Objectives: Students will take an interactive journey to locate information about Ancient Egypt. Students will understand the basic terms associated with Egypt.

Vocabulary:

• Ancient Egyptian daily life
• Egyptian mummies
• Egyptian Hieroglyphics
• King Tut (Tutankhamen)
• Egyptian games
• Archeology

Introduction: Daily life in ancient Egypt revolved around the Nile River and the fertile land along it's banks. The yearly flooding of the Nile enriched the soil and brought good harvests and wealth to the land. The people of ancient Egypt built mudbrick homes in villages and in the country. They grew some of their own food and traded in the villages for food and goods they could not produce. Most ancient Egyptians worked as filed hands, farmers, craftsmen, and scribes. A small group of people were nobles. Together, these different groups made up the population of ancient Egypt.

The Quest

Homebase: "Alpha Te...(Crack, hiss, sizzle...) 

Homebase: "Alpha Team leader, can you read me? You have successfully traveled back in time to the year 1250 BC, Ancient Egypt." 

Homebase: "Your mission is of the utmost importance! You must locate the burial mask of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Tutankhamen (King Tut.) On the inside of the mask is written a message.  If you successfully decode this message you could solve our earth's environmental crisis. Your quest is to decode the Ancient Egyptian message and return to our time. To be successful, you must utilize all your available resources (books, experts, and your computer.) Your quest will be completed when each mission is finished successfully.
 

Tasks

During your quest, you will complete a travel log of your experiences. Your travel log should include the following items

• Supply list of items needed for your trip to Ancient Egypt.

• Pick 3 of your most popular sites of Ancient Egypt,  Write a paragraph describing each site.

• Choose your favorite 3 books about Ancient Egypt. Discuss these with a friend.

• Complete a paragraph and illustration describing the objects you made for an Ancient Egyptian Market Day.

• Reflection on the game of Mancala.

• Illustrations of the Ancient Egyptian mummification process and your two projects from that mission.

• Your Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh project

• A Ancient Egyptian cartouche with your name written in Egyptian hieroglyphics

• Your "Ancient Egypt Webquest" completion certificate.

Here is your Mission...

 Mission 1

Our sources have learned that the Ancient Egyptians will soon hold a Festival to honor one of their gods, Osiris. You must plan and host a party during this celebration. Your mission will be to gather the clues we will need to find the tomb of King Tut. In order to be successful, you will need to work in teams to learn all that you can about the daily life of the Ancient Egyptians. Since King Tut was a boy king (10 years old,) we suggest that you focus your investigation on Egyptian children.

Click Here to accept your mission and start your journey