Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where's My Mummy: Preservation Techniques

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
To observe preservation techniques firsthand, learners dry a flower in sand and compare cucumber slices soaked in salt water for a week with slices left out to dry in the open air. Video resources (not attached) include one about mummies...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

MAKE YOUR OWN BOOK OF THE DEAD

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students study the Book of the Dead and its importance to Ancient Egyptian culture, identify with ancient Egyptians through reading about their culture and religion, and use scroll-shaped paper and colored pencils to create their own...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shapes and Shelters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are be able to analyze primary sources (photographs) for evidence of Ancient Egyptian culture and design meaningful objects. They are grouped in pairs and instructed to choose someone that they admire, either living or...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Providing for the Afterlife

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students decide which personal items would be necessary for success and happiness in the afterlife.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Prayers for Paankhenamun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students find out about key attributes, characteristics, and roles of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses by writing a letter or a poem asking them to welcome an Egyptian to the afterlife.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts Part III

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore the world of the ancient Egyptians through the discovery of the Rosetta stone, the ancient tablet that unlocked the meaning of the hieroglyphs for modern scholars.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Paper Mache Egyptian Hippos

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the history behind hippos in Egyptian culture and create their own paper mache hippos.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts Part II

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the shifts in perceptions of the sphinx as Greeks, Romans, and finally the French under Napoleon moved through Egypt.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Egyptian History for Kids: Mummies

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Ancient Egyptian Mummies. The afterlife of this world civilization.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Egyptian History: Book of the Dead

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Texts of chapters and spells the Egyptians used in the afterlife.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc: The Mummy Maker

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive game that allows the students to act as ancient Egyptian embalmers. Requires Flash plug-in.
Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Canopic Jars

For Students 4th - 6th
Explains the role of canopic jars in ancient Egyptian burial customs.
Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Book of the Dead

For Students 4th - 6th
Explains the meaning and role of the ancient Egyptian 'Book of the Dead.'
Article
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Mummy Secrets Unwrapped!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explains the process of mummification.
Website
The British Museum

British Museum: Mummification

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you want to see a mummy? Examine a mummy and its coffin, or see how bodies were mummified. Then you can play the game "The Underworld".