Ancient History – Term 1 – Tutankhamun’s tomb – Yr 11 preliminary
Principal Focus: Through case studies, students explore the various ways historians and archaeologists investigate record and construct the past, the types of questions they ask about the past, the issues
they raise and the explanations they give. Students are expected to question, analyse and interpret archaeological and written sources, generate hypotheses and weigh up contemporary theories and
explanations on the basis of the available evidence.
Approximate Time: 4 lesson - 4 hrs per wk
Targeted outcomes : P1.1, P2.1, P3.1, P3.2, P3.3, P3.4, P3.5, P3.6
Topics
Wk1- half wk 2
Half wk 2 – half wk 4
Half wk 4 – wk 5
Wk 6 –half wk 7
Half wk 7-wk9
Wk9-wk10
• Its discovery and excavation by Howard
Carter
• Consideration of the
following aspects of the tomb
and what they suggest about
Egypt at the time of
Tutankhamun: size and
structure, burial furniture,
possessions, decorations,
afterlife
Key concepts
Tomb
Possessions
Afterlife
Tomb size
Valley of the kings
• Details of burial customs –
mummification, funeral procession and
burial
• Tomb paintings and the
information they provide about
burial: deities, and funerary
beliefs
and practices
•Archaeological/written evidence
of the uniqueness of
Tutankhamun’s tomb in the
Eighteenth Dynasty
• Tutankhamun and
popular culture
Key concepts
deities
Tomb decorations
Funerary beliefs
Afterlife
Practices
Analyzing artifacts
Source analysis task –
Group work : students in groups
each with different topic
Youtube clip – lecture from
MOMA museum on art and
artefacts found in tutankhamun’s
tomb
Key concepts
Archaeological evidence
Artefacts
Possessions
Short youtube clip
Source based activity
Artifact Investigation :
Analyze artifacts to
discover details about the king
and understand ancient Egyptian
cultural beliefs around death and
the afterlife
Class discussion
Youtube clip:
Tutankhamun’s influence
on pop culture
Film
Tutankhamun’s curse
Tutankhamun funeral
inforatiom/ arefacts
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
hd/tuta/hd_tuta.htm
Website
http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/tu
t/story.asp
Book
'Tutankhamen', by Christiane
Desroches-Noblecourt,
Youtube clip: Recent Research
in Egyptian Art: Behind the Mask
of Tutankhamun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Artefacts
http://www.discoverytsx.com/exh
ibitions/kingtutYoutube clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=57R2DjkpH2I
Website
http://www.historytoday.com/anc
ient/ancient-egypt
Book
The golden age of Tutankhamun :
divine might and splendor in the
New Kingdom / Zahi Hawass.
Youtube clip
http://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=lBEokL5ZOEE
Film :
The Curse Of King Tut's
Tomb Trailer (2006)
Book
'Egypt: The World of the
Pharaohs', edited by
Regine Schulz and
Matthias Seidel. published
by h.f.ullman, published
2007
Key concepts
Excavation
Discovery
Key concepts
Mummification
Burial
Valley of the kings
Funeral procession
Teaching
and
learning
activities
Introduction:
Think pair share activity :
given topics enabling them to formulate
individual ideas and share these ideas with
another student
Brainstorm:
Film on discovery
Website/ Howard carter journals :
Tutankhamun excavation photographs
The virtual site study of
Tutankhamun’s tomb
assesses the students’ ability to
extract information from
secondary sources, and to
analyse them using historical
inquiry and their own process
of critical thinking.
Virtual study activity
Worksheet/ question
Film : king tut unwrapped
Video clip : interview with dr Zahi hawass
Questions – from film
Powerpoint presentation / questions :
PowerPoint presentation about the
mummifications process, deities and
funerary belief
Resources
Images of tutankhamuns tomb discovery
http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/carter/galler
y/#
http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4acphot.htm
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Howard Cater diary entries
http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4sea1not.ht
ml
http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4sea1no2.ht
ml
Film : BBC Egypt Rediscovering a Lost
World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZS2UcS
VWvY
Virtual study
http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/
tut/interactive/Tut_content.html
Book
The complete Tutankhamun :
the king, the tomb, the royal
treasure / by Nicholas Reeves;
foreword by the seventh Earl of
Carnarvon.
Video : Interview with Dr Zahi Hawass
http://dallasmuseumofart.tv/exhibitions/tut
/index.php
On Discovery Channel's "Egypt's Ten
Greatest Discoveries," discover the
method behind mummification and why
the Ancient Egyptians used it in their
culture.
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discover
y/28220-egypts-ten-greatest-discoveriesmummification-video.htm
Film :King tut unwrapped
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/king-tutunwrap
Key concepts
Pop culture
Book
'The Discovery of the Tomb of
Tutankhamen' by Howard Carter and A.C.
Mace. Published by Dover Publications Inc.,
New York, 1977.
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