Social Classes in Upper and Lower Egypt **
Were they the same in Lower Egypt as in Upper Egypt?
What was the role of women in Egypt?
Upper, lower, middle class

Unskilled labor (bread bakers, stone carriers, etc..)
Scribe (wrote the merchants, documented the progress)
Architect (Designed the pyramid)
Priests (advised the architect)
Merchants (brought the stone to the building site)
Farmers (provided the labor)
Slaves (provided the labor)
Skilled Craftsmen (stone masons, etc.)
Pharoah and the royal family
**** Note in the early dynasties there were only 2 classes. As the merchant class grew, labor became skilled, as middle class grew.

Activity
Read Egypt text

Have class draw from box the social roles.
Make sure they are labled both with class and with Upper and Lower except Pharoah and Royal Family
Use these as pairings for doing the Egyptian dynasty outline

Egyptian Women
Upper, lower, middle class
Unskilled labor (bread bakers, stone carriers, etc..)
Scribe (wrote the merchants, documented the progress)
Architect (Designed the pyramid)
Priests (advised the architect)
Merchants (brought the stone to the building site)
Farmers (provided the labor)
Slaves (provided the labor)
Skilled Craftsmen (stone masons, etc.)
Pharoah and the royal family