Ancient Egypt Study Unit

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

• Explore the symbolism of different animals that are featured in the ancient Egyptian culture.

Hieroglyphics

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

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

• Play Senet. (We made a free printable game board)

Read books about Ancient Egypt:

• Active History: Discovering Ancient Egypt
• You Are There! Ancient Egypt 1336 BC
• Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs
• Pharoah's Secret

Ancient Egypt Craft projects

• Make an amulet out of model magic.
• Make a Pharaoh’s Headdress.
• Craft an easy ancient Egyptian collar or necklace out of a paper plate.
• Make or design a pyramid

Make a pop-up book about Ancient Egypt

• We have The Pop-Up Book: Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating Over 100 Original Paper Projects but you can also find online instructions for different pop-up techniques.

Explore the weather in Egypt

• Decide whether you want to report the weather as it is today in Egypt and perhaps contrast it with the weather where you live or if you want to do a fictional weather report about how the weather may have been for the ancient Egyptians. 

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.