What can we find out about Ancient Egypt from what has survived?

Recognise that the past can be divided into periods, eg ancient, modern; demonstrate factual knowledge and understanding of characteristic features of life in ancient Egypt; identify some of the different ways the past is represented; ask and answer questions about the past by using sources in ways that go beyond simple observations; communicate their learning, making appropriate use of specialist terms.

Activities l Websites

Teaching Activities

Photographs of Egypt

Ancient Egypt - Clicker 5 Resource on LearningGrids.com
This Clicker Grid Set is an on-screen book about Ancient Egypt.
Each page shows a photograph from Egypt with a simple caption about the content. The book includes information about pyramids, pharaohs, hieroglyphs, statues and temples.

Promethean Resource - (National Whiteboard Network)

Powerpoint Resource - (National Whiteboard Network)

Powerpoint Resource - (Greenwich ICT)

Smartboard Resource - (Smart Education)

Egypt Where and When (Cardiff Schools)
Introduction to Ancient Egypt as a topic. Scroll down the page to History. There is another powerpoint under Literacy subheading.

Egyptian Newspaper Children create a newspaper on the Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb using a WP or DTP package.

Egyptian Tomb Painting
Use a paint package to create a replica of an Egyptian tomb painting.

Powerpoint presentation and lesson plan
Year 6 Egyptians project (example powerpoint pictured right)

Create a multimedia presentation titled 'What I know about the Ancient Egypt'.

Create a holiday brochure for Egypt today
Children create a brochure or a multimedia presentation using maps, images and information from the internet.
http://touregypt.net/kids/modernegypt.htm

Create an interactive quiz
Children use the Internet for the information and PowerPoint to create the hyperlinked quiz.
Quiz Show Powerpoint Templates

Branching Database
The Oxfordshire ICT Team have created a lesson plan with resources.
http://www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/history.html - Lesson Plan + ppt

www.primaryresources.co.uk	www.teachingideas.co.uk

Websites

Fun Egyptian Activities thinkquest.org	Lesson Plans and Ideas from the Scholastic Website	The Magic Lesson - an online learning activity.

Ancient Egypt Webquest	Online Activity from BGfL

A quiz to introduce Ancient Egypt	Name Translator

The British Museum	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk

BBC Website	A site all about Artefacts

Snaith School Website	Based on the book You Wouldn't Want To Be An Egyptian Mummy!