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Simulation: Connecting Osiris
Students identify Ancient Egypt as the origin of the idea that moral worth as the key to eternal life. In this Ancient Egypt lesson, students discuss immorality or eternal life. Students then work the Osiris puzzle and discuss the legend...
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Exploring & Creating Mythology
Students read and compare mythological stories from ancient cultures from around the world. In small groups they read a myth and present the storyline and themes to the class, and write an original mythological story of their own...
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In Your Own Words... Paraphrasing
How can you put a passage in your own words without changing the meaning of the original text? That is the question facing many young researchers. The advice modeled in this presentation is that writers read the passage carefully,...
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Prayers for Paankhenamun
High schoolers research one of the six Egyptian gods or goddesses of the afterlife. They understand the symbols associated with and the role played by that god or goddess in every Egyptian's journey from this world into the afterlife.
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Building a Body: Scale, Proportion, and Ratio
Students measure, analyze, and compare the ancient Egyptian canon of proportions using a mummy, painted images, and photographs of people today.
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Belief Systems Along the Silk Roads
Students reflect on similarities and differences among belief systems. Using excerpts of translated religious texts, they organize these quotations into broad themes. The quotations will be posted on a Silk Roads map as reminders of how...
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Prayers for Paankhenamun
Learners use the internet to research one of six Egyptian gods and goddesses of the afterlife. They focus on physical attributes, symbols associated with and the role played by that deity into the afterlife. They write a letter to their...
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The Mummy's Tomb: An Ideal Hope Chest Lesson Plan
Students create replicas of Egyptian tombs. In this visual arts lesson, students study the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians regarding the afterlife. Students design small mummy tombs using shoe bows, modelling clay, and embellishments.
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Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #109
In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the March 2010 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
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Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #114
In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the October 2010 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.