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Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program

Mummies in the Morning Egyptian pyramids, hieroglyphics

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Visit the Magic Treehouse and take your class on a trip through time with a reading of the children's book Mummies in the Morning. Using the story to spark an investigation into Egyptian culture, this literature unit engages...
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"Mummies--The Great Cover Up"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students wrap their mummy, use canopic-style jars for the preserved chicken organs and design and decorate a sarcophagus. They collect data by weighing, measuring and graphing their "mummy" and its organs.
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Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils complete a series of activities to discover life in ancient Egypt. They create want ads for pyramid workers, design vocabulary flash cards and dictionaries, and research famous Egyptians. They also research the "Curse of the...
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Egyptian Sarcophagus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct Internet research and then practice the process the Ancient Egyptians use to bury their dead by creating their own replica of a sarcophagus. This helps students examine the importance of the Egyptians' techniques used...
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Archaeologists Reveal King Tut's Mummy

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars look at pictures of a sarcophagus, then read a news article about King Tut's mummy. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion, pictures, and a vocabulary activity,...
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Enchanting Egypt

For Teachers 3rd
After reading the Magic Tree House book Mummies in the Morning, learners talk about Ancient Egypt. They identify the plot, characters, setting, etc., explore vocabulary terms, and construct a pyramid. This will motivate your class to...
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The Mummy's Tomb: An Ideal Hope Chest Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 10th
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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Unscramble the Words: Mummies

For Students 5th - 6th
In this mummy word unscramble worksheet, students examine ten words pertaining to mummies. Students unscramble the words. There is no word bank.
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Word Search: MUMMIES

For Students 3rd
In this mummies word search worksheet, 3rd graders will search for and circle 10 vocabulary words about Egyptian life in the time of the pyramids.
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Around Derby Museum and Art Gallery

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Derby Art Gallery worksheet, students complete 15 fill in the blank questions regarding the paintings and information at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Answers are provided.
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What Do You Know About Ancient Egypt?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this worksheet about Egyptian life, students research ancient Egypt in books or on the Internet to find the answers to ten matching questions. Students match the vocabulary word to its correct definition.