Ancient Egypt VBQ
Watch the video clip(s) below, listen actively, and answer the questions that follow. Probably the best way to do this is to read first question, start watching, pause once you encounter the information you need to respond to the question, then read next question before pressing play again.
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Crash Course: Ancient Egypt
Keep in mind that you can turn on captions and adjust the speed of playback. If you want a text transcript of the video to read along, click here: https://nerdfighteria.info/video/crashcourse/Z3Wvw6BivVI
Vocab Cheat Sheet (for when John gets too excited and uses unfamiliar words...)
Navigable = easy to navigate or travel on ••• Benign = not harmful or dangerous;
[0:30-1:00] According to John Green, why are most people more familiar with Ancient Egyptian Civilization that any other? *
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[1:00-2:00] What what are some of the approaches, or "historical lenses", that John mentions using in studying history? Why do you think it is important to approach history through a variety of these "lenses"? *
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[1:45-3:00] What geographic advantages did Egypt gain from living along the Nile River? You must give at least two examples, but you are encouraged to record more. *
Use the words "silt" and "irrigation" in your answers somewhere...
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FACT CHECK! John accidentally suggested that the Nile River flows North to South. HOWEVER, the Nile actually flows from the tall mountains in the south, down to the lower elevation in the North, where the river opens into a wide and fertile flat-open delta, where the river pours into the Mediterranean Sea. (They actually tried to correct this with a little note, but that was wrong too! Those resources, like gold and timber, were indeed flowing DOWNstream, just as John said. The problem was the arrow and the animation that show them going the wrong way. In reality, they should have been flowing from the south to the north!) So... which way does the Nile River flow? *
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[3:00-3:30] How did Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife differ from Sumerian beliefs about the after life? How was that influenced by their different geographies? *
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[4:00-4:30] During which kingdom were the pyramids built? *
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[4:30-5:15] Who were the laborers who built the pyramids? *
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FACT CHECK! John accidentally suggested that Moses and the Israelites lived in Egypt BEFORE the period, which is ridiculous. That's like, way off. They added a note to the video, but in case you can't see it, here it is: *
"We got it wrong here. Historians' best guess is that the Jews were in Egypt in the 13th century BCE, and probably left during the reign of Ramese II. More than 1000 years after the Great Pyramid was built. Sorry about that."
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[5:00-6:00] Who was the big important god of the Old Kingdom? *
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During which kingdom did the Southern Egyptians from the city of Thebes (see map) take control of Egypt? (John accidentally called them Nubians, which are a different group of people from even further south... Man he's making a lot of mistakes, huh?) *
HINT: They did end up conquering Nubia, the land south of Egypt during the same Kingdom...
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Which group of Semitic people came to Egypt from the Levant, conquered Egypt, assimilated into Egyptian society, culturally diffused their military technology like the chariot, and then eventually got kicked out by the Egyptians? *
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[7:45-8:30] During which kingdom did Egyptian power and land grow to become a major empire, even expanding into the Middle East? *
HINT: They controlled Egypt, Nubia, AND the Levant!
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[9:00-9:30] Akhenaten, the Pharaoh who changed around the whole religion of Egypt and got everybody mad at him (and whom we will learn more about in class), had a son. His son was... *
Disclaimer: I am not officially endorsing this album. Too much cursing (and not the Ancient Egyptian kind).
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[1:30-11:30] “King Tut lived around the same time that the pyramids were built.” True or false? Explain. *
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Your Choice! Pick Your Favorite Clip!
Choose any one of the four video clips below to watch. Pick whichever one seems the most interesting to you. Then, in the space below, indicate which you picked, and write three things you learned from watching the video. We will start class tomorrow with a little time to chat with your group about the videos you watched and what you learned.
The Female Pharaoh That Wouldn't Be Forgotten
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
A Day in the Life of an Ancient Egyptian Doctor
How to Make a Mummy
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