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Visit this page about Ancient Egypt to learn about ancient writing.

[Writing 1.4]

1. Use the Hieroglyphs provided on the site above to write your first and last name. Notice what the page says about vowels. 

2. Click on the links below and read about the pyramids. Choose one of the pyramids. Write a short report about the pyramid, telling

• how it was built
• why it was built
• who were the people who provided the labor to build it, and
• which ruler supervised the building of the pyramid.

The Red Pyramid

The Bent Pyramid

The Great Pyramid

The Pyramid of Khafre

The Pyramid of Meidum

[Reading 2.3 Writing 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.3a, 2.3b; Conventions 1.3, 1.4, 1.5]  

3. Click on one of the pictures below to go to a webpage about the artifact or monument. On that page, read about the artifact (be sure to click on the thumbnail to view the larger picture before you leave the page). On your worksheet, write the name of the artifact . On a seperate write a paragraph about why it is important to Egyptian history.

1. 2. 3. 4.

 

 [Reading 2.3 Writing 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.3a, 2.3b; Conventions 1.3, 1.4, 1.5]  

4. Build a Paper Model of a Pahraoh Death Mask

(When you get the Model pages, just print when the image finishes loading on the screen) Some printing tips: Make sure you print to letter size paper. If you can, turn off graphics smoothing and disable any heading information to be printed by your browser (like page number, file name, etc.) If you need to change the size of the mask that is printed, go to Page Setup in the File Menu.

5. Choose and do one or more of the activities on the Rosetta Stone page. (The Build a Paper Model of a Pahraoh Death Mask is one of the links on this page.)

6. Organize the material that you have found on this page to make an oral presentation to your classmates about what you have learned about the ancient Egyptian culture. The presentation should be about 5 - 10 minutes long, with at least one original graphic (one that you have made yourself--the Death Mask does not count, nor do any of the coloring pages from the Rosetta Stone page). Remember that you can print out some of the graphics that you have found on the site, if you find them useful in your presentation.

[Listening and Speaking 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.2]

The notations in [ ] after each item indicate California Language Arts Standards for sixth grade addressed in this lesson.

Reading 2.0, 2.3, 2.7

Writing 1.0, 1.1,1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.3a, 2.3b

Conventions 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

Listening and Speaking 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.2