6^th Grade Social Studies

Mrs. Hannagan

Task: Your job is to create a descriptive and creative project focusing mainly on the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. You will need to read and analyze information and use your creativity to develop a project that will demonstrate the importance of pyramids and pharaohs to the Ancient Egyptians.

Some useful links that may be helpful in your research:

Djoser’s Step Pyramid- www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/djoser.html

Images of Akhenaten- www.wysinger.homestead.com/akhenaten.html

Khufu’s Great Pyramid- www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/khufu.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore www.7wonders.mrdonn.org/giza.html

Ramesses II-http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/history/people/ramesses.html

El-Amarna- http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/africa/telelamarna.html

Hatshepsut- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/hatshepsut.htm