Be prepared to facilitate by calling on students yourself during the lesson. Created by teachers, these lesson ideas offer a range of topical. This download is a complete resources lesson to teach children about the making of mummies in ancient egypt. The drying out process the body was placed on a slab and covered with either nacron or natron salt. Mummies made in egypt by aliki in chm, fb3, rtf download ebook. This was the beginning of the reign of suggested activity read the selection above and look at the map to find the ancient egyptian sites. Making mummies death was an important event for the ancient egyptians. The most powerful person in ancient egypt was the pharaoh. Ancient egyptians believed that when someone died they would live in their tombs on earth but travel to live with gods and goddesses in another world. The egyptians did this because they wanted to preserve a dead persons identity after death. Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources. The longest river in the world, the nile, is in egypt. Explain why you believe these discoveries are important.
Its clear that you wouldnt want to be an egyptian mummy. Use the following information and activities to deepen that understanding. He owned the land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended egypt against foreigners. The inner coffin of tutankhamun is made of solid gold weighing 296lb 110kg. Like the first, it was made of wood covered in gold leaf, and had a portrait of the king at its head. In matters of mummification, students use descriptive clues to determine the culture and method of mummification of various. It was very important to ancient egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. The third, innermost coffin was made of solid gold. The pharaoh was the political and religious leader of the egyptian people.
This map features the political boundaries of modern egypt, but focuses on ancient egypt. During the excruciating test, each spirit was summoned forward. Tombs and the afterlife fact finding worksheet download pdf here 64k, part of this lesson plan. In mummies, the focus is on how and why the ancient egyptians adopted mummification rituals. Aliki describes and illustrates the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient egypt. Secrets of the pharaohs,we discover how and why the ancient egyptians adopted mummification rituals. The egyptian mummies have always remained a fascination for all. Mummy activities, worksheets, printables, and lesson plans. A greek traveler amazed by egypt the greek scholar herodotus c. To get to the brain, shove a hook up the nose and jiggle it. The juxtaposition of ancient egyptian medical practice as documented in the.
Information sheet on ancient egyptian civilization. It uses the book, mummies made in egypt, to teach students in elementary or middle school about the mummies of ancient egypt. Find out what a mummy is from your history book or a lexicon. Most can be printed out, many can be played online. The decorative jars were made from various materials, including alabaster,limestone,pottery,wood,and bronze. Using the video clips and online content from egypts golden empire along with class discussion and additional outside research, write a. Improve your students reading comprehension with readworks.
Ancient egypt making mummies thousands of years ago in ancient egypt, pharaohs were buried inside huge pyramids. Go through this reading comprehension pdf and reading passage worksheets to learn english. Students are asked to coloridentify the red sea, the mediterranean sea, the nile river, the valley of the kings, and the location of the pyramids, as well as to identify modern egypt on a map of africa. A mummy is a body of an animal or human which is preserved so that it can go on into the afterlife. Links to other content resource sites on ancient egypt, particularly on mum. Familiarize yourself with the student worksheets p. The mummies of the pharaohs were buried in rich coffins, often surrounded by gold and jewels. Now tell the class to take turns reading aloud from the who made. Classroom activity for the nova program mummy who would be king, the. You can see pictures of tutankhamuns real mummy at the exhibition.
Look at the egypt map and at tutankhamens tomb plan. A worksheet detailing the stages involved in the mummification process. Read the text and check the words you dont understand. Using the video clips and online content from egypts golden empire along with class discussion and additional outside research, write a complete answer for each.
Use these worksheets and interactive resources to supplement any school or homeschool unit on ancient egyptian civilization, pyramids, and mummies. About ancient egypt ancient egypt is one of the earliest organised human civilisations. From start to finish, it took about seventy days to embalm a body. To sustain it on its long journey, the soul needed to rest and to eat and drink. These preserved bodies are called mummies, and some are still intact to this day. The children will learn what an ancient egyptian mummy is, why the egyptians made mummies and how they were made. Use the map on page five in the school material or look at maps of egypt in an atlas or on the internet. Mummies and mummification the ancient egyptians believed in a life after death. Investigate where the practice of mummification came from in ancient egypt and write a list of points summarising egyptian beliefs in the afterlife. How did technology improve the lives of the people of ancient egypt. The children can draw pictures to accompany the text. Since the egyptians believed that mummification was essential for passage to the afterlife, people were mummified and buried as well as they could possibly afford. Identify government established along the nile river as a monarchy.
