I put together this study unit on Ancient Egypt because most of the ones I could find online were very internet-heavy (and I'm trying to keep my kids out of that vortex for now) and also more geared toward older children. This one is designed to be used with Grades 1-3, and is more reading/activity oriented. I got all of the books from the library, except for the Ancient Egypt Treasure Chest (ISBN: 1561384623) which is worth every penny. Many of these books can be read by independent readers.
We didn't do any "Egyptian Math" because most of what I found online was beyond my daughter's abilities, but if you want to you can look here and here.
Read Rotten Ralph Helps Out by Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel
Read Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient
Begin reading Egyptian Diary: the Journal of Nahkt by Richard Platt (read a few sections every day)
Read I Wonder Why Pyramids Were Built by Philip Steele
do map and stamp activity from Ancient Egypt Treasure Chest
make model of
read selections from Technology in the Time of Ancient Egypt - Judith Crosher
make model shaduf from Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors by Marian Broida
make Egyptian clothes from Spend the Day in Ancient Egypt by Linda Honan
make crowns from Pyramids! by Avery Hart
make jeweled collar from Crafts from the Past: Egyptians by Gillian Chapman
make sistrum from Spend the Day in Ancient Egypt by Linda Honan
Read You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pyramid Builder by Jacqueline Morley
do the sledge activity from Pyramids! by Avery Hart
watch "Building the Great Pyramid" BBC DVD
take a virtual tour of Khufu's pyramid at Nova's site
build a paper model of Khufu's pyramid (paper model of Sphinx also at this site)
Read selections from Mummies and Pyramids by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne
Read Mummies Made in
Read Mummies by Joyce Milton
field trip to Natural History Museum to see mummies
make mummy case from Egyptians by Rachel Wright and "mummify" plastic doll
Read Tut's Mummy: Lost...and Found by Judy Donnelly
Read I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert by Eve Bunting
make shabti necklace from Ancient Egypt Treasure Chest
Read
Read Seeker of Knowledge by James Rumford
Use hieroglyphic stamps and papyrus in Ancient Egypt Treasure Chest
make scarab stamp from Crafts from the Past: Egyptians by Gillian Chapman
have an Egyptian feast with recipes from Avery Hart's Pyramids! and Linda Honan's Spend the Day in Ancient
2 comments:
Wow this is wonderful! I hope you don't go anywhere because I am bookmarking this page for next year when we do SOTW1.
Thanks! We had a lot of fun with it. I'll be posting one on Ancient Greece after we're done with it.
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