S00153568
G.Cooney
Egypt
Duration (weeks): 10
Rationale:
The following has been devised for VCE Ancient History, Unit 2:
Ancient Egypt, specifically Area of Study 2: Middle Kingdom Egypt:
Power and Propaganda. This unit finds its foundation in blending
content knowledge with promoting historical thinking and developing
student understanding of the six historical thinking concepts as
defined by Seixas and Morton in order to frame student thinking
about how historians transform the past into history and begin
constructing history themselves (Seixas & Morton, 2013, pg3). This
unit will be based upon an overarching substantial concept of power
and its representation throughout Middle Kingdom Egypt through
other concepts associated with power such as militarisation, dynasty,
governance and spirituality as well as using Seixas procedural big
six concepts (Seixas & Morton, 2013). As this is a VCE unit the overall
goal of the unit it to get the student to understanding all the key
knowledge and be competent at all the key skills while still developing
their conceptual knowledge base, ideally this would be furthered by
expanding their use of sources, both primary and secondary, in
creating original thought and constructing historical arguments
(VCAA, 2015; Duquette, 2015). Furthermore, as this unit tries to find a
balance between concept based pedagogy and content based
pedagogy, it is envisioned that student understanding will be deeper
and of a higher order than it would be using a simply content based
method and that students would find a firm ground in disciplinary
understanding rather than trying to create cohesion with an overload
of content and facts (Husbands & Kitson, 2010; Erickson, 2007;
Penney 2011). By VCE it is imperative that students know the
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Unit Planner
Area of Study: 2
Outcome: 2. On completion of this unit the student should be able to explain the use and representation of
power in Middle Kingdom Egypt and the Second Intermediate Period. To achieve this outcome the student will
draw on key knowledge and key skills outlined in Area of Study 2.
Length: 10 weeks (equivalent to 40 x 50 minute lessons)
Week
1
Resources
Assessment
Student Resources:
YouTube clip: Ancient
Egypt: Crash Course
World History #4
- Watch from 6:157:54
Crash Course.
(2010). Ancient
Egypt: Crash Course
World History #4.
Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?
v=Z3Wvw6BivVI.
Video.
Teacher
Resource/Student
resource:
Stiebing Jr., W.H.
(2009). Ancient Near
Eastern History and
Culture. New York,
New York: Pearson
Formative:
KWL Chart
from learning
activity will aid
teacher in
ascertaining
student
knowledge
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Key Knowledge:
Political
developments in the
reign of Mentuhotep
II, including the
reunification of Egypt
and the
centralization of
government
The subjugation of
Nubia by Middle
Kingdom Egypt
Key Skills:
Explain the causes
and consequences of
the reunification of
the two kingdoms
Ask questions about
Content:
As power is a key
concept for this AOS a
week will be spent on
linking the
reunification and
centralisation of
government with the
usurping of Nubia and
Canaanite territories
under Mentuhotep II
Key Concepts:
Power, cause and
consequence and
governance and
dynasty
Education.
Page 155
Teacher Resource:
Grimal, N. (1998). A
History Of Ancient
Egypt. Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Chapter 7-8
Student resource:
Ancient Egypt Online.
2010. Montuhotep
Nebhepetre
(Montuhotep II).
Retrieved from
http://www.ancienteg
yptonline.co.uk/mont
uhotep2.html.
Website.
Teacher/Student
Resource:
Stiebing Jr., W.H.
(2009). Ancient Near
Eastern History and
Culture. New York,
New York: Pearson
Education.
Page 155
Formative:
Living graph
will serve as a
revisited
formative to
see how
students are
progressing
with their
understanding
of significance
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Key Knowledge:
The importance of
cross-cultural trade
to Middle Kingdom
Egypt
Key Skills:
Consider the
historical significance
of cross-cultural
trade links
Explain the causes
and consequences of
the reunification of
the two kingdoms
Key Knowledge:
The representation of
Content:
This week aims to
Mini Lectures:
- Trade
o Re-emergence of crosscultural trade and its
importance
Learning Activities:
- Mapping Activity (applying)
Students will map trade routes
onto a map of Ancient Egypt,
making note of goods traded in
specific regions
- Research Activity (applying,
evaluate)
Using the knowledge gained from
the mapping activity and
independent research students
will then work in groups to discuss
the impact of the previous weeks
content on cross cultural trade
through the lens of cause and
consequence and historical
significance, they will need to look
at not only the effect of these
events on middle kingdom Egypt
but also throughout history
Discussion on content for the
week, address any issues
Mini Lectures:
Power through belief
Teacher Resource:
Grimal, N. (1998). A
History Of Ancient
Egypt. Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Chapter 7-8
Student Resources:
- Website for
mapping activity
University College
London. (2002).
Foreign relations: the
Middle Kingdom
(about 2025-1700
BC). Retrieved from
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/
museumsstatic/digitalegypt//fo
reignrelations/mk.ht
ml. Website.
