Ancient Egypt
Come discover why this powerful civilization is called "The Gift of the Nile."
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About
About
Ancient Egypt is one of the world's first and most famous civilizations. About five-thousand years ago, the Egyptian civilization began along the Nile River in what is today northern Africa. Using the Nile's yearly floods to water crops, Egyptians built a large and successful empire known for its massive pyramids, mysterious mummies, and powerful pharaohs.
Essential Questions
Essential Questions
How did Egypt grow into a powerful civilization?
What are the ancient Egyptians remembered for?
How did ancient Egypt impact both the ancient world and today's societies?
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Mummies
Mummies
The Egyptians believed in an afterlife. They wanted their bodies to arrive in that afterlife with them. So, after someone's death, they wrapped their body and made it into a mummy to preserve it.
Essential questions:
How are mummies made?
Why is the process of mummification important to Egyptians?
How has mummification helped today's historians better understand ancient Egypt?
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Hatshepsut ⚒️
Hatshepsut ⚒️
This female ruler disguised herself as a man in order to rule. But many people were not fooled. And they were definitely not happy about having a woman rule Egypt.
Essential questions:
Who was Hatshepsut?
How did she gain the throne?
What kind of ruler was she?
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The Pyramids ⚒️
The Pyramids ⚒️
The Egyptians built pyramids as giant tombs for powerful pharaohs, but historians are still not sure how they did it!
Essential questions:
When were the pyramids built?
What were they used for?
Why are historians still puzzled by them?
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Timeline Challenge
Start a class timeline (or add to an existing timeline) showing important events from Ancient Egypt.
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Design a Time Travel Costume (in Prenda World)
(Not sure what to do? Create a book of hieroglyphic poetry!)
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Image Attributions
Ancient Egypt banner: Deutsch: Maler der Grabkammer des SennudemEnglish: Painter of the burial chamber of Sennedjemالعربية: رسام حجرة دفن سننجم, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsMummies: Paul Hudson from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia CommonsHatshepsut: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Pyramids: The Digital Artist, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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