Grade 7 Social Studies – Mr. Bracken

Ancient Egypt Research Project

Introduction
    As we learn about Ancient Egypt each of you will be required to prepare, present and submit a project on one aspect of Ancient Egypt.  By following the steps in this web lesson, you will create a project to present to the class. You will also learn how to find information about Ancient Egypt topics using books and the Internet. 

Ancient Egypt Project  

Your Task
1. Define your topic. 
     Think carefully about an Ancient Egypt topic that interests you. Be ready to describe the topic for your teacher. 
     Need help with spelling? Try http://www.dictionary.com/
     Get an overview of your topic at World Book Online and Grolier Online.
     Write a brief definition or description of your topic. 
2. What do you need to know about your topic?
     Write at least three questions you want to answer about your topic. 

The Process
1. What resources do you think will help you? 
2. Which resources might be the most useful? 

Check out the Internet Public Libraries great website about how to do research.           A+ Research & Writing Step by Step

Online Resources

Remember to evaluate your web resource for reliability.

·  Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Life in Ancient Egypt.

·  Guardian's Egypt

This site is an index of Egyptology sources with many of its own resources. Guardian's CyberJourney, a tour of several Egyptian monuments, includes Saqqara, Meidum - Site of the Broken Pyramid, Dahshur, The Giza Plateau, The Great Sphinx of Giza and The Pyramid of Djedefre. Guardian's Egypt was designed by Andrew Bayuk.

·  Ancient Egypt from the British Museum.

·  Gander Academy’s Ancient Egypt – great web links created from this Academy in Canada.

·  Canadian Museum of Civilization – cool site.

·  Ancient History of the Egyptians   - from the British Broadcasting Company.

·  PBS NOVA Ancient Egypt – neat website.

·  National Geographic Channel – the mummy road show.

·  TeacherOz – Loads and loads of links about everything Ancient Egypt.

·   CybersleuthKids Ancient Egypt – loads of links, unfortunately loads of pop ups.

Magazine Indexes Online

Infotrac databases – (Password available from your teacher)

Locate and Use the Resources
1. Read or view the information.
2. Gather the relevant information by taking notes by hand or computer.
3. Keep a record of the sources for your bibliography. Use your citation worksheet.

Put It All Together
1. Organize the information.
2. Present the information
3. Complete your bibliography – Use OSLIS Citation maker http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/MLACitations/secondary/index.php   -  Type in your information you gathered on your worksheet, by selecting electronic or print source.  Then click create and save and then copy and paste your references into Word to create your bibliography.  Make sure you cut and paste to arrange your references in alphabetical order.

Rubrics