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Egyptian Cartouche
Sixth graders demonstrate their knowledge of Earth clay construction by creating, inscribing, and glazing an earth clay Egyptian cartouche. The lesson culminates with learners sharing their knowledge of key terms in the lesson through...
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Clay Cartouche
A cartouche is an ancient Egyptian artifact containing the name of an important person or god. Included here are the instructions for creating cartouches out of clay. The class will use hieroglyphics and metallic paint to make these...
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Hieroglyphic Cartouche Pendants
In ancient Egypt, mummified bodies were embellished with elaborate cartouches housing the name of the deceased. Elementary artists can read all about Egyptian burial practices then create a cartouche of their own using clay and real...
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Home Hieroglyphics
Students explore the Egyptian hieroglyphics from cartouches listed in books or on the internet. They design a cartouche-shaped door knob door sign that contains hieroglyphics, meaning "keep out." They press the words into their cartouche...
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Chapter 12 Writing: the ABCs of Language
Providing a thorough presentation on the art of written language (and not just English), this slideshow will open your students' eyes to the sociological and linguistic issues surrounding writing systems, both modern and historical. The...
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Egyptian Profile Portraits
Second graders design Egyptian style portraits. They use the correct proportions while drawing and painting the facial features.
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Ancient Egypt
Pupils complete a series of activities to discover life in ancient Egypt. They create want ads for pyramid workers, design vocabulary flash cards and dictionaries, and research famous Egyptians. They also research the "Curse of the...
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Personal Hieroglyphs
Learners explore and compare hieroglyphic writing to the modern English alphabet through the creation of personal hieroglyphs.
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Pharaoh Phonetics
Students explore ancient Egypt. In this Egypt lesson plan, students use the Internet to research ancient Egypt and then participate in several activities that help them better understand Egyptian culture.