Creating Your PowerPoint Presentation on Constructing Pyramids

1. Creating Your PowerPoint Presentation on Constructing Pyramids by Mr. Margrave

2. Essential Question! • (This is the big picture.) • Essential Question: Why was the building of the pyramids so significant to the history of Egypt?

3. Unit Questions! • (These are the supporting ideas) • Unit Questions:What are the lessons that can be learned from the ways in which, the ancient Egyptians constructed a pyramid? What are the steps in constructing a pyramid?How was the site of the pyramid prepared?Where were the stones, used in the construction, quarried from and how were they brought to the site?How were the rough stones turned into uniform blocks?What was the process for getting blocks to the upper areas of the pyramid?How was the capstone fitted to the top of the pyramid?By what means were the rough blocks finished to create the completed shape of the pyramid?

4. Slides...What goes on each slide. • Slide 1(title): Title and Author(s) • Slide 2 (content): Base Preparation (The steps that go into preparing the base of the pyramid.) • Slide 3 (content): Quarry (Where, how, etc. was the stone used in the pyramid quarried?)

5. Slides Continued • Slide 4 (content): Growing Ever Higher (How does the pyramid go from the first course {base} to last course {capstone}?) • Slide 5 (content): Inner Chambers (What are the parts of the inner pyramid? How are the inner chambers decorated? • Slide 6 (content): Finishing the Pyramid (The steps to complete the pyramid once the last course has been added.)

6. Slides Continued • Slide 7 (comprehension): Comprehension Questions (One comprehension question from each of the content slides.) • Slide 8 (work cited): Work Cited (The work you cited in creating your presentation.) • Slide 9 (Fun Facts Optional): Fun facts (These are interesting things you came across when doing your research.)

7. Now That We Have Our Instructions! • Let’s get gooooooooooooing……...