The Nile’s Gift:

How the River Shaped Ancient Egypt

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What’s Inside This Lesson

The lesson helps students explore how the Nile River shaped ancient Egyptian life and culture, developing critical thinking skills through the use of ASK Britannica as their AI research tool.

Lesson Outcomes

  • Students will:
    • Describe how the Nile River and nearby land features helped build ancient Egyptian civilisation (AC9HS6K03, AC9HH7K09, AC9HG8K01)
    • Explain how the natural environment affected where people lived and what jobs they did in ancient Egypt (AC9HS6K03, AC9HH7K09, AC9HG8K01)
    • Identify how changes to the environment helped make Egyptian society strong and growing (AC9HS6K03, AC9HH7K09, AC9HG8K02)
  • Students can:
    • Look at the jobs of key groups, like farmers and workers, tied to the Nile’s yearly cycles and how they shaped society (AC9HS6K04, AC9HH7K10,  AC9HG8K04)
    • Think about how environment practices, like watering fields, built social levels and group setups (AC9HS6K04, AC9HH7K10, AC9HG8K04)
    • ·Compare how the environment affected ancient Egyptian groups with other old societies (AC9HS6K04, AC9HH7K10,  AC9HG8K04)

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