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BBC

Bbc: Egyptians

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC offers an excellent site full of resources on ancient Egypt. Includes a large collection of articles, images, and stories. Archived.
Website
Project Britain

Woodlands Junior School: Introduction to Ancient Egypt

For Students 3rd - 8th
An easy to read, colorful site introducing many aspects of Ancient Egypt. The menu lists topics to click on: pyramids, farming, Gods, King Tut, hieroglyphics, mummies, river Nile, pharaohs, and more. Brief text make this ideal for...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Egypt's Pyramids

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Unit Plan
The British Museum

British Museum: Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site on Ancient Egypt, including sections on the lifestyle, geography, religion, and politics of the country.
Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 6 Grade-Leveled texts (7-12) on the topic Ancient Egypt. Egyptian civilization is over 5,000 years old. While modern Egypt is different in many ways, the influence of Ancient Egypt can still be felt along the...
Article
Seeker

Seeker: Week of 5 5 14: How the Egyptians Really Built the Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the new scientific theory about how the pyramids were built and why so many scientists find it convincing.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Ancient Egypt the Pyramids

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the pyramids of ancient Egypt. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Air Pano: Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual tour in 3D of the Great Pyramids of Giza. There are easy to understand navigational tools, and different photographs to start an exploration from.
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PBS

Pbs: Egypt's Golden Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides a fascinating glimpse of Egypt's New Kingdom, arising "more than one thousand years after the pyramids were built." Concentrating on the lives of seven pharaohs (one of them a woman), the site includes a timeline, lesson...
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Other

3 D Mekanlar: Sites in 3 D: The Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a virtual tour of the Egyptian pyramids. There are thirty-one tours in all. Instructions on how to navigate through the tours are given below, and the set can also be downloaded to your computer for easier viewing.
Interactive
Discovering Egypt

Discovering Egypt: Pyramids and Temples

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site creates a computer-generated reconstruction of Egyptian pyramids and temples. View pyramid floor plans, paintings, drawings, and photos.
Website
Able Media

Classics Technology Center: Guided Tour of Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool site explores over 1500 years of ancient Egyptian history. Includes pictures and descriptions of the highlights of Egypt. Don't skip the section on mummification!
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Ancient Egypt Religion

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Topics discussed: creation, symbols, polytheism, Book of the Dead, Mummification, Cartouche, Curse of the Mummy, pyramids, and the Riddle of Sphinx. Very Interactive!!! - Make your own cartouche, explore a tomb, and make your own mummy.
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Nova Mysteries of the Nile: Classroom Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PBS site offers teacher resources for studying ancient Egypt and the culture of that time. One can either customize a lesson plan using online archaeological sites, use a lesson plan from the site, or use some of the ideas and...
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Other

The Ancient Egypt Site

For Students 9th - 10th
"Explore more than 3.000 years of Ancient Egyptian history, from the end of prehistory at prehistory 3,000 BC to the closing BC the last Egyptian temple in 535/537 A.D."
Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 5 12 14: Tomb Painting Provides Answers to Pyramids Mystery

For Students 3rd - 8th
Modern people have always wondered how the pyramids of Egypt were contstructed. Learn what we are now discovering that may unveil the facts about this ancient achievement.
Website
PBS

Nova Online Adventures: Pyramids, the Inside Story

For Students 6th - 8th
Use this site to explore the pyramids of Egypt and to learn how they were built and why.
Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Fact Tracker: Mummies and Pyramids

For Students K - 1st
This book checks information shared in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #3: Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborne. Mummies and Pyramids, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne, is the...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Egypt: In the Land of the Pyramids Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take an interactive, multiple choice quiz over Egyptian Pyramids. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 2 10 14: Archeologists Debate the Purpose of Pyramids

For Students 6th - 8th
Article reports on the debate between archeologists regarding the purpose of more recently discovered pyramids that pre-date Giza.
Website
Other

Dr. Zahi Hawass: Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are looking for information on the pyramids and the ancient Pharaohs you have come to the right place. You will find pictures of various excavations taken by the author of the site, press releases about new finds in the field of...
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Kidport

Social Studies: Ancient Egypt

For Students 3rd - 8th
Experience the pyramids, the Sphinx and Egyptian hieroglyphics all on one page. Students can see colorful pictures and read about the history behind them.
Handout
Other

The Mastabas at Giza, Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information with photos about the ancient Egyptian Mastabas.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Awesome examples of Egyptian art are given on these web pages from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Enjoy looking at pictures of actual pieces of art that are currently in the museum. Along with the art are brief historical...

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