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TEACHER Lorraine Murray and Stephen Hovell
YEAR
3-4 |
LEVEL
2 |
DURATION
3 weeks |
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Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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Time, Continuity and Change
How and why the past is important to people.
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Students will be able to:
- Give examples of how the ancient monuments, artefacts and customs of ancient Egyptians are important to people.
- Explain why ancient Egypt is important to people.
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Supporting Achievement Objectives
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Learning Outcomes
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English
Transactional Writing
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Students will be able to:
Write instructions for building pyramids.
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Processes
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Learning Outcomes
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Inquiry
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Carry out an Inquiry
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Requirements
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| Settings: | Other settings |
| Perspectives: | Gender |
TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your
students, and to fit the time available:
- Starter Activities
- Where is Egypt?
Use atlases to check. Would
ancient Egypt be in the same place? Go to
Odyssey Online: Egypt
to find out.
- Crack the code
Students write names
in code - use the numbers 1 to 26 to represent the
letters of the alphabet.
Now study the first page of
Cracking the Code
and see how the ancient Egyptians used to write
(teacher could print this off and enlarge it for class use).
Go to Odyssey Online: Egyptian Writing
for more background information and use of sound to help
pronounce words.
Other relevant sites:
- Question Grid
Children frame questions
using the prompts at the top of the chart.
They only fill in the boxes that they know about.
All children should be able to fill in something
having completed the first activity.
Children can then be challenged to check the answers to the questions
that they have formulated, by using the above sites or other relevant
resources.
This could include inviting a local person to talk about the kawa on their marae
(see these Maori sites).
Reuse this activity for assessment of
general learning of topic at end.
- Pyramid of Facts
Set up a Pyramid of Facts,
and add to it as the unit progresses. Build the Pyramid of Facts
on a large wall space, or make it three-dimensional if there is space in the classroom.
- Prediction
List places:
- where the children think the ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics
- what they wrote with
- how they exchanged messages
- how they think this style of writing has influenced our way of writing today.
Class discussion - where can we find out if we are correct in our predictions?
Review sites or use other available resources to collect information.
Add facts to Pyramid chart.
- History Frames
Many of the discoveries in ancient Egyptian tombs have helped us understand
about life back then.
In small groups, visit Nebuman's tomb. Assign one painting to each group,
and ask students to take notes about life in ancient Egypt.
Click on the paintings to enlarge them, then click again on objects to read
specific information relating to these aspects of daily life.
Each group recreates a scene from Nebuman's life in ancient Egypt, acting
out and explaining their discoveries to the class. Add the facts to the
pyramid of facts.
- Word of the day
Each day during the unit, give a pair of students the task of finding and
explaining to the class a new word associated with ancient Egypt. These
words may crop up as they are involved in activities, or they can visit this
glossary.
Add new words to the Pyramid of Facts.
- Step by Step Guide
Use one or both of the texts below for a
Reciprocal Reading
activity or adapt sections of it into a Cloze activity.
In groups, prepare a
Step by Step Guide showing
how the pyramids might have been built. Present information to the class.
- Discuss
How are the achievements of the ancient Egyptians in building the
pyramids useful to us in our daily lives?
Talk about the way we move large objects around today and compare these
with the ancient Egyptians' methods.
Which ways are easier? Why?
- Brainstorm
Why did the ancient Egyptians go to all this trouble to build
the Pyramids? List ideas.
Look for more ideas at:
- Read and Discuss
Some of the material may be sensitive
for some children. You know your children best, and are best able to make
judgements about their personal circumstances.
- Discussion
What important things can we learn from learning about ancient Egyptian
burial sites and customs?
Talk about some of the similarities and differences between the burial practices of the
ancient Egyptians and the way people are buried now.
- Egyptian Frieze or Scroll
Assessment Activity
Assessment Schedule
- Make a Mummy
Make a Mummy by following these
instructions.
RESOURCES
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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