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Here's just a few simple Egyptian history ideas:
I've been covering ancient history with my youngest 3 kids (well 4 if you count the baby who always wants to be included in everything we do  .
Yesterday we read a book about mummies then they each made one by taking a doll from the dollhouse and wrapping it up completely in bandages. Then today each made a sarcophagus by making a small box out of cardboard and covering it with hieroglyphics. They put their mummies inside.
Tommorrow we'll make a pyramid out of legos. We want a big one so everybody will help.
Everyone is enjoying this so much that I wanted to share it with all of you.
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Those are great ideas Jody! I love making history come alive for our kids!
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Jody, we are doing Ancient Egypt as well. Thanks for the ideas. I love the mummy idea. I think I will use that one as well.
Another version of the lego pyramid is to make one out of sugar cubes. Also, we made the Nile River by putting dirt into an aluminum roasting pan. We piled up the dirt on each side so that there was a gap in the middle of the pan. We, then, took the garden hose and let the water flow in the middle until it flowed over the sides of dirt. The original idea is to plant grass seed on each side of dirt and when the water flows over on a continuous basis, the grass will represent the crops.
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Hi Jody, Francesca did this last year. We have a bunch of cool things if you need anything to assist your fun 
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We "mummified" a stuffed bean baby cat for our Egypt study. Wrapped in linen. (we couldn't find his heart, brains and etc...so left the coptic jars empty )
And made a sarcophagus with a card board box too!
Very fun to "discover it" in the bean box.
Isn't learning fun?
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Jody
If you are needing more book titles, I've shared here the books we used when we did our study.
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Wow! You all have such wonderful project ideas and book ideas!!
Molly--that sounds great! We area always open to more fun!!!
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Our favorite Egyptian project was building Shadufs. If you can build the lifesized model it is seriously impressive. Noone has open wells anymore so I don't think we have an understanding of how incredibly heavy a bucket of water is to haul up 10 or 20 feet vs. using a simple machine to help out. Really cool stuff!
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Isn't Egypt study full of great possiblities for activities and such? I posted some hieroglyph ideas last year.
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Picture Books Ancient Egypt
Last year I tried to find a variety of picture books on Egypt and review them for another group. I just added a couple more to the list and decided to post them since this topic had come up and I realized I hadn't ever posted them here.
Many of the Egyptian picture books are based on stories found in the papyrus collections – some of the oldest written stories in the world. The thing about most of the non-Biblical picture books is that they present Egyptian beliefs about life, spirituality and after-life. Since I’m not sure what everyone is comfortable with for children at different ages, be sure to pre-read for content as some contain spells, magicians, gods/goddesses.
Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors (Sue Kassirer) – This is a level one reader that recounts in very simple language the story of Joseph’s sale into slavery and subsequent rise to prominence in the Egyptian court. It continues through to the reunion with his family in Egypt.
Exodus (Brian Wildsmith) – Details the Exodus story from the time of Moses’ birth to the entrance of the Israelites into the promised land. Obviously condensed so that it would be able to be retold in picture book format, it still is a very complete coverage of all main aspects. The beatutiful illustrations add much to the story.
Joseph (Brian Wildsmith) – Typical of other Wildsmith works, it has lovely, detailed illustrations which really add to the story. It is an accurate and enjoyable retelling of the story of Joseph from the time he was given the coat of many colors to the family being given land in Goshen.
The Moses Basket (Jenny Koralek) - Retelling of the infant Moses story from the time he was born to when he was taken back to his mother to wet nurse. It is not a strict retelling of the story as the sister Miriam has a greater role in this story that the Biblical account. The illustrations are very enjoyable and engaging.
The Coat of Many Colors (Jenny Korelak) – A retelling of the Joseph of Egypt story from the time Jacob gave him the coat to the time when the family was reunited in Egypt. As with her other title above, this is not an strict retelling and is embellished a bit in some places and leaves out other parts. It is still an entertaining read and the pictures are well done.
Moses (Margaret Hodges) – It is a retelling of the story of Exodus. The story is well done and the illustrations are beautiful. The Ten Commandments are listed in the back with corresponding Hebrew numbers (which is different from the Catholic ordering/numbering).
