Ancient Egypt Printables and Activities
Archaeology We are starting the four-year cycle for both history and science this year. The four-year cycle method of teaching history and science is central to classical homeschooling and has been made popular by The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise. The idea is to teach history from the beginning. That means starting with ancient history and then studying the middle ages, early modern history, and modern history in subsequent years. Students who begin the cycle in first grade will be able to repeat it three times by graduation. Each cycle allows students to learn the material in greater depth. Science is divided into life science, earth science and astronomy, chemistry, and physics. The sciences correspond with history by order of discovery. Ancient History < > Life Science Middle Ages < > Earth Science & Astronomy Early Modern < > Chemistry Modern & Today < > Physics There are many ways to execute the four-year cycles. For history, we are using History Odyssey: Ancients, Level 1 by Pandia Press as a guide. Our text spine is an older version of Usborne: Ancient World by Fiona Chandler. (The various versions are pretty much all the same.) While we are not using The Story of the World: Ancient Times text by Susan Wise Bauer, we are using some activities and literature suggestions from a copy of The Story of the World activity guide that was gifted to me. We are also using as many picture books and DVDs as I can find from the St. Louis County Library. While we do not live in St. Louis, we pay $50 a year to use this wonderful resource. A steal for sure! Most weeks, Tessa will study history Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. My goal is to post what we do each week here on my Blue House School blog. Here we go! Monday Completed "What is History?" history pocket according to HO, Lesson 1. See Kindergarten 2012 - Age 5 for post and pics. Tuesday Looked up and defined HO dictionary word for Lesson 1. Read Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke and Jodie's Hanukkah Dig by Anna Levine. Completed draw and color. Played Caillou the Paleontologist online game by PBS Kids. - Not archaeology, but Tessa still enjoyed it. I made sure I explained the difference. After reading "Archaeologists Dig for Clues," Tessa drew an awl (ancient sewing needle) and a bone for this week's draw and color. Wednesday Completed mini archaeological dig adapted from "A Dirty Dig" from the SOTW activity guide. Watched The Magic School Bus: Super Sports Fun DVD (Shows and Tells episode) by Scholastic from Netflix. Thursday Read Fancy Nancy: My Family History by Jane O'Connor. Completed "All About Me: Family Tree" worksheet from TeacherFileBox.com. Tessa has been interested in family trees lately, so I added a simple lesson about family history this week. There are more in depth family history projects in the SOTW activity guide. Other Books of Interest The Magic School Bus Shows And Tells: A Book About Archaeology - Joanna Cole Me and My Family Tree - Joan Sweene Bill Nye the Science Guy: Archaeology DVD - Disney (Unfortunately, I didn't have this DVD in time for this week's lessons. Tessa has since watched it. It's better than the Magic School Bus one. I would have shown both...this one on Tuesday.) * HO = History Odyssey, SOTW = The Story of the World Mini Archaeological Dig For our mini dig, I bought a disposable lasagna pan, a small bag of play sand, and a Playmobil cave woman figure, baby and accessories for a cost of about $10 total. The rest of the supplies I gathered from around the house. It was raining the day of our dig, so we conducted it on the front porch. Not ideal, but it worked well enough. First, Tessa and I set up a grid across our dig site using pencils, tape and jute. Next, Tessa dug with a sturdy plastic spoon and sifted the excess sand into a bucket. As Tessa discovered artifacts, she charted, bagged and labeled her finds accordingly. After the dig, we completed artifact log sheets inside. Tessa discovered her first artifact in quadrant C2. She carefully charted, bagged and labeled the find. Tessa marked her second find on the artifact log dig site diagram. She later predicted it to be an ancient bowl! Tessa was disappointed she didn't find anything new in this quadrant. I explained that archaeologists often dig for days or weeks before making even one small discovery. Tessa enjoyed brushing away sand from the artifacts...even more than digging, I think. Tessa found five artifacts during our dig. After careful examination and a little creative thinking, she correctly determined they were a spoon, cup, baby carrier, fork and bowl. Even pint-sized archaeologists keep meticulous records. Tessa recorded each artifact's quadrant number, description and predicted use. She also drew a picture of each item. Our mini dig was a huge success, yet I somehow managed not to capture one smile on film. Tessa says she wants to be an archaeologist when she grows up. Sounds good! I'm pretty sure I didn't even know what an archaeologist was at age five. Download Archaeological Dig Artifact Log.
Practice various skills with these Ancient Egypt Worksheets. Egyptian printables explore pyramids, sphynx, mummies, pharoahs, and more!
These free Ancient Egyptian dot marker printables are a fun, no-prep activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Make them no-mess with round stickers!
