Was Egypt the Gift of the Nile?

What's included

• Student DBQ packet: hook, background reading, Documents A–F with original and modified text, "River or People?" organizer, two formative checks, C.E.R. essay and 4-level rubric
• Teacher guide: standards, pacing, answer key and a sample response

The documents

• Document A: Herodotus: Egypt is "a gift of the river"
• Document B: Herodotus: farming after the flood
• Document C: Hymn to the Nile: what the river gives
• Document D: Hymn to the Nile: when the river fails
• Document E: The three seasons of the Egyptian year
• Document F: A tomb painting of farmers at work

Herodotus (Macaulay, 1890) and the Hymn to the Nile (Thatcher, 1907), public domain.

Good to know

Class time

2–3 class periods

Format

Editable Google Slides

Answer key

Included

Standards: KAS Grade 6: 6.H.CE.1, 6.G.HE.1, 6.I.UE.1, 6.I.CC.1