  • Isis: goddess of magic, motherhood, and love.
  • Isis is depicted as a woman wearing a long sheath dress with an empty throne on her headdress.
  • In some forms, she is a woman with outstretched wings making her the goddess of the wind. Often she is shown with her child son, Horus, with a crown and a vulture.

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Major Egyptian

gods/goddesses to know

  • Horus: Sky god, god of the pharaohs.

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  • Shown as Man with the head of a hawk

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  • He is probably most well-known as the protector of the ruler of Egypt.

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Major Egyptian

gods/goddesses to know

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Egyptian art

filled tombs.

Egyptian art was filled with lively, colorful scenes.

  • Art showed historical events, everyday life, and religious events.
  • Painting had a distinctive style in which people’s heads and legs are always seen from the side, but upper bodies are shown straight on.

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Tombs contained work such as:

  • Art and hieroglyphics on walls and columns
  • Stone statues and carvings
    • Egyptians were skilled stoneworkers.

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Main Idea 3:�The pyramids of Egypt were built �as tombs for the pharaohs.

Evidence from the text

On slide/ ____ it states, “_________________________________________________________ .”

Elaboration (Why is your evidence important?) 2 or 3 sentences. My evidence is important. It is important because it explains why they built the pyramids.

  • Find evidence to support the main idea and elaborate why it is important.
    • You may use the frame provided.

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  • You can use the notes in the slides or your book to help you.

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  • Make sure to include slide #s.

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