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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

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Loads of activities, games and reading material on this ancient civilisation. What was their alphabet like? What is a mummy?

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BBC History: Egyptians

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/ Added: 15 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Guide/notes

Gateway to the BBC's resources on Ancient Egypt. Covers daily life, pyramids, pharaohs, mummification, gods and beliefs, hieroglyphs. Excellent starting point for information.

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3-4 5-6 SESE History
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Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Egyptians

Suggestions for use: You probably won't need to go much further than this site when teaching about Ancient Egypt. Clear menu links to detailed information. Not hugely dynamic but does contain images and maps so will be useful for class computer.

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Egyptians

Suggestions for use: You probably won't need to go much further than this site when teaching about Ancient Egypt. Clear menu links to detailed information. Not hugely dynamic but does contain images and maps so will be useful for class computer.

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Ancient Egypt for Kids

http://guardians.net/egypt Added: 15 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Guide/notes

Lots of information on these early people though presented in a rather old-style format. Covers the geography, history and government of Egypt as well as sections on daily life and beliefs. (Contains advertising.)

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Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Egyptians

Suggestions for use: Can be used as background information. Some of the deeper links are perfectly fine for class presentation but much of the rest is flat notes. Lots of content, though, covering pretty much anything you will need to cover Ancient Egypt.

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Egyptians

Suggestions for use: Can be used as background information. Some of the deeper links are perfectly fine for class presentation but much of the rest is flat notes. Lots of content, though, covering pretty much anything you will need to cover Ancient Egypt.

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Hieroglyphics

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/hieroglyph/hieroglyph4.html Added: 15 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Guide/notes

Explains the Ancient Egyptian form of writing. Gives an alphabetical guide to the images used and asks readers to decypher a word written in hieroglyphics.

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Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Egyptians

Suggestions for use: Could be presented to class if you are doing something on hieroglyphics. The extension activities from showing this are probably where the real potential lies. Get the students to write their own name using hieroglyphics.

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Strand: Drawing

Strand unit: Making Drawings

Suggestions for use: Could be presented to class if you are doing something on hieroglyphics. The extension activities from showing this are probably where the real potential lies. Get the students to write their own name using hieroglyphics.

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Ancient Egypt Coloring Pages

http://www.coloring.ws/egypt.htm Added: 15 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type:

Egyptian coloring book pages you can print and color.

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Strand: Paint and Colour

Strand unit: Painting

Suggestions for use: Print out specific pages and give to class. Combine with some stories from Ancient Egypt.

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Walk Around Ancient Egypt

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/explore-ancient-egypt.html Added: 15 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Guide/notes

Highly visual interactive with 360° panoramas and 'walkaround' photos. Walk around a pyramid or go inside a buriel chamber. Full transcripts available. Will certainly fuel the imagination.

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Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Egyptians

Suggestions for use: Present to the class on IWB. Get the students to tell you about the particular features you are walking around. Viry engaging.

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Egyptians

Suggestions for use: Present to the class on IWB. Get the students to tell you about the particular features you are walking around. Viry engaging.

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Egyptian Life

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/staff/life/resources.html Added: 15 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Assessment / Lesson Plan

Discussions and worksheets on Ancient Egypt from the British Museum. Provides ideas and material for classroom lessons.

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Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Egyptians

Suggestions for use: The Discussion ideas are written with the classroom in mind. The worksheets are not amazing but might be useful.

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World Book Web
Nefertiti

Ancient Egypt

In ancient Egypt, men often wore a skirt of linen. Women wore a straight ankle-length dress . . .

Ancient Egypt Timeline

Here is a timeline beginning c. 3000 BC when the city of Memphis was founded. It's covers all important events in Ancient Egypt ending in 1922 when Howard Carter found King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt.

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