The unit about Ancient Egypt has taught me a lot and I have learned a great deal about how the people during that time lived, but also what they depended on. My knowledge of their empire has really broadened after this unit. At the beginning, I didn't really know what kind of role the Nile played in the daily life of Ancient Egyptians, and I had no idea that it was so important to them. After this unit, I know that Ancient Egyptians got food from the Nile, which included birds, as well as many fish and plants. The water from the Nile helped them with farming, because they were able to bulid irrigation channels, which got the water from the Nile to the crops. Without the irrigation systems, all the crops would have dried out, and famine would be a great problem in Egypt. The Nile also enabled trade. With the use of sail boats, Egyptians could use the Nile to get to different places alaong the river, as well as empires and countries abroad the Mediterranean and Red Sea. They got wood, gold and many spices from the nations they traded with. The Nile was also a source of religion for the Egyptians. Many gods were associated with the Nile, and its floods. Egyptians prayed to those gods for succesful farming seasons, etc. For Egyptians, the Nile was life.
During this unit, we had three main projects. The first project we did was a mapping project. We had to pick a partner, and then make a map of the Ancient Egyptian empire, showing the physical features, such as mountains, desserts, and plains, but also mark some of the main cities, and names of land forms, such as the Ethiopian Highlands, and Memphis and Cairo. I really liked this project, because it gave us the opportunity to be creative, and try something new. I liked the fact that we were also able to answer questions, because in our answers we could bring across what we maybe have forgotten, or were unable to show on the map. While I did this unit, I feel that I was quite open-minded. I think this because usually I am the type of person who really enjoys making presentations, and is more comfortable with written forms of assessment, such as essays and tests, so I really had to go into this project with an open mind, and try my best to enjoy it, and bring all my ideas across in a form of a map. I really gave it my best effort, so I believe that I did a good job on the project.
The next project we did was a really fun project, where we had to make our own recreation of Egyptian Art, which I worte about in my previous blog post. I think that this project showed my skills as an inquirer. This project really got me interested in Egyptian culture, and I started getting really curious about it. In order to do my drawing, I did quite a lot of research on Egyptian gods, as well as what were their roles in the Egyptian culture, and how they helped and contributed to the society.
In my opinion, probably the bigggest project of this unit was the presentations we had to make. I did the presentation on Egyptian medicine. I think that this project proved that I was quite knowledgeable. I did a lot of research on this part of Egyptian life, and I found a lot about amulets, as well as about some surgeries Egyptians performed, and medications and creams they used. I think that my presentation was quite detailed, and I think that the audience learned a lot.
One of the activities that I personally enjoyed the most was jeopardy, where we summed up the whole unit, and where we answered questions in groups. Some of the questions were harder, and could earn your group more points, while others were a little bit easier. In the game of jeopardy, I think that I have proven that I was a risk-taker, because I agreed to try the hardest questions first, even though I knew that there was a risk of us getting it wrong, and losing the opportunity to earn points. However, the risk turned out to be good in most situations, and we answered quite a few of the questions right :). the questions that I enjoyed ansewering the most were the questions about the Nile river, and Egyptian gods, because I felt that I had the most knowledge in those parts of Ancient Egyptian everyday life.
During this unit, we had three main projects. The first project we did was a mapping project. We had to pick a partner, and then make a map of the Ancient Egyptian empire, showing the physical features, such as mountains, desserts, and plains, but also mark some of the main cities, and names of land forms, such as the Ethiopian Highlands, and Memphis and Cairo. I really liked this project, because it gave us the opportunity to be creative, and try something new. I liked the fact that we were also able to answer questions, because in our answers we could bring across what we maybe have forgotten, or were unable to show on the map. While I did this unit, I feel that I was quite open-minded. I think this because usually I am the type of person who really enjoys making presentations, and is more comfortable with written forms of assessment, such as essays and tests, so I really had to go into this project with an open mind, and try my best to enjoy it, and bring all my ideas across in a form of a map. I really gave it my best effort, so I believe that I did a good job on the project.
The next project we did was a really fun project, where we had to make our own recreation of Egyptian Art, which I worte about in my previous blog post. I think that this project showed my skills as an inquirer. This project really got me interested in Egyptian culture, and I started getting really curious about it. In order to do my drawing, I did quite a lot of research on Egyptian gods, as well as what were their roles in the Egyptian culture, and how they helped and contributed to the society.
In my opinion, probably the bigggest project of this unit was the presentations we had to make. I did the presentation on Egyptian medicine. I think that this project proved that I was quite knowledgeable. I did a lot of research on this part of Egyptian life, and I found a lot about amulets, as well as about some surgeries Egyptians performed, and medications and creams they used. I think that my presentation was quite detailed, and I think that the audience learned a lot.
One of the activities that I personally enjoyed the most was jeopardy, where we summed up the whole unit, and where we answered questions in groups. Some of the questions were harder, and could earn your group more points, while others were a little bit easier. In the game of jeopardy, I think that I have proven that I was a risk-taker, because I agreed to try the hardest questions first, even though I knew that there was a risk of us getting it wrong, and losing the opportunity to earn points. However, the risk turned out to be good in most situations, and we answered quite a few of the questions right :). the questions that I enjoyed ansewering the most were the questions about the Nile river, and Egyptian gods, because I felt that I had the most knowledge in those parts of Ancient Egyptian everyday life.
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