Welcome to Ancient Egypt
6th Grade Social Studies
Course: 87T01 – Virtual Field Trip
Carol LaBella
NYCAL01@aol.com
Click here for packing
supplies
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Itinerary
Passport and Ticket *
Timeline *
Map * - Geography
Nile River
Overview - Tour of Egypt
Mummies
Tombs – Pharaohs
Pyramids
Hierogryphics
*(included in your package)
Facts , pictures and short video
of Egypt – use your notebooks
to write down 3 basic facts from
video and information – Click on
Passport
Timeline
Click on the picture to the right
Using the timeline complete the
Timeline in your package(
double click on blue line
Where is Egypt?
Take out your
completed map of
Egypt
Physical Geography affected the growth of
Ancient Egypt
Physical Geography affects the
growth of Ancient Civilization
Importance of the Nile River
Click
on Title
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on
picture
of
People
in the
Nile
River
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/freshwaterwaterscapes/#/freshwater-waterscapes-9_33432_600x450.jpg
Destination: Egypt
Fasten your
seatbelts!
Click on the
picture to
the right for
takeoff to
Egypt!
Egyptian Mummies
Click on the picture of the mummy to the
right. In your notebooks write 3 – 5 facts
from the article
Egyptian Tombs
Times Square Museum – King
Tut Exhibit – now closed – click
below for video and pictures from
Museum
Short video overview on
Egyptian Tombs – Write 3 – 5
facts you learn from this video –
click above
Pyramids of Ancient Egypt Tour
Click
on
picture
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing
What does the word hieroglyph mean?
Hieroglyphs is made from two Greek words:
hieros meaning holy
glyphe meaning writing
So hieroglyph means holy writing.
Rosetta Stone click on
picture for more information
Click on picture above
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Citations
Mr. Donn Ancient Egypt; http://egypt.mrdonn.org/
Ancient Egypt Book; Eyewitness Books & Clip Art CD. 2/2008. Ancient Egypt. United States: DK Publishing, 2008. Numerous.
Print.
Time line: "Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for Kids." Web. 17 Aug 2011.
<http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/access/egypt/timeline_egypt.htm>.
Gift of the Nile http://egypt.mrdonn.org/geography.html
Maps: (www.egyptweb.norfolk.gov.uk); "Ancient Eqypt Map." Edhelper.com. Web. 17 Aug 2011. <edhelper.com/ancient egypt>.
Photo; Nile River: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/freshwater-waterscapes/#/freshwater-waterscapes9_33432_600x450.jpg "Importanace of Nile River." Ancient Eqypt for Kids. Web. 17 Aug 2011.
<http://egypt.mrdonn.org/geography.html>.
"Anicent Egypt." Woodlands School-Ancient Egypt. Web. 17 Aug 2011. <http://www.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/mummies.htm>.
National Geographic
"Destination: Egypt." National Geographic. Web. 17 Aug 2011. <http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countriesplaces/egypt/egypt-overview-dest.html>.
"Tombs of Ancient Egypt." National Geographic. Web. 17 Aug 2011.
<http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/egypt/tombs-of-ancient-egypt.html>.
Egypt - Pyramids." National Geographic. Web. 17 Aug 2011. <http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countriesplaces/egypt/egypt-pyramids-dest.html>.
"Discovery Education." Ancient Egypt. Web. 17 Aug 2011.
<C:\Users\user\Documents\VFT\Africa_s_Nile_River__the_Equator__and_the_Kalahari_Desert__.asf>.
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(I am a member through my school of this site)
Ancient Egypt." Web. 17 Aug 2011. <http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/rosetta.htm>.
"King Tut video." Times Square Discovery Museum. Web. 17 Aug 2011. <http://www.discoverytsx.com/exhibitions/kingtut>. Word
Documents – attached – made by Carol Fischer LaBella
Clip art from Microsoft Word and Eyewitness Book listed above (Clip art CD was included in purchase).