The river

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Ancient Egyptians The Nile

Objectives

History

  • Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations.
  • Characteristic features of past non-European societies.

Geography

  • Locate the world’s countrie.
  • Describe and understand key features of rivers.
  • Use maps to locate countries and describe features.

Lesson Planning

Locate and describe the River Nile; list some of the animals and plants associated with the Nile; in a group create a large scale map of the River Nile in Egypt.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand the vital role of the Nile for the Ancient Egyptians and know that the Ancient Egyptians regarded the river as a god.
  • To locate and describe key features of the River Nile.

Children will:

  • Explain that the Ancient Egyptians settled along the banks of the River Nile.
  • Describe two gods associated with the river and its animals.
  • Locate Egypt and the River Nile on maps.
  • Describe the climate of Egypt.
  • Work as a group to produce a large scale map of Ancient Egypt and the River Nile.

Provided Resources

  • River Nile images
  • Hapi/Hapy images
  • Tawaret images
  • Outline map of Ancient Egypt and the River Nile

You Will Need

  • Atlases
  • Globe
  • Large sheets of sugar paper