MissRoseEducationCreations

 What? The lesson began with the students and teachers establishing rules for when the group meets. Due to the loud and chaotic nature of last week's lesson and our hands-on and minds-on approach, it was essential to clearly state student expectations. The students helped make the rules and agreed to follow them; this allowed the students to stay committed to following the rules. After establishing this agreement, the students engaged in an opening activity. The students stated their names and one thing they remembered learning about Egypt the following week. This activated prior knowledge while reminding the teachers and students of names.  After the opening, the students engaged in a read-aloud of Who Was King Tut? by Roberta Edwards. This week, we read chapter five, discussing how the Egyptians viewed and prepared for the afterlife. We chose this chapter for history since it concerned the Pyramids, which the students would be discussing later, as well as addressed how much ...

WHAT? Our first lesson in our Interdisciplinary Unit on Egypt focused on geography. The study began with an icebreaker activity so we could learn the students' names and they could learn ours. The students and teachers were required to say their names and something they liked. The challenge was that each person had to remember and say all the previous names and likes. Next, the teacher introduced geography through a read-aloud called Who Was King Tut? by Roberta Edwards. The book discussed some essential landmarks, geographical features, and how these features influenced the way Egyptians lived. Afterward, the students participated equally in creating an interactive map of Egypt. The teacher provided a bin with the Mediterranean Sea, Read Sea, and the Nile River already marked. First, the students added sand to the container to represent the desert landscape of Egypt. Second, the students viewed a map of Egypt at night on Google Maps to identify where most people lived. It was clea...