Ancient Egypt

A Learning Website for Middle School Students

Activity 1: Learn About Ancient Egypt

Write the answers to these questions on lined paper.  
Use your own words - do not copy the answers. 
Write in complete sentences.

1. Life In Ancient Egypt  
   Go to this site, Ancient Egypt.   
   Find 2 amazing facts for each topic listed below. 
   Write in complete sentences.

   Family Life

   Marriage

   Food & Cooking

   Cosmetics

   Hair

   Jewelry

   Clothing

   Housing & Furniture

   Entertainment

   Government

2. Fact or Fiction  
   Go to this site, Fact or Fiction.    
   Find 2 amazing facts for each topic listed below. 
   Write in complete sentences.

   Pyramids

   Mummies & Mummification

   Hieroglyphs

   Pharaohs

   Ra

   Daily Life - Food

   Daily Life - Clothing

3. The Nile River  
   Find 4 amazing facts about The Nile River.
   
   
4. Hieroglyphs
   Write these words in English on your paper: Ancient Egypt
   Go to the Hieroglyphics Chart.  
   Now write these words in hieroglyphics on your paper: Ancient Egypt 
   
   
5. Ancient Egyptian Drawings
   Go to this link, How To Draw A Picture Of An Ancient Egyptian.  
   Then draw a picture of an Ancient Egyptian on your paper.
   
   

Activity 2: Design A Fact Sheet About The Ancient Egyptians 

Open up a new word processing document. 
Use the information you just gathered to create a fact sheet about the Ancient Egyptians. 
This fact sheet must have 15 interesting facts about Ancient Egypt. 
Write in complete sentences - use your own words. 
No spelling errors or grammar errors allowed. 
Save this file as EGYPT Facts. Print it out. 

Activity 3: Design A Cover Page For Your Project

Use the paint program to design a cover page for this project.  
Design a cover page that the Ancient Egyptians would be proud of. 
Save this file as EGYPT Cover Page. Print it out.  

Click here to see cover sheets that previous students designed.

Dear Parents and Educators....
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© Joan Marie Brown    
Mrs. Brown, a Technology Educator, is the author of this website. 
Created June 1998, updated September 2006.  
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