The Littlest Frog (Sylvia Rouss) – Silly, but engaging look at the plague of the frogs. Told in a rhyming verse that is very catchy for young ones.
The Winged Cat: A Tale of Ancient Egypt (Deborah Nourse Cattimore) – Story is based on a tale of entering into the afterlife and some of the things the Egyptians believed a soul would encounter. Very interesting and includes detailed pictures with lots of symbols and hieroglyphics. Inside jacket includes many hieroglyphs and the afterward explains a lot of the practices and beliefs including the sacred nature of the cat to the Egyptians.
Mutti’s Necklace (Louise Hawes) – Story is based on one of the three “Tales of Wonder.” It follows a young Egyptian girl’s experiences with her family, her gift of a special necklace from her father, then becoming a servant of the pharaoh rowing his barge. She loses the necklace in the river and stands up to the pharaoh. When she refuses to row until it is retrieved, she earns the admiration of the king who wants to marry her. But she ultimately chooses to return to her family who she loves and misses.
How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt (Tamara Bower) – Based on an Egyptian scroll from the Greco-Roman period. It is the story of a battle between the Amazons (warrior women) and an army of Egyptians. The Egyptian prince and the Amazon queen ultimately end up falling in love. It contains excellent notes about ancient Egypt and hieroglyphs in the extensive endnotes. Each page contains a line of hieroglyphs and corresponding English translation which relates to the text.
The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale of Hieroglyphs (Tamara Bower) - Another tale, based on a story found in the ancient papyrus scrolls, about a shipwrecked sailor who finds fortune when he is befriended by a serpent who is the Prince of the island of Punt. Illustrative style is like her other book – lots of hieroglyphs with translation.
We’re Sailing Down the Nile: A Journey Through Egypt (Laurie Krebs) – Brief rhyming text follows a family sailing down the Nile and viewing the various sites of Egyptian history and culture. Includes expensive endnotes for a picture book. They include historic periods, map, details about ancient Egyptian life, Egyptian gods/goddesses, and Egyptian scripts.
The Scarab’s Secret ( Nick Would) – The story is built around the ancient Egyptian belief that the scarab beetle represented the rising sun and they portrayed him pushing the sun up into the sky. It is a tale of how he came to be honored and incorporates a story of intrigue. I love the illustrations in this one – very bold and colorful.
I am the Mummy HEB-NEFERT (Eve Bunting, David Christiana) – Told from the point of view of the mummy now in a museum. As she remembers dancing for the pharaoh’s brother (her future husband) this line gave me pause “My eyes, my hands gave promises of bliss that made him weak. And soon he loved me. I was his cherished wife.” – but that was it. She goes on to describe her life as Egyptian royalty, then her burial and afterlife. The book provides a sense of the practices and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians.
Egyptology (Emily Sands) – Not a picture book exactly. It’s the “journal” of Emily Sands, an amateur Egyptologist who mysteriously disappears. It is presented as notes, letters, and sketches of her adventures and is a fascinating read. It includes a lot of detail about ancient Egyptian life and Egyptology. It’s one of those fun books with lots of pockets and moveable pieces – a real interactive book.
Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs (James Rumford) – Great picture book biography of Jean-Francois Champollion, the French scholar who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs and translated the Rosetta Stone, adding greatly to the study of ancient Egyptian culture.
Pepi and the Secret Names (Jill Paton Walsh) – The book is pretty long for a picture book. Pepi’s father is a painter is commissioned to decorate an elaborate tomb. Pepi helps by getting real life models of majestic and dangerous animals to model by using his knowledge of their secret names. The secret names are written in hieroglyphs and encircled in an oval like a Egyptian cartouche. There is a key in back to help with deciphering as well as an explanation of hieroglyphics and cartouche. The colorful and ornate illustrations are by Fiona French who has done the beautiful Easter and Christmas stained-glass look books.
Temple Cat (Andrew Clements) – Told from the point of view of a cat that is pampered and worshipped as an Egyptian god. He longs for a different life and wander away to a fishing village. Here he is adopted by a family and finds the life he longed for.
Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry (Cindy Neuschwander) – Two children introduce various geometric shapes while trying to help their archaeologist parents solve the mystery of getting into the pharaoh’s tomb. Not particularly engaging story but a way to include a little math for younger ones in an Egypt study.
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