2. Analysis of the Learners
• 26 Fifth Grade Students; 10 to 11 years old
• 15 females, 11 males
• 8 African-Americans, 2 Jewish, 16 Caucasian
3. 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.
4. Day by Day: Monday
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Learning about Ancient Egypt
Getting the lesson started
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k-vUbIGJV4
How do you get there?
-Distance
Mapping Ancient Egypt
-Draw or trace map on poster
Time line
-Comparative time line of students’ lifetime and previous
knowledge of American history.
5. 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
6. 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_buil
der.shtml)
2. The Great Sphinx
- 360 degree tour
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/explore-ancient-egypt.html
7. 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/interactiveadventure
s/tomb-unknown-mummy/)
- Make your own mummy!
(http://www.rom.on.ca/en/education/online-activities/ancientegypt/mummification/make-your-own-mummy)
8. 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.
9. Use of Technology
• Still Images
• Text
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YouTube Videos
Overhead/Projector/Smart Board
Interactive Games
Posters, crayons, markers, yarn
10. Works Cited
(n.d.). Retrieved from
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/egypt03.htm
(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.discoveringegypt.com/Egyptian-PyramidsTemples.html
(n.d.). Retrieved from
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001590/data/alphabet/hiero.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0
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(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kidzworld.com/article/996-egypt-famous-pharaohs
(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.rom.on.ca/en/education/onlineactivities/ancient-egypt/mummification/make-your-own-mummy
(n.d.). Retrieved from
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/tombunknown-mummy/