Here at MessyNessyChic, I try to take you on a journey with me every time you visit our corner of the internet. And for today's journey, I've decided we shall go to Egypt– a century back in time, that is. Picnicking in the temples of Luxor, clambering up the pyramids of Giza for afternoon tea and wi
Egypt has countless attractions, ranging from nature, to temples, to mummies, to vast pyramids. Egypt's has an incredibly rich history dating back to the
Go on a dig and explore the secrets underneath the pyramids with an ancient Egypt sensory bin. Pairs well with Magic Tree House: Mummies in the Morning.
When beginning a study of world history, it's always best to begin at the beginning...with ancient civilizations. For the next few weeks, I will be sharing an on-going unit study of one of the oldest known people groups of the world, the Ancient Egyptians. (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for full details.) As a Christian, I confess that the Egyptian culture is cloaked in evil spiritism and a religious immorality. Neither of which I wish to discuss in detail with my young, impressionable children. But, I am also keenly aware that God loved and LOVES the Egyptian people...as is evidenced by numerous accounts in Scripture of how He chased after their hearts. It was not by accident that great patriarchs of the faith...Abraham, Joseph, Moses, and even Jesus, Himself...spent portions of their lives with these desert peoples. In His mercy, He continued to leave a remnant among them to give Light to their darkened world. It is my prayer that as I teach my children some of the "who", "what", and "where" of Egypt during this unit study, I can also impart a bit of the "why." I hope you will join me over the coming weeks as I journey back a few thousand years to the times of the pharaohs. I will be sharing some of the resources that we have used and projects we have completed. We will be using the following core books and filling in with several other living literature titles and videos. Pharaohs and Pyramids (Usborne Time Traveler) 100 Things You Should Know About Ancient Egypt by Jane Walker Block Pyramid After reading Pyramid by David MacAulay, the kids used our wooden blocks to build a replica of the pyramid of Menkaure. This might look like just a big pile of blocks, but the book detailed the step-by-step, 20+ year process. The kids followed the same procedures when erecting each "brick." Mummified Apples We also read the fantastically quirky book You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy! : Disgusting Things You'd Rather Not Know by David Antram and watched the Reading Rainbow episode Mummies Made in Egypt. Later, I found this great Mummy Experiment idea and decided that with a few tweaks...ok, a LOT of tweaks, it would be a great way to prove that in using natron (salt), the Egyptians chose the best materials possible when preserving their dead. What we used: 2 apples roll of gauze 10 plastic cups masking tape to make labels 4 different natural preservatives (We chose salt, sugar, vinegar, and baking soda.) Cut both apples into 5 equal slices. Place one slice into each plastic cup. Reserve 2 slices to be the "control group." Place one of the "control" apples into a cup. Roll the other "control" apple in gauze and place into another cup. These two apples will NOT have a preservative poured onto them. Pour 1/2 cup of one of the preservatives onto 4 of the apples. Be sure to completely cover each slice. Label the cup with the name of that preservative. Roll the remaining 4 apple slices in gauze, place into cups, and cover with the same preservatives. Label the cups. At this point, you should have cups labeled with the following: apple apple & gauze salt salt & gauze sugar sugar & gauze vinegar vinegar & gauze baking soda baking soda & gauze Place all cups in a warm, dark, and dry place. (We chose a kitchen cupboard.) After one week, "unearth" the mummies. Before removing the apples from the "mummy casings", take turns guessing which preservatives you think did the best job mummifying. Dig out/unwrap the apples to reveal the results. Discuss that the gauze wrappings did not allow the apples to thoroughly dry and therefore created a greenhouse for bacteria and mold. This is why the Egyptians dried their dead before wrapping them. Optional: Compare the salt-only apple with a dehydrated apple. The salt apple looks more "preserved" than any of the others, including the dehydrated (edible) apple. Document your findings with a simple notebook entry. More Ancient Egypt Ideas to Explore Mummified Apple Experiment Taamia Falafal (Meatless Pitas) Making Papyrus Make a Cartouche Map of Egypt
Supplies Needed Brown paper bag White glue Water Wax paper Bowl Stir Stick What to do Step 1 Rip the brown paper bag into one inch wide strips of equal length. Step 2 In a bowl make a mixture of half glue and half water. (To make one sheet of papyrus you only need about 1/
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Un projet autour de l'Egypte à l'époque des pharaons pour des élèves d'ULIS et/ou des élèves de cycle 2.
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Hi teacher friends, Ancient Civilizations has to be my favorite curriculum to teach. I find the ancient world fascinating, with all the different traditions, inventions, rituals, building structures, gods and goddesses. I could probably spend the whole year just focusing on Egypt alone, with its pyramids, their social hierarchy with pharaohs, and interesting
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