Ancient Egypt Learning Matrix Y3
Try and earn as many Egyptian gold coins as possible by completing as many of the tasks below as you
like. You will be awarded 1 coin for every task you complete. BUT your teacher (being the Pharaoh)
and classmates can award more, based on presentation, creativity, effort etc, if they like!
You MUST complete the Mandatory Task which is worth 10 coins.
Once you have done a task you can cross it off your own sheet. We would like you to try different
kinds of activities.
Mandatory Task
Before our Egyptian Day and Expo (12th June) you will present your poster about one area of Ancient
Egypt. This can be any area you like, but you must inform your teacher of the area that you will be
researching. What will you choose? Mummies? Gods and Goddesses? The Nile?
Please ask for poster paper. Your poster might have some of the following things on it...
 Heading
 Subheadings
 Pictures (printed or drawn)
 Diagrams (printed or drawn)
 Text (facts – NOT printed, your own words)
Examples
Word Smart
Use the Link to help you write a
sentence in hieroglyphs. Can
someone at home work out what
it says? Link to Alphabet here
Want to know more about
Hieroglyphics? Follow this LINK
Write an acrostic poem about
Ancient Egypt. E.g.
Exciting Egyptians
Gods and Goddesses
Yellow soft sand
Powerful Pharaohs
Tomb Raiders
Look at the following link
showing you how to mummify
someone. LINK.
Now present a way of
mummifying someone. You could:
write instructions, draw a
poster, make a movie or
something else (be creative)
Create a Calligram for an
Egyptian word (remember the
ones you made when we were
Math/Logic Smart
Go to the link and learn about
the Ancient Egyptian number
system. Can you make up your
own problems to share with
your class?
LINK
Picture Smart
Design a chart for collecting
and counting your gold coins.
Make a pyramid out of Lego, or
another construction material.
Bring it in to share with your
class or take a photo and send
it to your teacher.
Make your own Ancient Egyptian
collar/necklace. Bring it in to
share with your class…
remember to wear it on
Egyptian Day!
Examples
Examples
Make some typical Egyptian
food by following one of the
recipes.
Flat Bread
Palace Bread
Humus
Then, either bring it in to share
in class or take a photo of it.
Create a model of the Egyptian
desert using a shoe box. What
will you use to make the
pyramids? How will you create
an Egyptian person to go in the
desert? Will there be any palm
trees in your desert? Will you
have the River Nile?
Make a net of a pyramid. Can
you make it into a 3D pyramid?
Examples
Make a 3D model of an item
from Ancient Egypt. E.g.
pyramid, shaduf, papyrus paper,
Ancient Egypt Learning Matrix Y3
learning about weather?)
 Desert
 Nile
 Pyramid
 Egypt
How do you think the Pyramids
were really built?
Be as creative as possible.
Try and use the following in
your explanation...
 Write in present tense
 Write in chronological
order
 Use connectives (When...
because... so... this
allows... consequently...)
 include diagrams to help
your reader understand
(EXAMPLE)
canopic jar...
Examples
Design and carry out an ancient
Egyptian survey. E.g. What
would be your favourite job in
Ancient Egyptian times? Who is
your favourite God or Goddess?
Present your data in a graph.
What have you discovered?
Read the story of Osiris LINK.
Now turn the story into a
cartoon strip.
Interview someone about what
‘treasure’ is to them. Plan your
questions and then write up or
record the answers. Perhaps
you could imagine interviewing a
fictional character... What
would be 'treasure’ to Robinson
Crusoe?
Can you remember the Snowy
Adventure? Could you plan or
write an Egyptian Adventure?
What would the Snow Beast be?
The ancient Egyptians are
believed to have invented many
things. Can you find out what
some of these were? How do
they work? Why did they need
to invent it? How will you
present what you find out?
Draw your own wall painting
similar to the ones found here –
LINK
What number facts about Egypt
can you discover? How long is
the River Nile? How many
blocks are in The Great
Pyramid? How old was
Tutankahmen when he died?
Make up an Egyptian game. Gods
and Goddesses Top Trumps?
Guess the mummified object
from its shape? Pyramid Snakes
(cobras!) and Ladders…
Imagine you are an
archaeologist who has
discovered an untouched tomb.
Write a diary entry or a letter
home describing what you find.
Picture here
Remember there are lots of
Maths games on the Blogs for
you to play…including Funky
Mummy!
Use your new sewing skills to
make an Egyptian costume for a
teddy, toy or doll. Does your
class teddy have a costume for
Egyptian Day?