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This Just in! Nile Network News Update

For Teachers K - 12th
Have your young reporters research contributions of the ancient Egyptians, draft scripts, and broadcast their stories live on the Nile Network News. Depending on class size and age, topics may be brainstormed or assigned. The detailed...
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Touring Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars study the geography and resources available to the ancient Egyptians and create a multimedia tour that demonstrates this learning to others.
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Information Extra

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners create a paragraph about a subject of their chosing that is informative.  In this paragraph writing instructional activity, students use graphic organizers and work together in groups to create a full, organized paragraph. This...
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Heroes Or Role Models?

For Teachers 12th
Students recognize that "heroes" and "role models" are not synonymous terms. By analyzing heroes of other cultures and periods, they determine that many heroic figures, mythic or historical, rather than providing a model of a societal...
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Mythical Beasts

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore literature and art forms containing creatures that are part human and part animal, such as the Greek Sphinx, Neptune, or the Green Centaur. Individually, students write a poem or short story to create a character with...
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Breaking News English: Violence Erupts Across Egypt

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, students read "Violence Erupts Across Egypt," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Short Vowel I Activity #2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short i learning exercise, students circle the word in a pair that has the short i sound, then write the word on provided lines. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Principal Parts of Verbs

For Students 6th - 7th
In this parts of verbs worksheet, students review the principal parts of verbs: present, present participle, past, and past participle. Students then underline the main verb in each sentence and write present, present participle, past,...
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Bread in a Bag

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on making bread, but also spends some time on the origins of wheat. In order to make the bread, each class member receives a kit full of the materials they will need. Included here is a detailed list...
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Working Watermelon

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
You're going to wish you had a watermelon for this lesson! Class members read about watermelons and make a salad in class to sample. They also perform estimates, measurements and calculations on a watermelon. They predict what percentage...
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Reading and Correcting Paragraphs

For Students 4th - 5th
In this proofreading worksheet, students read a paragraph about the great builders of ancient civilizations. Students answer 10 multiple choice grammar and vocabulary questions about the text.
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The Rosetta Stone: Where Does It Belong?

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Rosetta Stone activity, students read a 6-paragraph article on the Rosetta Stone. Students respond to 4 short answer questions regarding the article. Vocabulary words from the article and their definitions are also included.
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A Tale of Two Field Trips

For Students 4th - 6th
In this museum worksheet, students read about visiting a museum and a virtual museum and answer multiple choice questions about them. Students complete 3 questions.
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Exploring & Creating Mythology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils read and compare mythological stories from ancient cultures from around the world. In small groups they read a myth and present the storyline and themes to the class, and write an original mythological story of their own creation...
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It's Written in the Stars!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Children create narrative accounts about their character traits, illustrate the constellation of each sign of the Zodiac, and write and illustrate their own creative myths about an original "Zodiac Sign". They use the computer as a...
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Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explain how artwork can inform about a culture and its traditions. They pretend to be archaeologists who have just opened a tomb. They interpret the past based on what they discover.
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Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners discover facts about ancient Egypt and find information and pictures of structures in Egypt. They write a story using as many hieroglyphic symbols as possible. Stories are made into a display on bulletin board.

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