Task:
Objective: Students will travel back in time to learn about Ancient Egyptian people and their culture,
then take the data they have learned and put them in a folder as there journals.
1) Students will have to find where Egypt is located on a map.
2) Once you find Egypt then you must find where the ancient people lived and why they lived
there.
3) The Ancient Egyptians lived in a society that worshipped many gods and goddesses, at this
point students should pick a god or goddess of their choice and learn and write about what and
why the Ancient Egyptians worshiped them.
4) Students will learn about the Ancient Egyptian pyramids and why they were built.
5) Then students will learn about the Ancient Egyptian Mummification processes.
6) Students will then make something to remember their journey to Ancient Egypt.
Process:
To find Egypt you must look on the Northern part of the country Africa near the Mediterranean Sea
and the Red Sea. Students will have to print their own African country to color the map and then
make Egypt a bright red color then put the country’s name and the continents name then placed in the
folder as the first page of the students journal.
Process 2:
After finding Egypt in Africa then you need to out the map of just Egypt and color, draw and name the
Nile River, name the country, name the two Seas, and pick 4 cities and put the name on the map as
well. After this go to http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/nile.htm and find out
why the Ancient Egyptians chose to live near the Nile River then write this under the map. Place the
map inside your folder as the second page of the students journal.
Process 3:
The Ancient Egyptian worshiped many gods and goddesses that represented many things about their
culture. You will draw a picture of the god or goddesses and then write who, what and why the Ancient
Egyptians worshiped them. There are some websites that you can choose and do research about the god
or goddess. First website http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html Second website
http://www.neferchichi.com/godsinfo.html After your drawing and information is done put it in your
folder as page three of the journal.
Process 4:
Students will learn about the Ancient Egyptian pyramids. First, students will print a worksheet make by the
teacher and fill out the questions that are related to these two websites. Second, go to this website
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/pyramids.htm and answer the first 3 questions.
Finally, go on a tomb adventure game on this website, while playing fill out the rest of the worksheet
http://www.nms.ac.uk/kids/games_and_adventures/egyptian_tomb_adventure.aspx Worksheet on pg. 4 and
place the worksheet in your folder as page four of the journal.
Process 5:
The pyramids were built as a place for the dead kings of Ancient Egypt and the mummies lied in the
secret rooms of the pyramids with all of their treasures. The Ancient Egyptians mummified their dead
and the students will learn how and why they do this. Pick three questions about mummies from this
website http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/mummies then write the question
and answers on a page for you journal. Then play this fun mummy game
http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/egyptmummy.htm while playing the game write down on the
same paper with the question all the artifacts names that you clicked on in the game, there are nine. This
page will go in the folder as page 5 in your journal.
Process 6:
Students will make their own mummies to finish off their adventures in Ancient Egypt. The
mummy will be molded out of clay by each student, either an animal or person. After the clay has
dried fully each student will cut out rectangles of news paper while I will make the paper Mache
mixture. The clay mummies will be wrapped in news papers dipped in paper Mache mixture. After
it has dried the students will paint their mummies in any way they like. The mummies will be their
memories of Ancient Egypt.
Pyramid worksheet
1. How were the tombs designed?
2. Which side of the Nile River were the pyramids built?
3. What guards the pyramids?
4. Once you are in the deep dark pyramid and have clicked on the jars next to
the mummy, how many jars are there?
5. Which organ does the Imsety jar hold?
6. How many statues are in the tomb of the pyramid and what animal are they?
7. After clicking on the coffin, you much flip and turn it around to finish the
check list, what is the beetle called on the coffin?
8. Did you enjoy the game, circle one: NOT GOOD
GOOD
AWSOME