Egypt Assignment – Where to find resources
Note: you will need to do further research on your own
Hieroglyphs
Websites:
http://history.howstuffworks.com/rosetta-stone.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/how_to_write_hieroglyphics.htm
http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/glyph/glyph.html
Books:
Ancient Egypt – pg. 34-35
Humanities Alive 1 – pg. 37, 42-3, 44-45
Oxford Big Ideas – pg. 131
Sose Alive History 1 – pg. 32-3, 34, 38, 40
Religion
Websites:
Typing ‘Egypt afterlife’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘Egyptian gods’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘Canopic jars’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘Egyptian pyramid model’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Books:
Ancient Egypt – pg. 14-19 (Afterlife), pg. 24-25 (Gods), pg. 16, 17 (Canopic jars), pg. 20-1 (Pyramids)
Humanities Alive 1 – pg. 34, 36, 48-9, 52, 53 (Afterlife), pg. 49 (Gods), pg. 50-51 (Canopic jars), pg.
20-1, 34, 37, 52-3 (Pyramids)
Oxford Big Ideas – pg. 136-139 (Afterlife), pg. 140-141 (Pyramids)
Sose Alive History 1 – pg. 25, 32, 38, 42 (Afterlife), pg. 38-39 (Gods), pg. 45 (Canopic jars), pg. 26, 27,
42-3 (Pyramids)
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Social Hierarchy
Websites:
Typing ‘Egypt social pyramid’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Books:
Ancient Egypt – pg. 32-33, 42-43
Humanities Alive 1 – pg. 44-45, 46-47
Oxford Big Ideas – pg. 120-121, 122
Sose Alive History 1 – pg. 34-35, 36-37
Farming/Nile
Websites:
Typing ‘building the Aswan Dam’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘Egyptian farming methods’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘seasons in Ancient Egypt’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘diorama of The Nile River’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘model of a shaduf’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Books:
Ancient Egypt – pg. 8-9 (The Nile), pg. 44-45 (Hunting, fishing and fowling), pg. 48-49 (Food and
drink)
Humanities Alive 1 – pg. 36-37 (The Nile)
Oxford Big Ideas – pg. 102-105 (The Nile)
Sose Alive History 1 – pg. 26-27 (The Nile)
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Daily Life
Websites:
Typing ‘life of an Egyptian child’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘Egyptian diet’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘map of ancient Egypt’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘Egypt wealthy home’ in a Google search will get you started
Books:
Ancient Egypt – pg. 46-47 (Egyptians at home), pg. 48-49 (Food and drink), pg. 50-51 (Song and
dance), pg. 52-53 (Toys and Games)
Oxford Big Ideas – pg. 128-131
Sose Alive History 1 – pg. 29 (Model home)
The Military
Websites:
Typing ‘Egyptian soldier’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘Egyptian pharaohs’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Typing ‘Egyptian battles’ in a Google search will give you a number of websites
Books:
Ancient Egypt – pg. 10-11 (Famous pharaohs), pg. 36-37 (Weapons of war)
Humanities Alive 1 – pg. 44-45 (Pharaoh rules)
Oxford Big Ideas – pg. 114-117 (Pharaohs), pg. 132-133 (Warfare), pg. 134-135 (Egyptian soldier), pg.
146-148 (Conflicts and battles)
Sose Alive History 1 – pg. 34-35 (Pharaoh rules)
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