Year 7 Ancient Egypt Assessment Task – Oral Presentation

Group One: Life in Ancient Egypt

Your group’s challenge is to put together an oral presentation on ‘The Great Pyramid of Khufu’’ for the rest of your class. Your must cover the following topics in your presentation.

·  The importance of the River Nile

·  Daily life and housing

·  Jobs and working conditions

·  Hierarchy and Pharaoh Rules

Please look at the specific detailed tasks or questions below. Your team must cover them in your presentation. Make sure that all work is presented neatly and includes a wide range of images and acknowledges sources that have been researched. Your team will receive a group grade for this assessment task so make sure that everyone is sharing the responsibility of the task and cooperating as a team.

Introduction

Outline the topic that your group is presenting and what it is that the audience will be learning about today.

The importance of the River Nile

Outline the location of River Nile and major settlements and kingdoms in Ancient Egypt.

Explain why the River Nile was so important and how people used the river in their daily lives.

Daily life and housing

Style/quality of housing for rich compared to poor

Jobs and working conditions

Describe the range of jobs and roles that Ancient Egyptian people had in society and explain some of the working conditions for these people.

Hierarchy and Pharaoh Rules

Identify the structure hierarchy for the different members of Ancient Egyptian society.

Describe some of the rules did the pharaoh have and what were the reasons for these rules

Identify pharaohs who changed rules, what changes did they make and why, how was it received by the public

Presentation

Present all display work neatly and make sure that you are all speaking clearly to the class.

Images/Materials

Include a wide range of images or other materials to interest and engage your audience.

Bibliography

Acknowledge all sources of research used in your presentation.

Year 7 Ancient Egypt Assessment Task – Oral Presentation

Group One: Life in Ancient Egypt

Student Name:______Form:_____

Criteria / Very High / High / Medium / Low / US / LATE / NA
Introduction
The importance of the River Nile
Daily life and housing
Jobs and working conditions
Hierarchy and Pharaoh Rules
Use of historical evidence and resources
Presentation
Speaking – clarity and pace
Bibliography
Comments:

Overall Grade