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====Over the next few weeks, your task is to learn about the ancient Egyptian culture focusing on the women’s roles in society. The point of this task is to understand the social system for women in ancient Egypt, from empress to slave. You will be researching the rights of women and their role in society along with a day in the life of the women you have chosen. You will use the information you have gathered through research to create a video of how a modern day women would live in an ancient Egyptian society.The students will be in groups of four. Each group will do a brain storm to help gain ideas for their assignment. The groups will choose a women figure from the Ancient Egyptian society and investigate their way of life and their role in society. Each group of four will select a different women figure of the five given options. Then compare how women’s rights have changed over the century comparing an ancient Egyptian woman to a modern day Australian women and their responsibilities.With the teachers guidance each group will research their Egyptian women using resources from the school Library and internet throughout day two and three.==== ====The teacher will show the students how to record and make a video, explaining the use of a video camera and how to edit videos on Windows Live Movie Maker. The students will then spend the remainder of the lesson practising filming and editing with a discussion at the end to make sure every student understands what they are doing.==== ====By day eight, the students will have uploaded their video presentation. This four to five minute presentation must be in a video format but can be explained however you like. After the students have submitted their video they are then required to write a page reflection or more on what you have learnt from this assignment on Ancient Egypt.====

Egypt, A. Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Map Retrieved 17th May 2012, from []
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