Walk Like an Egyptian

Social Studies Online

1. Students are to work in groups of 3 or 4.
2. They are to use the Nile River internet resources to record as much information as they can. The information is to be recorded on a large square piece of paper.
3. When all the groups have enough information they are to share their information via an expert. An 'expert' from each group is chosen.
4. They are to visit each others' groups telling them about the information they found on their 'expert question'.
5. Students are to record the information from the expert in a set of 9 squares. The centre square is the heading 'Importance of the Nile River. The experts keep going around until they have been to each group. (3 - 4 minutes in each group).

Example of Nile Expert work in the classroom
Student exemplar of Nile River information recorded in the 9 squares
Students working in Expert groups

Key
E = Expert (moves from group to group)