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**A Riverboat tour of Ancient Egyptian Monuments: A legacy of Great Pharaohs**
In this activity you will join me, your guide on a riverboat tour of the Nile. At each stop we will explore the great monuments built under the rule of different pharaohs over the span of the three major periods of Egyptian history-the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

Objectives

 * describe the importance of pharaohs in ancient Egyptian society
 * identify the three major periods in ancient Egyptian history: Old, Middle and New
 * describe the major accomplishments of six Egyptian Pharaohs

=**Introduction**=

In this activity you will join me, your guide on a riverboat tour of the Nile. At each stop we will explore the great monuments built under the rule of different pharaohs over the span of the three major periods of Egyptian history-the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

= Day 1: First Three Stops On Our Trip  =


 * Use the following template as a guide to organize your notes in your notebooks** (//this means you should copy this into your notebook and then fill it in//) **Listen to each podcast as you come to it.**

** Welcome aboard! **
media type="file" key="Introduction to the Riverboat Tour.m4a" width="300" height="50"
 * Play this introduction!**

=**Let's go inside and look at one important artifact called the Palette of Narmer**=



We'll stop here for a lunch of roast pigeon. You should work on filling in your **Notes on Egyptian Pharaohs' Accomplishments** from above before continuing.
===**Yum! I'm Sated. Done with your Pigeon? Let's begin our journey. As We move from stop 1 through 3 you should use the following template as a guide to organize your notes in your notebook (//this means you should copy this into your notebook and then fill it in//) Listen to each podcast as you come to it.**===

=__**Stop 1: Giza**__=



media type="file" key="First Stop, Giza!.m4a" width="300" height="50" Read this information with your partner and work on your notes for Giza



=__Stop 2: Saqqara__=

media type="file" key="Stop 2, Saqqara.m4a" width="300" height="50" Read this information with your partner and work on your notes for Saqqara



**Prompt:** Create a simple drawing of Djoser's Famine Stela with an inscription explaining why the pharaoh traveled to Sehel Island.
=Stop 3: el-Amarna=

media type="file" key="Stop 3, el-Amarna.m4a" width="300" height="50" Read this information with your partner and work on your notes for el-Amarna

**Prompt:** Create a simple drawing of one of Akhenaten's subjects, with a voice bubble explaining why many Egyptians are upset with the pharaoh's leadership.
=**We are done with Day 1 of our tour. Complete your notes and review your textbook pages 93-100 for homework. **=