Ancient Egypt Lesson Plan

Kathleen Wannemuehler EDCI 270

Overview Objectives

Students will learn about ancient hieroglyphics and create ones of their own that tell a story.

Students will be able to reproduce their own ancient hieroglyphics within their small groups. Students will be able to facilitate positive group discussions and collaborate as a team.
SS.2.1.4 2007

Teaching Standards

Identify and describe community celebrations, symbols and traditions and explain why they are important.

Required Materials

For this lesson, you will need: Access to Internet Markers and crayons of various colors Long roles of brown paper Tape

Procedures
1 . Show students photographs or online reproductions of wall paintings from ancient civilizations that illustrate aspects of life as it was lived in ancient times. Ask students to tell you what these illustrations can tell us about life in ancient times. Guide them to notice that the wall paintings tell us at least 2 . the following: Which animals lived at that time Which animals the people hunted What games the people played Explain to students that they now will have the opportunity to create a wall mural that illustrates a day in their lives, but in this case the mural will be only temporary; the students will paint and draw on paper taped to a wall. Still, the students might like to pretend that future archaeologists will uncover their creation. Ask students to brainstorm about how they will 3 illustrate their days. If they seem . stuck, suggest that they might want to show the following common, daily events: Children and teachers traveling to and arriving at school Children working together at desks or at a computer Children at recess Children at home with family and pets and special toys or

equipment Once you have a list of scenes on the board, put students into small groups 4 that will work on separate sections of . the brown paper or newsprint that you will attach to a wall in the classroom or elsewhere in the school building. Introduce or review with students the 5 necessity for planning their sections . before they start drawing or painting on the mural itself.

8 . Ask students to volunteer to describe the mural orally, moving from left to right.

Assessment

Students will be assessed by how well they cooperate within a group. Teachers may also grade the amount of effort the group put into their work, and how well the students story is portrayed.

Adapted From: Jay and Sandy Lamb, teachers, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Virginia;
Kathy Devine, teacher, Viers Mill Elementary School, Rockville, Maryland.