A Riverboat Tour of Ancient Egyptian Monuments

Nile River Bank
A Riverboat Tour of Ancient Egyptian Monuments - Travel Brochure Assignment

Assignments to hand in: Writing Prompt Notes About Egyptian Pharoah's Accomplishment Student Handout Note Sheet on Nile Stops Travel Brochure

Introduction Video - Ancient Egypt: The Gift of the Nile

Writing Prompt: Write about three sites within the U.S. that tourists from other countries would need to see in order to understand our past leader's major accomplishments. Explain why these landmarks or sites are significant. (Ex: The White House)

Step 1: Listen to the audio track - Introduction to the Riverboat Tour and look at the picture of the Cairo Museum of Egyptian Antiquities & The Palette of Narmer. Download and print out the student handout: Notes About Egyptian Pharoah's Accomplishment. Briefly write some notes in the space provided on the Role of Pharoahs. Also, draw a visual in the first box that represents what you have listened to in the audio track.

Step 2: Listen to the audio track - River Boat Itinerary. View the Map of the Riverboat Itinerary. Briefly write notes about each Kingdom and draw a visual that represents what you have learned.

Step 3: The Riverboat Tour Begins... For each site, you will view a picture, listen to an audio track that explains what you are looking at, print out and read an article describing interesting facts, and answer a writing prompt at the bottom of the article. You will need the Student Handout Note Sheet to record which kingdom the site belongs to and respond to the writing prompt.