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Life After Death
Learners explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about death and the afterlife by observing and interpreting the design and illustration of a mummy case.
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Personal Hieroglyphs
Students explore and compare hieroglyphic writing to the modern English alphabet through the creation of personal hieroglyphs.
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Alternative Alphabet
Pupils determine and compare hieroglyph content and frequency to sentences constructed in an alternative alphabet based on symbols that mimic sounds of the alphabet. They decide which images are hieroglyphs and which ones are not.
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Ancient Peoples of the Middle East
This is an excellent multidisciplinary lesson plan designed by Scientific American. It provides three creative activities--designing a garden, studying hieroglyphics, and writing poetry--relevant to the ancient peoples of the Middle...