Teaching Ancient Egypt Project

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Project Due Date____________________ My Teaching Date____________________

It’s Your Turn to be the Teacher

• Students will choose a topic.
• Students will carefully & completely research their topic.
• Students will create a Google Slides presentation & teach their topic to our class.
• Students may work individually or in pairs, however, each student will be graded individually.
o Each presentation must have a minimum of 3 sources
o One of the sources must be a book

Requirements
You will be graded on your use of class time, your PowerPoint, a peer review, and the oral presentation of
your PowerPoint. (See the rubric at the end of this document for details.)
• Each PowerPoint must have a minimum of 8 to 10 slides.
• The first slide must be a Title Slide with the title of your project, your name, your class period, and the
month and year in which you completed the project.
• The next 6 slides must present key ideas from your research. You must incorporate at least 3 graphics
or photographs.
• The last slide must be a Works Cited slide of the sources used for your presentation.
• All information must be properly cited using the proper citation method. See the example PowerPoint
included here for more information.

Possible Research Topics (I will be very open minded if you want to cover a topic not listed below.)

• Abu Simbel (temple) • Geography • Nefertiti

• Akhenaten • Goddesses • Palette of King Narmer (art)
• Animals of the Nile • Gods • Pharaohs
• Art: Materials & Techniques • Government & Laws • Ramesses II
• Astronomy • Great Pyramids at Giza • Role of Women
• Book of the Dead • Great Sphinx • Rosetta Stone
• Cat Mummies • Hatshepsut • Social Classes
• Cleopatra • Heart Weighing Ceremony • Technology
• Clothing & Jewelry • Hieroglyphics • Three Kingdoms of Egypt
• Education • Medicine • Trade & Transportation
• Egyptian Art (general) • Military • Tutankhamun
• Farming and the Nile • Mummification • Valley of the Kings
• Food and Drink • Natural Resources

Write your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice of research topic in the spaces below.

1st Choice _______________________________________________________________

2nd Choice _______________________________________________________________
3rd Choice _______________________________________________________________