New Kingdom of Egypt Lesson Plans

Research ancient cultures with your class. They will read assigned text in class and utilize a map to identify the location of Egypt. Students complete many ancient Egypt activities including multiple choice questions, role-plays, and research assignments.

Students use maps, atlases, and Internet sites to learn about the geographic features and topographical features of Egypt. They compare and contrast the importance of the Nile River through the Pre-Dynastic, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, and Modern Egypt eras. Students design a booklet to compile information regarding the Nile River and its importance.

Students examine Hatshepsut, Egypt's female king. In this ancient Egypt instructional activity, students read about Hatshepsut's life. Students illustrate a children's book and create a skit for an Egyptian coronation. Students also answer comprehension questions and search the Internet for facts about Egyptologists.

Students develop a timeline of events associated with Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus River, and Huang He. They prepare a clay, wood, or pper model of a representative artifact from one civilization. They write a description of their item. Students draw a representative fashion, and write an explanation of their drawing.

Young scholars investigate Ancient Egypt by examining pictures.  In this ancient civilizations lesson, students discuss and define the different religious vocabulary terms associated with Ancient Egypt.  Young scholars research Akhenaten, the Egyptian king in 1350 B.C., and create a family tree based on his life.

Sixth graders gain an understanding of the geographical and socio-economical changes of ancient Egypt. They develop their research skills as they visit a variety of web sites to explore the different aspects of the Ancient Egyptians.

Explore the writing, art, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt through hieroglyphs, one of the oldest writing systems in the world, and through tomb paintings. Hieroglyphs consist of pictures of familiar objects that represent sounds.

Ninth graders are introduced to the Prown's technique of describing various objects. As a class, they view pictures of the pyramids in Egypt and discuss how the size and shape of them show their belief in eternal life and religion. They describe them based on the Prown technique and create their own pyramids to end the lesson. They also complete the same steps with a Shawabti figure and another object of their choosing.

Seventh graders explore the history, geography, and culture of ancient Egypt. They research daily life and compare it with their present lives. Students, in pairs, trace their body outlines on poster paper and work individually to use them to create and decorate Egyptian pharaohs, gods or goddesses.

Young scholars complete reading, sequencing, listening, writing, vocabulary building and more activities having to do with Dig: Egypt's Great Sphinx January 2008 issue. In this magazine lesson plan, students complete 4 sessions.