TASK 1: BOOK COVER
Design a cover for your book. Make it colorful, neat, eye-catching, and of course carefully put together. Include a title, your name as the author, the publisher (SCMS Publishers), and when it was published (copyright date). You may also want to dream up editors and illustrators etc.
TASK 2: GEOGRAPHY
On a blank map of Egypt, and using the textbooks and websites, label these features:
Cities: Alexandria, Thebes, Cairo, Memphis
Physical features: Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Nile River, Libyan Desert, Nubian Desert, Nile Delta, (Capital letters for these)
Significant Sites: Valley of the Kings, Khufu’s Pyramid, The Great Sphinx (RED pen for these)
Colour all water a shade of light BLUE, and all land a shade of light YELLOW.
• Map of Ancient Egypt http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/4396/EgyptMap.htm
• Ancient Egypt Map http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/map1.htm
TASK 3: PHARAOHS, QUEENS AND THEIR AFFAIRS
Using the internet sites and textbooks, make a timeline of pharaohs and queens along with their dates.
Include the following: King Tutankhamen, King Ramses II, Queen Cleopatra VII, King Khufu, Nekau (Necho) II, Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Jeremiah, Jesus
Also include on the timeline: The three kingdoms (Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom)
• Egyptian Kings, Governors and Other Rulers http://www.touregypt.net/kings.htm
• Secrets of the Pharaohs http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/
• Timeline of the Pharaohs http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/egyptian.html
• Pharaohs and Queens http://ancientegypt.co.uk/time/explore/main.html
• Pharaohs and Queens http://king-tut.org.uk/egyptian-pharaohs/pharaohs-timeline.htm
TASK 4: SOCIAL ROLES
Using the internet sites and textbooks, Story of the Old World pgs 45-46 describe what the social roles were like in ancient Egypt? Write a short paragraph of three or four sentences about each of the following topics:
1. Education - Did everyone go to school? What was it like?
2. Food - What did Egyptians eat? Did all classes eat the same? Explain.
3. Recreation - Did ancient Egyptians play any games? Could anyone participate? Explain.
• Daily Life http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/home.html
• Daily Life in Ancient Egypt http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html
• Daily Life http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/dailylife.html
TASK 5: The Eternal Question: Ancient Egypt and Christianity
Using the handout, "Beshet the Burial Priest" complete a Venn diagram comparing the Ancient Egyptian journey to immortality with Christian beliefs on salvation.
TASK 6: ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Read the section about trade on pgs.37-38, 43-44 of the Story of the Old World. Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
In what ways did the Ancient Egyptians transport their goods?
Who did they trade with?
What items and goods did they import and export?
How did they pay for their goods? How did this system evolve over time?
Given the lack of fertile land, include 3 ways in which the implementation of irrigation improved their quality of life?
TASK 7: PYRAMIDS
Draw a pyramid; colour it and then label the different parts. Next, using the internet sites and information from the video compose a paragraph answering the following questions:
How were pyramids built? Who built them? Why were they built? What was their purpose?
• Pyramids: Inside Story http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
• Print a Pyramid http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/geometry/print.html
• National Geographic: Pyramids http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/
• Explore Khufu’s Pyramid http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/digging.html
TASK 8: HIEROGLYPHICS (BONUS)
Using the internet sites and textbooks write two paragraphs on the following topics: Story of the Old World Pgs 52-54.
1. Describe the most famous Egyptian script, Hieroglyphics. Why did they invent this method?
2. Write a simple sentence using Hieroglyphics. Be very precise with your symbols.
• Writing in Ancient Egypt http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/home.html
• Write Your Name in Hieroglyphics http://www.quizland.com/hiero.htm
• Hieroglyphics http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/
• Rosetta Stone http://www.mrdowling.com/604-rosettastone.html
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