Introduction
The Nile River has huge significance in regards to Ancient Egypt. Most of Ancient Egypt’s historical sites are located along the banks of the Nile River. In this webquest, you will explore the Nile River and will answer the question: Why did 95% of the Ancient Egyptian population live along the banks of the Nile River?
Task
Big idea question: Why did 95% of the Egyptian population live along the banks of the Nile River?
Use the guided questions to help you answer the above inquiry.
1. Where is the Nile River?
2. What makes the Nile River different from other rivers?
3. The Egyptians knew the time of the year that the Nile River would flood. Why was this important to them?
4. What was the most important thing the Nile provided to the Ancient Egyptians?
5. What were the three most important crops grown along the Nile river?
6. Using your answer to question 5, why were each of these crops important?
7. Besides the fertile soil the Nile gave to grow crops, what was another gift it gave?
8. Besides the answer to number 7 and the fertile soil the Nile gave to grow crops, what was another gift it gave?
9. What was the "black land"?
10 What was the "red land"?
11. Did most people live in the black or red land? Why?
Process
Objective: Students will research using the internet to help them understand the significance of the Nile river to the Ancient and to help them answer the question, "Why did 95% of the Ancient Egyptian people live on the banks of the Nile?" in essay form.
http://www.historyforkids.net/river-nile.html
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egypt/geography_nile_river.php
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/home.html
1. Where is the Nile River?
2. What makes the Nile River different from other rivers?
3. The Egyptians knew the time of the year that the Nile River would flood. Why was this important to them?
4. What was the most important thing the Nile provided to the Ancient Egyptians?
5. What were the three most important crops grown along the Nile river?
6. Using your answer to question 5, why were each of these crops important?
7. Besides the fertile soil the Nile gave to grow crops, what was another gift it gave?
8. Besides the answer to number 7 and the fertile soil the Nile gave to grow crops, what was another gift it gave?
9. What was the "black land"?
10 What was the "red land"?
11. Did most people live in the black land or the red land? Why?
Evaluation
Writing to Inform Rubric
Assignment: Nile River
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Lead |
First paragraph has an extraordinary "attention grabber" or catchy beginning. |
First paragraph has an "attention grabber". |
A catchy beginning was attempted but was weak or confusing rather than catchy. |
No attempt was made to catch the reader's attention in the first paragraph. |
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Development |
My paper is well developed and I have more than enough information to inform the reader about the topic. The information is clearly presented with lots of elaboration. |
My paper is fairly well developed and I have enough information to inform the reader about the topic. The information is clearly presented with some elaboration. |
My paper has little development and a minimum amount of information. The information does not clearly explain the topic and some of it might even interfere with my explanation. |
I saw the prompt and tried to write a response. I wrote very little and what I wrote is confusing or inaccurate. |
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Inclusion of Details |
There are plenty of specific details that more than adequately explain the topic. |
There are some specific details that adequately explain the topic but some of the details may not really help explain. |
I used details but they may be the wrong details or they may not help to explain the topic. |
If I have details they are not enough to explain the topic. |
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Organization |
I have a clear organization and I don’t stray from it. |
I have an organization and I try to stick to it. |
I have an organization but I stray from it at times. |
If I do have an organization it is not clear or I stray far from it. |
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Voice |
I frequently use language choices to maintain a style or a tone. |
I use language choices to maintain a style or a tone. |
I did not really make any language choices to help with style or tone. |
I did not use any language choices to help with style or tone. |
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Spelling and Grammar |
I have no spelling or grammar errors. |
I have 1-3 spelling or grammar errors. |
I have 4-5 spelling or grammar errors. |
I have more than 5 spelling or grammar errors. |
21-24pts 18-20pts 15-17pts <15pts
Overall Grade: Comments