Social Studies Inquiry Project

Introduction

Welcome to your personal Webquest! I hope you enjoy learning about Ancient Egypt.

Task

You must learn about the lifestyle of an Early Civilization and then present your learnings in the form of a presentation. Based on our conversations, you have decided to research Ancient Egypt. You now must choose 5 of the following options to include in your final presentation:

1) Homes

2) Food

3) Clothing

4) Entertainment

5) Government

6) Social Organization

7) Technology (or tools which would have been considered technology for that time period)

8) Beliefs

Process

Step 1: Click on Ancient Egypt to find some start up information



Step 2: Choose 5 topics to research



Step 3: Complete your graphic organizer (in your social studies duotang)



Step 4: Turn your points into structured paragraphs. You will have 5 structured paragraphs since you researched 5 topics. A graphic organizer to help you with this can be found on google classroom



Step 5: Be sure that your paragraph has:

a) a topic sentence

b) 3 supporting details

c) a concluding sentence

Evaluation

Success Criteria:

  • I can talk about my learning with my teacher and peers
  • I used the information provided for me to help guide my learning
  • I created a presentation which included
    • A title
    • Pictures
    • 5 structured paragraphs