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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Snowflake Bentley as a Framing Text for Multigenre Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using Snowflake Bentley as a model, students create a working definition of multigenre text and then use that definition to create their own multigenre piece about winter or another theme.
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Read Works

Read Works: Bread Baking Now and Then

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about bread and how it was made differently throughout history and among different cultures. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Kids Rebus Puzzle

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on children solving rebus puzzles, puzzles that are a combination of images and letters. It explains the benefits and history of the rebus puzzle and provides examples.
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The British Museum

Ancient Egypt: Bed Frame

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a brief overview of the materials and tools used in the construction of an ancient Egyptian bed frame.
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The British Museum

Ancient Egypt: Cabinet

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains pictures and a brief description of an ancient Egyptian wood cabinet.
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The British Museum

Ancient Egypt: Wood

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides pictures of an ornate wooden box in order to illustrate the use of various woods by ancient Egyptian craftsmen.
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The British Museum

Ancient Egypt: Vizier

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of the term and the rolls of a vizier.
Handout
Emory University

Emory University: Odyssey Online: Egypt: Death and Burial: Mastabas

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes mastaba tombs used by ancient Egyptians.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Egyptian History: Book of the Dead

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Texts of chapters and spells the Egyptians used in the afterlife.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Ancient Egyptian Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Some of the games in ancient Egypt were designed just for adults, but others were played by people of all ages.
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BBC

Bbc: Egypt Tourist Attack Trial Opens

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses a terrorist bomb attack on tourists by Egyptians in Cairo in April, 2005. The preliminary trial began in June 2006.
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EL Education

El Education: E Is for Egypt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This book was written and illustrated by sixth grade students at High Tech High Middle School in San Diego, California. As part of a three-month study of Ancient Egypt, students researched topics to feature in this children's alphabet...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Lesson 5: Architectural Marvels

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the structure, function and art of the pyramids, temples and obelisks of ancient Egypt. Design and create a model of a pyramid, temple or obelisk.
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Other

Museum of Un Natural Mystery: Making Mummies

For Students 9th - 10th
The author provides an easy-to-understand overview of how bodies were mummified by the Egyptians. He also discusses grave robbing through the centuries and what scientists have been able to learn about ancient Egypt by studying mummies....
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The British Museum

The British Museum: Adze

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains graphics and a description of a tool used by ancient Egyptians called an adze.
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Discovering Egypt

Discovering Egypt: Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet

For Students 6th - 8th
Hieroglyphs were called "the words of God" by the Egyptians and were mainly used by the priests. Read a brief history of this beautiful alphabet and practice writing your name or short messages in Hieroglyphics.
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Other

Aldokkan: Ancient Egyptian Obelisks

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of essential facts about obelisks, as they were developed and used by the ancient Egyptians.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Sir Dig a Lot: Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a tour with Sir Dig-a-Lot and learn about the writing system developed by the ancient Egyptians.
Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: The Egyptian Ankh

For Students 4th - 6th
Discusses Egyptian hieroglyphics and the importance of the symbol Ankh in ancient Egypt.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Uarda by Georg Ebers

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "Uarda", a romance of ancient Egypt, by George Ebers.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Egyptian Hierarchy

For Students 1st - 6th
History for Kids reference page on the social structure of ancient Egypt provides information on the class system hierarchy.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Practice History Questions and Quizzes

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Small quizes and example questions on world and US history subjects from the Civil War to Ancient Egypt.
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Curated OER

Image of an Egyptian Drawing Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Obviously instrumental in Egypt's growth as a magnificent civilization, the Nile's annual inundation provided Egyptians with food and transportation.
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Curated OER

Image From Pyramid Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC offers an excellent site full of resources on ancient Egypt. Includes a large collection of articles, images, and stories.

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