With activities for 4 stations, students critically think about egypt and use math to solve problems. They believed that a body needed to be preserved to go on to that afterlife. Read the newspaper report aloud to your class, present your wall newspaper. Describe and understand role of religion on ancient egypt. Tombs and the afterlife fact finding worksheet directions. View the pdf share images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their twitter handles. To understand egyptian mummies you have to first know about their religious beliefs.
Explore related books by art english language arts history math middle eastern science social studies mummies and ancient burial. Geography no assigned grade level ancient egypt daily life ancient egypt. A mummy lesson plan on the ancient egyptian mummification process. Apr 29, 20 a worksheet detailing the stages involved in the mummification process.
All you have to do is print off the primary source from the following website for classroom use or direct students to the website to answer the worksheet questions. Determine the achievements that contributed to their continued legacy. Ancient egyptians believed in many gods and that when a person died they passed into an afterlife. Students are asked to coloridentify the red sea, the mediterranean sea, the nile river, the valley of the kings, and the location of the. The earliest mummies from prehistoric times probably were accidental. Mummies have lasted thousands of years and continue to. The test was carried out every evening in the judgment hall of osiris for all who had died that day. Fearing seths anger, isis hid in the marshes of the nile delta while she was pregnant.
Want to make sure a body gets reunited with its spirit in the afterlife. Before burial, however, their bodies were preserved. The methods of embalming or treating the dead body, that the ancient egyptians used, is called mummification. The thought that the individual would have a life that was very close to the one that they lived in with everyone else. Tombs and the afterlife fact finding worksheet download pdf here 64k, part of. Cats in ancient egypt isis and osiris grades 68 finding history in the ice kidney stones pharaoh tutankhamun the land of the dead grades 912 elegant hieroglyphics hatshepsut animals grades 68 elephants in furs. Mummies made in egypt by aliki brandenberg describes and illustrates the techniques and reasons for the use of mummification in ancient egypt. The reconstructed osiris was then able to conceive a child with his wife isis. Scientific study of mummification didnt begin until. This lesson plan is comprised of three learning activities that include a class activity listing thoughts and impressions about mummies, a writing activity, and an art activity. Much of what he saw and heard there filled the man from greece with amazement.
Combining ccss math standards with learning about egyptian pyramids, mummies, and gemstones. Upper and lower egypt into one kingdom around 3000 b. Paper copies of the text lesson ancient egypt s mummies. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
Mummification was practiced throughout most of early egyptian history. Before they started lurching across movie screens, mummies were the product of an ancient egyptian ritual to preserve and honor the dead. Investigate where the practice of mummification came from in ancient egypt and write a list of points summarizing egyptian beliefs in the afterlife. Tomb robbers, tourists and scientists were just some of the dangers lurking beyond the grave. By chance, dry sand and air since egypt has almost no measurable rainfall preserved some bodies buried in shallow pits dug into the sand. This reading comprehension lesson pack contains four passages on mummies, cats, pyramids and tombs of ancient egypt. By about 2600 bc, a process called mummification was developed. Then join us here at national geographic kids as we head to ancient egypt to see how they made their mummies. The slab was tilted so that the water would run off into a basin. It is one of the most valuable ancient objects ever found. Mummification worksheet mummification in ancient egypt was a very long and expensive process. Find out what a mummy is from your history book or the internet. It marked the start of the souls quest for the prized afterlife.
A method of artificial preservation, called mummification was. A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. About 5,000 year ago egyptians buried their dead in sand. Mummies literacy and social studies activity american museum of. The ancient egyptian empire lasted from about 3150 bce to about 31 bce. What are mummies egyptian mummies for kids dk find out. This worksheet allows students to learn about how egyptians mummies were made. Students can individually practice the mummification process by making apple mummies.
Large flat sheet of cardboard, cut to the shape of the pharaohs. Students will extract and visualize their own dna in an. This lesson can be used any time of year but makes an especially good halloween lesson plan. Nonfiction when an egyptian king died, his body was made into a mummy in a complicated process that took 70 days. A fun mummy lesson plan for elementary or middle schoolers. Read the selection below with herodotus report on mummification in ancient egypt. The ancient egyptians believed that death marked the beginning of the journey to. It was most popular in the 17th century, but was discontinued in the early 19th century when its. Geography no assigned grade level ancient egypt daily life ancient egypt gods and pharaohs.
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