Warm Up In a 5-7 sentence paragraph, explain how Mesopotamia was able to flourish by being located near bodies of water. Use at least 3 examples in your paragraph.

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Objective- SWBAT understand the geography of Ancient Egypt.

Lets Read Together!!! How did the ancient Egyptians use the Nile River? The Nile River has played an extremely important role in the civilization, life and history of the Egyptian nation. One of the most well known river Nile facts is the river's ability to produce extremely fertile soil, which made it easy for cities and civilizations to spring up alongside the banks of the Nile. The fertile soil is contributed by the annual spring floods, when the Nile River overflows onto the banks. Much of the Egyptian nation consists of dry desert land. Throughout most of the year, very little rain falls on Egyptian deserts. This has remained true for thousands of years. The abundant Nile River provided much needed irrigation, even in ancient times. This waterway also provided a source of drinking water, and source of irrigation for farming as well as papyrus reeds that could be used for a variety of purposes such as paper and building materials.

Can a volunteer point out where Mesopotamia is in relation to Egypt? The Egyptian Empire covered the Northeastern corner of Africa, it centered on the Nile River Valley.

Question-What can you recall from our previous lessons about living in river valleys?

Answer-Relationship with water, irrigation, flooding, fertile soil.

Egypt extended to coastal areas along the Red and the Mediterranean Seas. What are some of the benefits of having access to all these bodies of water? (Turn and talk)

Guided Practice with map About how far would you have to travel to get from Giza to the Southern end of Kush? Is the Nile Delta north or south of Kush? What large bodies of water bordered Ancient Egypt? What River runs the length of Egypt in Africa?

Independent Practice How does location near a waterway contribute to success of a civilization?

Group Work You will be broken up into groups and asked write clues to the location of places shown on the map, but without giving the name of the place. You will then share your clues with other groups and have them guess the place. As a class we will discuss differences in how various students identified the same location.

Homework Summarize todays lesson in a 5-7 sentence paragraph.