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Egypt Long Ago Third Grade
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Egypt Long AgoA unit on Ancient
Egypt
Created by Kathleen Wannemuehler
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History
All About Egypt
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About this Lesson
Objective
Learning Environment and Target Audience
Objectives
•Given an interactive PowerPoint Presentation, students will be able to identify key facts about Ancient Egypt by answering four out of five questions correct on a quiz.
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Target Audience and Learning Environment• Target Audience• Third Grade Students• Class of about 25 students• Suburban Public School in the U.S.• Mixture of Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, and African American
Students.
• Learning Environment• Classroom with computers for individual student use.• Students will need headphones Bac
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Resources• http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
• http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt/pictures
• http://www.google.com/imghp
• http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt
• http://www.discoveringegypt.com/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/
• http://egypt.mrdonn.org/
• http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/history/egypt/
• http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/Egypt.html
• http://www.ngkids.co.uk/did-you-know/Ten-Facts-about-Ancient-Egypt
• http://www.neok12.com/Ancient-Egypt.htm
• http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/preload.htm
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Click to Start
This is where Egypt is.
Egypt
Click Egypt to Continue
Egyptian Facts• Egypt is located in Africa.
• It is one of the oldest places in the world.
• Egypt is where the pyramids are located.
About Egypt
•Today, Egypt is a modern country just like the United States!
History
• The first people to live in Egypt moved 9000 years ago!
7500 BC
History
•The area used to be very wet and marshy.
History
•As it became dryer, the settlers moved closer to the river.
History
•These people survived by eating wild plants and animals.
History
•Hieroglyphics are an ancient form of writing.•This one are older than the pyramids!
History
•The first pyramid was built almost 5000 years ago!
History
•This is the Rosetta Stone.
•Scientists use it to read hieroglyphics.
History
•Ancient Egypt had rulers called Pharaohs.
•A famous one is King Tut! He had many treasures.
History
•Ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a body would help the person live happily after death.
Game TimeExplore a bit of Egypt!
Where is Egypt?
Great!Let’s go explore an Egyptian
tomb!
SorryThat isn’t Egypt
Check out this tomb!
Ready to leave??
You found the mummy’s tomb!
• The Egyptians sometimes buried treasures in the tombs.
True
False
Great!Lets Head Back to the Tomb!
Try Again!
Take a look outside
Check out how large this pyramid
is!
That is a person!!
What are these?
Cave Drawings
Hieroglyphics
You fell into a trap!
Egyptians set traps so no one would go in to steal
the king’s treasures.
Quiz Time!Star
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What came first?• The Pyramids
•Hieroglyphics
• Cleopatra
• King Tut
SorryLet’s Try Again!
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Great!Let’s move onto the next one!
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• Egypt was always very dry.
True
False
Great!Let’s move onto the next one!
Next
SorryLet’s Try Again!
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• Hieroglyphics are a form of writing.
True
False
SorryLet’s Try Again!
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Great!Let’s move onto the next one!
Next
What is this called?
Rosetta Stone
The Dictionary
The Rock
SorryLet’s Try Again!
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Great!Let’s move onto the next one!
Next
Which Pharaoh had many treasures in their tomb?
•Cleopatra
• Julius Caesar
•King Tut
SorryLet’s Try Again!
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Congrats!You are now an expert on Ancient Egypt!
