2. Answer the following questions to determine the signiýcance of his rule in ancient Egypt: a. What changes occurred because of Tutankhamun? b. Who was impacted by the rule of Tutankhamun? c. How has Tutankhamun been remembered, celebrated or commemorated over time? d. Was there anything unique or new under Tutankhamun’s rule?
e. Locate two historical sources that depict Tutankhamun’s rule. These sources could be inscriptions, tombs, paintings, images or historian intepretations. What do the sources tell us about the ideas, attitudes, beliefs, practices or customs of Ancient Egypt during Tutankhamun’s rule? 3. Come to a conclusion about the signiýcance of Tutankhamun’s rule. Was he an important leader and why do you think this? Does he reveal anything important to us about Ancient Egypt? 4. Research a different ancient Egyptian ruler such as Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Cleopatra or any other key ýgure. Use the criteria above to examine this ruler and determine whether they are more or less signiýcant of a ruler than Tutankhamun.
LESSON 1.9 SkillBuilder: Communicating
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson, you should be able to apply key historical terms and metalanguage to write about the past.
1.9.1 Tell me How do we write about the past?
A key skill in History is being able to effectively communicate our ýndings about the past to construct a historical argument. However, the building block of any good historical argument is a series of effective sentences. Using the correct terminology and metalanguage in a sentence to discuss sources or historical skills and concepts is essential to developing a coherent argument about the historical event, movement or ýgure we are discussing. Table 1 lists key terminology and metalanguage that you may have come across in your study of Year 7 History.
TABLE1 Historical terminology in Year 7 Ancient societies
Historical skills and concepts
Country
Source
DeepTime
Evidence
Ancient Society
Signiýcance
Cause
Feudalism Hierarchy
Effect/impact/result/consequence
Continuity
Emperor/pharaoh/ruler/leader
Change
Warfare
Bias
Death/funerary customs/afterlife
Reliable
Conquest
Limitations
We can also use a range of more generic terms and vocabulary to enhance our sentences, in different ways. These words are often referred to as ‘signposts’ — words that let the reader know about the direction of your writing.
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