Team Activities

Learning Challenge

Action Plan

Team Activities

Individual Activities

Presenting Team Findings

1. Get on the Band Wagon—Ancient Egypt is one of the most famous early civilizations.  Many stories have been written about it, both fiction and nonfiction.  During a class field trip to the public library, your team will select a book or resource on Ancient Egypt.  Each team member will share what they have learned.  The class must decide if the information shared was fiction or nonfiction.

2. The Write Stuff—Did you know the Egyptians had one of the first written languages?  Hieroglyphic writing came about more than 5,000 years ago.  It is made up of three types of symbols.  Print the web page and write your name in hieroglyphics.  Share with classmates for decoding.

http://www.seaworld.org/Egypt/hiero.html

3. Scavenger Hunt—Go to the Scavenger Hunt activity sheet on Egypt and print it out. Next, go to the highlighted website and answer the questions about Egypt.

4. Field Trip Frolic—Take a field trip to the Field Museum.  Your team will compose two questions that can be answered with the help of the tour guide.  Use a KWL organizer to get you on your way.

5. Little Builders ----Using Encarta or other available reference materials, construct a scale model of one of the major pyramids.  Choose materials that closely represent what you believe the Egyptians may have used.

6. Martha Stewart, We’re Not! --- Locate the web site listed below for a recipe for a common Egyptian food.  Decide what recipe your team would like to make.  Make a list of the ingredients needed.  With your team, decide how this food compares to your own.  With the help of a parent, make the recipe for others to taste.

http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/html/recipes.html

7. Vacation Planner---Contact several different travel agencies.  Find the trip to Egypt package that most appeals to your team and design a travel brochure to share with the class.  Each team member will be responsible for creating a page of the brochure.  Make it colorful and attractive; include major sites, hotel and food costs, and air fare.

8. From Apples to Mummies---Did you know that the Egyptians mummified their dead so they actually appeared alive?  Visit the following web site on mummies, print out the directions for mummifying an apple, and following the directions, mummify an apple.

http://www.ktca.org/newtons/13/mummy.html

9. Plant to Paper—Did you know that until the Egyptians found the papyrus plant they had nothing to write on? Your team will be using rhubarb to create paper in the same way Egyptians used papyrus to make paper. Print out the Plant To Papryus directions and make your own paper.

10. Captivating Captions—Each team member will create a picture with a caption from their findings on Egypt.  Pictures will be used to create a classroom mural for display.

11. Map It Out—Each team will design a map of Egypt, labeling nine important locations found in Egypt.  The following must be included in your map: the Mediterranean and Red Seas, the Giza Pyramids, the Delta, Cairo, the Nile River, the Valley of the Kings, and Upper and Lower Egypt.