Ancient Egypt Study Unit

Discovering Ancient Egypt

“I believe that to teach them effectively you must touch their hearts long before you begin to teach their minds” ~ Vicki Savini, from Ignite The Light

We had so much fun with our Ancient Egypt Study Unit, we want to share it with you.

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Children are fascinated with Ancient Egypt. To take advantage of their natural curiosity we decided to read The Pharaoh’s Secret by Marissa Moss with our 'tween book club and explore Ancient Egypt. As we lost ourselves in the pages, discovering an ancient world, we created an Ancient Egypt study unit for children in elementary and middle school that is chock full of engaging activities.

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Ancient Egypt Study Unit Activities

Sports were important to the Ancient Egyptians

  • Have the kids research what sports were popular in Ancient Egypt.
  • Have a “sports day”, Ancient Egyptians played tug of war and pass the hoop among other sports.

The Rich Symbolism of Ancient Egypt

Hieroglyphics

  • Have the students figure out what their names would be in Hieroglyphics.
  • Here is what our name looks like in Hieroglyphics:
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Research Ancient  Egyptian food

  • Make one of the recipes.
    We made Basbousa. It’s a semolina cake drenched in syrup. Try it, it’s really yummy!

Play Ancient Egyptian Board games

Read books about Ancient Egypt:

Ancient Egypt Craft projects

Make a pop-up book about Ancient Egypt

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Explore the weather in Egypt

Writing topic ideas for exploring Ancient Egypt

  • Research Egypt and make a brochure of the historical sites in Egypt.
  • Research the climate and do a weather report.
  • Write a story where the main character lives in Ancient Egypt.
  • Research and compare two of the pharaohs.
  • Write a newspaper article about any pharaoh.
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