Formative:
Research
Response:
Students will
need to
produce a
response on
their research.
This response
should be
extended
response and
will mirror that
of a ten point
question
Teacher Resource:
Grimal, N. (1998). A
History Of Ancient
Egypt. Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Chapter 7-8
Formative:
Living graph:
Key Knowledge:
The representation of
the power of the king
in the artistic and
literary works of
Middle Kingdom
Egypt
Key Skills:
Ask questions about
the use and
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Content:
This week looks at the
representations of the
power of king in the
complex
Key Concepts:
Power, evidence,
change and continuity,
arguments
Mortuary Temple.
Retrieved from
http://www.ancienteg
yptonline.co.uk/mont
uhotepmorttemple.ht
ml. Website.
Teacher/Student
Resource:
Stiebing Jr., W.H.
(2009). Ancient Near
Eastern History and
Culture. New York,
New York: Pearson
Education.
Page 156-157
Teacher Resource:
Grimal, N. (1998). A
History Of Ancient
Egypt. Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Chapter 7-8
Student resource for
info on art.
http://archaeologyne
wsnetwork.blogspot.c
om.au/2015/09/ancie
nt-egypttransformedmiddle.html#.ViHnst
Yrfdk
Teacher Resource:
Formative:
Student
responses to
source analysis
will be looked
at to judge
how they are
progressing
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representation of
power in Middle
Kingdom Egypt to
inform historical
inquiry
Compare the
perspectives of
people from the
ancient past on
authority as
expressed through
sculpture and The
Prophecy of Neferti,
The Story of Sinuhe
and Instructions of
King Amenemhet
Key Knowledge:
The importance of
cross-cultural trade
to Middle Kingdom
Egypt
Key Skills:
Ask questions about
the use and
representation of
power in Middle
Kingdom Egypt to
inform historical
inquiry
Content:
Analysis of border
control, and economic
and trade implications
of the fortress of
Buhen in Nubia.
Key Concepts:
Cause and
consequence, trade,
militarisation
Grimal, N. (1998). A
History Of Ancient
Egypt. Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Chapter 7-8
Teacher Resource:
Grimal, N. (1998). A
History Of Ancient
Egypt. Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Chapter 7-8
Formative:
Research
response will
be looked at to
determine how
the students
ability to
construct
historical
arguments is
Key Knowledge:
The representation of
the power of the king
in the artistic and
literary works of
Middle Kingdom
Egypt
Key Skills:
Compare the
perspectives of
people from the
ancient past on
authority as
expressed through
sculpture and The
Prophecy of Neferti,
The Story of Sinuhe
and Instructions of
King Amenemhet
Compare historical
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Content:
Literature as
propaganda and power
will be discussed this
week and the
influence of such
documents like The
Prophesy of Neferti
and a comparison of
perspectives on
authority expressed
through
representations of the
power of King
Amenemhet I in The
Prophesy of Neferti;
The Story of Sinhue
and the Instructions to
Amenemhet
Key Concepts:
Power and
Teacher/Student
Resource:
Stiebing Jr., W.H.
(2009). Ancient Near
Eastern History and
Culture. New York,
New York: Pearson
Education.
Page 156-160
Teacher Resource:
Grimal, N. (1998). A
History Of Ancient
Egypt. Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Chapter 7-8
Formative:
Source
Analysis on
literary
propaganda.
Differentiation
will exist
through
identification
of key areas on
document and
helpful answer
prompts. See
Appendix 1 for
task sheet
interpretations of
rulers of Middle
Kingdom Egypt
Key Knowledge:
The emergence of
the Hyksos, their
transformation into
the Fifteenth Dynasty
and the
representation of
their authority
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propaganda, control,
perspectives, evidence
Content:
Analysis of the
material record at Beni
Hasan, burial ground
for governors of the
Middle Kingdom.
Concepts:
Power, change and
continuity
Content:
This week focuses on
the social, economic
and political features
of Avaris, Delta capital
of the Hyksos foreign
rulers who had taken
up Egyptian beliefs
Mini Lectures:
- Shift in power through case
studies: Beni Hasan
Learning Activities:
- Compare and contrast activity
(evaluate, apply)
Students will look at the
representation of governors
through their burial ground in
comparison to the burial grounds
of Kings in the Middle Kingdom
and create a Venn diagram
showing their findings. They will
then create a response dealing
with change and continuity on the
shift in power from Kings to
governors
Mini Lectures:
- Foreign rule
o Hyksos rulers (Fifteenth
Dynasty)
o Social features of
Avaris
o Economic features of
Avaris
Teacher Resource:
Grimal, N. (1998). A
History Of Ancient
Egypt. Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Chapter 7-8
Formative:
Venn diagram
task will serve
as a indicator
of students
understanding
of change and
continuity
Teacher Resource:
Grimal, N. (1998). A
History Of Ancient
Egypt. Oxford,
England: Blackwell
Publishing.
