Download Topic: River Civilizations: Egypt (3.1) DBQ – How Did the Nile

Topic:
River Civilizations: Egypt (3.1)
DBQ – How Did the Nile Shape Ancient Egypt?
Grade: 6
th
Grade Ancient World History
Included Standards: SS.6.W.1.1, SS.6.W.1.2, SS.6.W.1.3, SS.6.E.1.3, SS.6.E.3.3, SS.6.G.2.3, SS.6.G.5.3, SS.6.W.2.5, SS.6.W.2.6, SS.6.W.3.18,
LACC.68.RH.1.1, LACC.68.RH.1.2, LACC.68.RH.1.3, LACC.68.RH.2.4, LACC.68.RH.2.5, LACC.68.RH.2.6, LACC.68.RH.3.7, LACC.68.RH.3.8,
LACC.68.RH.3.9, LACC.68.RH.4.10, LACC.68.WHST.1.1, LACC.68.WHST.1.2, LACC.68.WHST.2.4, LACC.68.WHST.2.5, LACC.68.WHST.2.6,
LACC.68.WHST.3.7, LACC.68.WHST.3.8, LACC.68.WHST.3.9, LACC.68.WHST.4.10
In addition to Score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught.
Score 4.0
 Research Egyptian burial practices and determine their importance to our knowledge of daily Egyptian life.
Score 3.0
The student will understand how the Nile shaped ancient Egypt.
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Performs complex skills:
o Assess the relationship between the Egyptians and the Nubians/Kushites as they engaged in trade,
including the benefits and drawbacks of their trade
o Analyze how the flooding of the Nile River directly affected the people of ancient Egypt
o Analyze the relationship of physical geography to the development of Egypt and Nubia/Kush
Score 2.0
The student exhibits no major errors or omissions regarding the score 3.0 content.
The student:
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Recognizes or recalls specific terminology:
Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, Nubia/Kush, Kushite, cataract, delta, pharaoh, dynasty, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom,
mummification, elite, Queen Hatshepsut, Ramses the Great, King Tutankhamen, scribe, artisan, hieroglyph,
papyrus, Rosetta Stone, sphinx, obelisk, Axum, Ethiopia
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Performs basic skills:
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Score 1.0
Score 0.0
Describe the relationship between the Egyptians and the Nubians/Kushites as they engaged in trade
including the benefits and drawbacks of their trade
Explain how the Egyptian economy developed through a social structure that led to a merchant class and
trading partners
Describe the rise and fall of the ancient east African Kingdoms of Kush/Nubia and Axum and Christianity’s
development in Ethiopia
Identify the contributions of key figures from ancient Egypt
Summarize important achievements of Egyptian civilization (architecture, calendar, writing, papyrus,
record-keeping, Book of the Dead, Rosetta Stone, mummification, art)
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 2.0 content.
With help, I know some of 2.0 and 3.0.
Even with help, I am unable to understand.