What does the landscape tell us about what life might have been like in ancient Egypt?
Activities Give the pupils pictures of the Nile and of the Egyptian landscape. Ask them to complete a grid with two headings: ‘What can we see that would make living in Egypt easy?’ and ‘What can we see that would make life difficult?’ Discuss as a class how the Nile provided water and a method of transport. Look at an atlas with children and tell them about the physical features of the Nile and how it flooded annually. Outcomes • extract information about the landscape from pictures • provide answers that show the relationship between the geography of Egypt and the way of life in the past Objectives • to make deductions about life in the past from pictures of the landscape • how much of the life of Egypt depended on the Nile Points to note The objective of this activity is to help pupils understand that the Nile provides food, water, transport, and the desert was the place of burial. The activity could be linked to Unit 14 ‘Rivers’ in QCA’s scheme of work for geography. Section 4: Wha
