History
Ancient Egypt
ancientegyptacrostic.pdf
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ancientegyptcrossword.pdf
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Most of what we know about life and beliefs in ancient Egypt comes from the paintings and artefacts found in their magnificent tombs. The Egyptian Death Beliefs set gives you everything you need to know about the process of embalming and the ancient Egyptian belief in the afterlife. As well as information for children to read about embalming there is an acrostic puzzle (with answers) to test their comprehension and information lifting skills.
Find out about the journey to the afterlife, the book of the dead and what happened in the Hall of 2 Truths. Make a model canopic jar for your organs, the King Tut deathmask and sarcophagus, a shabti to be your servant in the next life, write your own Book of the Dead, and make a class display. A fascinating topic filled with fun packed activities that will stimulate junior age pupils, especially boys, and will lend itself to creative writing on the afterlife.
Full, step by step instructions and colour photographs.
This set of 3 pdfs will be despatched by email. The hieroglyph alphabet has simple pictures that will enable your pupils to generate their own messages. The set has a ideas on activities to use with the hieroglyph alphabet and a hierolglyph lotto game to print out and play.
This set of 9 pdf files will be despatched by email.
Learn the meanings behind the colours and symbols that were intrinsic to Egyptian life then use this knowledge to make a crook and flail, 2 types of diadem, a necklace, a scarab amulet pendant, bracelet and 2 pectorals. Children will learn some of the ways of life and beliefs of this fascinating ancient culture as they make jewellery in the style of the ancient Egyptians - which incidentally was worn just as much by men as it was by women.
Each file has full, clear step by step instructions and colour photographs. No specialist equipment is necessary.
Get the Egyptian Death Beliefs, Hieroglyphs and Symbolism set for £3.70 - whopping 19pdfs which will go a long way to covering the topic. Lots of fun things to make and do whilst learning.
A chart showing the symbols used and explaining the number system, followed by an exercise in reading the number symbols.
egyptian number chart.pdf
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You will need a copy of the Egyptian number chart(Numbers in Ancient Egypt) to solve these addition problems.
adding2digitsegypt.pdf
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eygptwordsearch.pdf
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British History
This set of 10pdfs will be despatched by email. In order to understand invasions and settlement of Britain by the Romans, Anglo Saxons and Vikings, it is important to know about the people who were already living there, their lifestyle, culture and origins. This set includes background notes for teachers, an archaeology activity, a roundhouse to print out and make, a celtic shield activity, a study of 2 accounts by Greek and Roman geographers on Britain and lots of beautiful Celtic patterns to draw and make. These activities will make a very impressive display. Step by step instructions are clearly written with colour photographs to enable you to teach with confidence.
illuminatedletters.pdf
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