King Tut in New York

Great pictures here from an exhibition of artefacts connected with King Tutankhamen.

Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Graphic Organiser

We used this graphic organiser to help become more familiar with words connected with Ancient Egypt.

We worked in groups and this meant that we had to listen, talk, think, cooperate, and help each other learn to say and start to understand these words.

Here is a link to the googledoc that we used in class.

You can use the hyperlinks on the document to research.

Look at some of the pictures of us working together in groups.

Add to the class wiki!

Do you know the answers to these questions about about rocks and soils?

Do you know the answers to these questions about the Ancient Egyptians?

You might be able to find some of the answers here.

If you do then log into the wiki and add some answers.

If you are from 3W and you don't have a login, email me and I'll set you up.

You have the chance to show your knowledge, research skills and writing WHILE helping others learn at the same time.

Punn has added to the wiki here. Great Learning, Punn.

Ancient Egyptian jobs

Did the Ancient Egyptians spend all of their time building pyramids?
Did the pharaohs help their slaves build the pyramids?
Did the Egyptians use tractors?
Who knew how to write?
Did children go to school?
What kinds of birds the Ancient Egyptians keep for food?
Were priests allowed to marry?
How do we know all this about the Ancient Egyptians? (clue:look at the pictures which go along with the writing on the webpages)

For help, go here (simpler) or to these places for information about these jobs:
farmers and landowners
craftsmen
scribes
priests

For information about other parts of daily life, go here (simpler) or go to these places:
daily life - an introduction
leisure and childs play
hunting and fishing
food and drink

medicine
clothes, makeup and jewellery

Egypt...the journey of discovery begins!

We start learning about The Ancient Egyptians in term three. It will be great.

Here are some funny(ish) jokes. Please send any more as comments to this post.

How do you ring an Egyptian doorbell?
Tutankhamun (Toot and come in!)

Do you know why you'll never starve to death in the desert?
Because of the "sand which is" there!

What did King Tut say when he had a nightmare?
"I want my Mummy!"

What do you get if you cross an Egyptian mummy and a car mechanic?
Toot and Car Man.

Start to find out about the ancient Egyptians. Remember the question words...they will help you to think about what you want to find out:
who - Who is the Ancient Egyptian Goddess of cats?
what - what do words like amulet, embalming and natron mean?

where
Where is Egypt? 

Where are the main temples and pyramids in Egypt?

when

When did Tutankhamen rule?

When did the ancient Egyptians live?
why - Why did the Ancient Egyptians use a hook during mummification?
- Why did the pharaohs build pyramids?
- Why do we learn about the Egyptians?
- Why is King Tut famous?
which - Which is the biggest pyramid?
how - How did the Egyptians write?

Please send any links to me...you might like to try this one...maybe send me a webreview of the site...what did it help you to learn? Did it teach you new vocabulary? Were there good illustrations?