Chapter 7-8
Formative:
Source
analysis:
Student ability
to create
responses to
sources using
the Wineburg
Key Skills:
Explain the beliefs,
values and attitudes
of people in Middle
Kingdom Egypt
Explain continuity
and change in the
distribution and use
of power in Middle
Kingdom Egypt
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Key Knowledge:
The defeat of the
Hyksos by the
Seventeenth Dynasty
(Upper Egypt).
Key Skills:
Compare historical
interpretations of
rulers of Middle
Kingdom Egypt
Construct arguments
Content:
As this is the last week
of the unit this week
will focus on the
evaluation of the views
of the Seventeenth
Dynasty which held
power in Upper Egypt
during the same
period; the war and
subsequent defeat of
Hyksos by the
Seventeenth Dynasty
Political features of
Avaris
Learning Activities:
- Change and continuity
(evaluate, analyse and apply)
Students will map social,
economic, spiritual and political
features of the Fifteenth dynasty
against those of earlier middle
kingdom Egypt dynasties to see
change and continuity
- Document analysis (create,
evaluate, analyse)
Students will be given documents
on the Hyksos rulers from
Egyptian scripts and will be asks
to evaluate these documents
using Wineburgs source analysis
model. Students will then be
given questions modelled on the
type of questions asked in the
exam
model will be
evaluated
Mini Lectures:
- Views of seventeenth dynasty
- War between Hyksos and
Seventeenth dynasty
- Overview of AOS content
Learning Activities:
- Mapping activity (applying)
Students will map lower Egypt
and upper Egypt and the
subsequent warfare
- Concept Map (create,
categorise, apply, remember,
understand)
Teacher/Student
Resource:
Stiebing Jr., W.H.
(2009). Ancient Near
Eastern History and
Culture. New York,
New York: Pearson
Education.
Page 165-168.
Formative:
The concept
map will be
used as a
formative
assessment to
look at student
knowledge
before the
summative
Summative:
Summative
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assessment
will be a
source analysis
(see appendix
2) where
students will
analyse four
sources, two
artistic
representation
s of power,
one literary
document and
one historical
interpretation.
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Penney, C. (2011). New Possibilities for the Past. Vancouver, Canada:
UBC Press.
Seixas, P. & Morton, T. (2013). The Big Six: Historical Thinking
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Assessing Historical Thinking. New York, NY: Routledge.
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Future of Teaching the Past. Philadelphia, America: Temple
University Press.
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Appendices:
Appendix 1: Formative Assessment
Source Analysis: Representations of Power
Task:
You are to analyse the following:
-
To do this you must analyse the sources based on the model we have
worked on in class (see below for refresher)
Sourcing Contextualising Close Reading Corroboration
Then you must create an extended response answering why the
source was created. To do this you must evaluate the source in
regards to the context in which it was created.
#Remember to think of the author, the audience, the representation
of power it gives, the motivation behind the source and the reliability
of the source.
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CRITERIA
Excellent
Very Good
Above Satisfactory
Satisfactory
Below Satisfactory
Analysis of
Document/
Ability to interpret.
Outstanding
analysis of
document(s) with
obvious evidence
towards correct
interpretation of the
piece.
Good analysis of
document(s) with
evidence towards
correct interpretation
of the piece.
Satisfactory analysis
of document(s) with
evidence towards an
interpretation of the
piece.
Inadequate analysis
of document(s) with
little to no evidence
towards an
interpretation of the
piece.
Highly sophisticated
knowledge of the
context of the piece
is evident. Student
sufficiently shows an
understanding for
the time period.
Sophisticated
knowledge of the
context of the piece
is evident. Student
has shown an
understanding for the
time period.
Solid knowledge of
the context of the
piece is discernible.
Student sufficiently
shows an
understanding for the
time period.
Satisfactory
knowledge of the
context of the piece
can be seen. Student
somewhat shows an
understanding for the
time period.
Limited or no
knowledge of the
context of the piece
is evident. Student
hardly shows an
understanding for the
time period.
Student identifies a
range of relevant
key issues in
outstanding
precision.
Student identifies
multiple relevant key
issues in precision.
Student identifies
some relevant key
issues.
Student identifies a
few key issues.
Student identifies
limited to no key
issues.
Outstanding
understanding and
evidence of content
and historical
concept knowledge
is shown.
Very Good
understanding and
evidence of content
and historical
concept knowledge is
shown.
Solid understanding
and evidence of
content and historical
concept knowledge is
shown.
Satisfactory
understanding and
evidence of content
and historical
concept knowledge is
shown.
Inadequate or limited
understanding and
evidence of content
and historical concept
knowledge is shown.
20%
Context knowledge.
25%
Identification of key
issues.
25%
Content/concept
knowledge.
30%