The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt Wall Inscription

6th Grade Social Studies

 

GOAL: DEMONSTRATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOLLOWING IN ANCIENT EGYPT:

                           ROLE OF PHARAOHS

                           IMPORTANT MONUMENTS

                           GOVERNMENT

                           SYMBOLS

 

ROLE:  You are the trusted advisor for you pharaoh.  One of your responsibilities is to oversee his or her preparation for the afterlife.   Your job today is to design a wall in their burial chamber that highlights all their great accomplishments.

 

á      Khufu

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/khufu.shtml

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/khufu.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/khufu.html

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/khufu.htm

 

á      Djoser

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/djoser.html

http://www.touregypt.net/03dyn02.htm

http://www.king-tut.org.uk/egyptian-pharaohs/djoser.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/djoser.shtml

 

á      Akhenaton

http://www.touregypt.net/18dyn10.htm

http://ehistory.osu.edu/middleeast/PeopleView.cfm?PID=326

http://www.kingtutone.com/akhenaten/

 

á      Hatshepsut                

http://www.kingtutone.com/queens/hatshepsut/

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/hatshepsut/brown-text.html

http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/hatshepsut.html

http://archaeology.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=archaeology&cdn=education&tm=40&gps=320_169_1276_600&f=00&su=p897.9.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=1&zu=http%3A//oi.uchicago.edu/gallery/asp_egypt_bahri/

                 

á      Ramses II

http://www.touregypt.net/19dyn03.htm

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

http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/ramesses.html

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/egypt/abu-simbel

 

á      Tutankhamen

http://www.kingtutone.com/tutankhamun/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100216-king-tut-malaria-bones-inbred-tutankhamun/

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/tut/story.asp

 

 

á      Senusret

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/tut/countdown.asp

 

 

Dates

Location

Activity

November 15

Media Center

Introduce Activity

Select Pharaoh

Start Research

November 16-17

Media Center

Research/write biography

November 18

Classroom

Write biography

November 22

Classroom

Project Due

 ++dates subject to change