The Historian in Residence Unit on Ancient Egypt is an examination of the important "people" in Egyptian History - starting with the gods of Egyptian mythology, focusing on the pharaohs through an illustrated timeline and finishing with the archeologists who are still discovering Ancient Egypt. The guiding question of the unit is: Who was the most influential person in Ancient Egyptian History? As a class we will hypothesize, gather data, reflect and re-hypothesize throughout the unit.
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INTEREST BUILDING |
ACTIVITY andASSESSMENT |
Creation Myths, Part One |
Students learn the creation myths from Ra through the birth of Osiris. |
Students make tableaux of dramatic moments from the stories.
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| Creation Myths, Part Two |
Students listen to more creation myths, ending with the death of Set. |
Students demonstrate understanding of the myths by putting key details in the correct order |
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| Timelines Introduction |
Introduction of the Ancient Egyptian timeline. |
Students show their understanding of timelines by making one of their own lives |
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| Egyptian Timeline 1 |
Students listen to stories of Egyptian History from Narmer to the Middle Kingdom. |
Students create a large, individual Timeline of events, personified as a map of The Nile. |
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| Egyptian Timeline 2 |
Students listen to stories of Egyptian History from The Middle Kingdom to Thutmose. |
As students hear the stories, they fill in and illustrate their timelines. |
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| Egyptian Timeline 3 |
Students continue to fill in their Timelines as they learn about Akhenaten and Tutankhamun. |
Students draw like Egyptian artists. |
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| Egyptian Timeline 4 |
Students continue to fill in their Timelines as they learn about Ramses. |
Students make sketches and plans for the Temple of Luxor. |
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| Temple of Luxor |
The class makes a small-scale version of The Temple of Luxor. |
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| Archeology |
The timeline continues through the conquerors of Egypt up until modern-day excavators. |
Students demonstrate they can read "My"-roglyphs, translating a new Rosetta Stone using Champollion's techniques. |
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| Opening of the Mouth Ceremony |
Students pay homage to the important Ancient Egyptians they have learned about, performing an ancient ceremony on a mummy in class. |
