Part III - Personalities in their Time: Egypt - Akhenaten
Students learn to:
- Use appropriate terms and concepts in communicating about the personality
- Locate, select and organise information in relation to the chosen personality
- Identify key issues and features about the personality
- Make deductions and draw conclusions about the personality
- Weigh up the relative reliability of the available sources and assess their usefulness for a study of the personality
- Identify and analyse the varying images of the personality
- Explain and evaluate differing perspectives and interpretations of the personality in ancient and modern sources
- Present the findings of historical investigations of issues and features of the personality
- Communicate coherently in oral and written forms to explain and evaluate significant events and achievements in the personality’s life
- Synthesise information to construct an evaluation of the personality’s significance and legacy.
Students learn about:
1. Historical context
1.1 Geography, topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours
1.2 Historical Overview of the Eighteenth Dynasty
1.3 Overview of the social, political, military and economic structures of the Eighteenth Dynasty
1.4 Role of Amun and Amun priesthood
1.5 Roles of the king and relationship to the gods, especially Amun
1.6 Overview of religious beliefs, cults and practices of the Eighteenth Dynasty
2. Background and rise to prominence
2.1 Family background and evidence for early years
2.2 Marriage: queens and consorts
3. Career
3.1 Titles and changes to his royal image over time
3.2 Early building program including East Karnak
3.3 Transfer of capital to Akhetaten: political and religious motives
3.4 Akhetaten: function and layout of the city
3.5 Religious policy: reforms, nature, importance and impact of Aten worship
3.6 Artistic innovations and development: representations of the Aten, Akhenaten and the royal family; the natural world
3.7 Foreign policy: Syria-Palestine, Nubia
3.8 Changes to afterlife beliefs and funerary customs: royal and non-royal tombs
3.9 Role of Nefertiti and the issue of the co-regency
3.10 Role of the royal family
4. Evaluation
4.1 Impact and influence on his time
4.2 Assessment of his life and reign
4.3 Legacy
4.4 Ancient and modern images and interpretations of Akhenaten.
- Use appropriate terms and concepts in communicating about the personality
- Locate, select and organise information in relation to the chosen personality
- Identify key issues and features about the personality
- Make deductions and draw conclusions about the personality
- Weigh up the relative reliability of the available sources and assess their usefulness for a study of the personality
- Identify and analyse the varying images of the personality
- Explain and evaluate differing perspectives and interpretations of the personality in ancient and modern sources
- Present the findings of historical investigations of issues and features of the personality
- Communicate coherently in oral and written forms to explain and evaluate significant events and achievements in the personality’s life
- Synthesise information to construct an evaluation of the personality’s significance and legacy.
Students learn about:
1. Historical context
1.1 Geography, topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours
1.2 Historical Overview of the Eighteenth Dynasty
1.3 Overview of the social, political, military and economic structures of the Eighteenth Dynasty
1.4 Role of Amun and Amun priesthood
1.5 Roles of the king and relationship to the gods, especially Amun
1.6 Overview of religious beliefs, cults and practices of the Eighteenth Dynasty
2. Background and rise to prominence
2.1 Family background and evidence for early years
2.2 Marriage: queens and consorts
3. Career
3.1 Titles and changes to his royal image over time
3.2 Early building program including East Karnak
3.3 Transfer of capital to Akhetaten: political and religious motives
3.4 Akhetaten: function and layout of the city
3.5 Religious policy: reforms, nature, importance and impact of Aten worship
3.6 Artistic innovations and development: representations of the Aten, Akhenaten and the royal family; the natural world
3.7 Foreign policy: Syria-Palestine, Nubia
3.8 Changes to afterlife beliefs and funerary customs: royal and non-royal tombs
3.9 Role of Nefertiti and the issue of the co-regency
3.10 Role of the royal family
4. Evaluation
4.1 Impact and influence on his time
4.2 Assessment of his life and reign
4.3 Legacy
4.4 Ancient and modern images and interpretations of Akhenaten.