Social Studies Meets Information Technology

Fantastic Job Block D E and H! I very much enjoyed today’s classes and everyone did a great job. I especially liked the great costumes people created to help them accurately present the person/god they chose.

Your homework has two parts. Please post Part I and Part II separately.
Part I
On your own blog in the title section, write “Famous Egyptians Speech”

In the post section, post your speech first and then a picture of the person/god with the url below it.

Part II
On your own blog in the title section, write “Famous Egyptians Reflection”

Make sure to write a full paragraph describing your feelings in response to the following statement and question . Make sure to spell check, grammar check, read out loud, and format with paragraph spacing before you click publish.

Think about class today and reflect on the presentations you listened to. Explain with details and specific information what you learned and what you found interesting about the presentations you heard in class.

What would you change to improve your speech/presentation if you were to do the assignment again?

Introduction- This should be catchy, interesting, and a reflection of you as a speaker!  You want to arouse your audiences curiosity.

• Hook- interesting or emotional comment used to catch reader’s attention
• General Comments- interesting background information (define key terms)
• Thesis Statement- specific topic of the essay/explains ideas of the body paragraphs

Conclusion-  The reader should see the importance of your essay, and finish thinking about what you have said.

• Ideas of thesis statement- use different words than those in the introduction
• Comments- may include a summary of the main ideas, an evaluation of other ideas, and/or the writer’s opinion
• Final statement- a final thought that ties up the topic

You will be working in class next period to prepare for your Famous Egyptians Speech. By next class, you should have completed all your research. That means you have at least two full pages of notes, from at least two different sources, and most importantly enough information to write a five paragraph speech about your person/god.

Work Day:

Block D: Tuesday, April 17th
Block H/E: Wednesday, April 18th

Day you will be presenting your speech:

Block D: Thursday, April 19th
Block H/E: Tuesday, April 24th

REMINDER: You must turn in all of your work on the presentation day!  You should staple the following information in order with the rubric on top.

• Rubric
• Final Typed Draft
• Outline
• Research Records

The assignment, rubric, and research record are all on the resource page.

Match he following gods with the correct information about them. 

Taurt        Ra        Thoth        Mut        Anubis        Horus
Hapi        Hathor    Ma’at      Bast        Isis        Osiris

The household goddess of joy and music. She is depicted as a cat-headed woman.

This god was depicted as a female with a vulture head-dress or crowns, or as a lion-headed woman.  She was a war goddess.

The goddess of law and order and truth and balance.

The sun god who was worshiped in many forms.

The messenger to Osiris. He is the god of embalming and presides over the mummification process

The god of scribes and knowledge.

The god of the sky whose eyes were the moon and sun.

This god was depicted as a female hippopotamus and she was the protector of women in childbirth.

The sister-wife of Osiris and the goddess and protector of women.

The goddess of love, beauty, dancing, and music and protector of children and childbirth.

This god began as the god of fertility but later became the judge of the dead.

The god of the Nile.