Let’s Take a Tour of Egypt

Andrea Perrow

Analysis of the Learners

• 26 Fifth Grade Students; 10 to 11 years old

• 15 females, 11 males

• 8 African-Americans, 2 Jewish, 16 Caucasian

Main Objective

• My fifth grade class consisting of 26 students; 10 to 11 years old

15 females, 11 males 8 African-Americans, 2 Jewish, and 16 Caucasian will

demonstrate their knowledge of Ancient Egypt with a variety of posters,

timelines, activities, etc. This will happen after I spend a length of time on

different aspects of the culture including the great structures, hieroglyphics,

pharaohs, mummies, and the general culture with 100% accuracy in five days.

Day by Day: Monday

Learning about Ancient Egypt

1. Getting the lesson started- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k-vUbIGJV4

2. How do you get there?-Distance

3. Mapping Ancient Egypt-Draw or trace map on poster

4. Time line-Comparative time line of students’ lifetime and previous

knowledge of American history.

Day by Day: Tuesday

Hieroglyphics

1. Getting Started- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvw6Kn3kwlQ

2. Assign a letter/symbol- Draw and color

3. Hieroglyph Game- Call out words and have students spell with hieroglyphs

Day by Day: Wednesday

Great Structures of Egypt

1. Pyramids- Theories- Writing activity

(Why do YOU think the pyramids were built?)- Construct the inside of your own pyramid

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml)

2. The Great Sphinx- 360 degree tour- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/explore-ancient-egypt.html

Day by Day: Thursday

Pharaohs/Mummies

1. Famous Pharaohs- Dynasties of Hatshepsut (one of few female pharaohs) & others (including Tutankhamenor King Tut)

2. Mummies- What, Why, How- Interactive Game (http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/tomb-unknown-mummy/)- Make your own mummy! (http://www.rom.on.ca/en/education/online-activities/ancient-egypt/mummification/make-your-own-mummy)

Day by Day: Friday

Putting it All Together!

1. Job Assignment- Discuss different jobs (farmers, craftspeople, soldiers, scribes, priests and priestesses)- Small groups: each a different job, must describe to class then create a story/character individually with that job

2. Writing Activity:- Favorite fact about Ancient Egypt, what you learned, what you would like to learn about, favorite activity & why, etc.

Use of Technology

• Still Images

• Text

• YouTube Videos

• Overhead/Projector/Smart Board

• Interactive Games

• Posters, crayons, markers, yarn

Works Cited

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/egypt03.htm

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.discoveringegypt.com/Egyptian-Pyramids-Temples.html

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://library.thinkquest.org/J001590/data/alphabet/hiero.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0613

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kidzworld.com/article/996-egypt-famous-pharaohs

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.rom.on.ca/en/education/online-activities/ancient-egypt/mummification/make-your-own-mummy

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/tomb-unknown-mummy/