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Curated OER

Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #109

For Students 4th - 5th
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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Article
Other

The Museum of Un Natural Mystery: The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
A nicely written history of the finding and the decoding of the Rosetta Stone.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: History Uncovered in Conserving the Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
When the Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799, the carved characters that covered its surface were quickly copied. Printer's ink was applied to the Stone and white paper laid over it. When the paper was removed, it revealed an exact copy...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
The Rosetta Stone is one of the most important objects in the British Museum as it holds the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs-a script made up of small pictures that was used originally in ancient Egypt for religious texts....
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
Audio slideshow discussing Rosetta Stone, 196 BC. [3:56] Includes links to additional information.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Ancient Egypt: The Rosetta Stone

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery item, The Rosetta...
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Other

Linda Hall Library of Science: Napoleon: Scientific Expedition to Egypt: Rosetta

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated essay about the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta stone.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Rosetta Stone for the Indus Script

For Students 9th - 10th
Rajesh Rao is fascinated by "the mother of all crossword puzzles" - how to decipher the 4000 year old Indus script. At TED 2011, he tells how he is enlisting modern computational techniques to read the Indus language, the key piece to...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found and gave the first key to the reading of hieroglyphics. On this stone the same inscription was given in three different sets of characters, -the hieroglyphics, the demotic text (a briefer and more...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found and gave the first key to the reading of hieroglyphics. On this stone the same inscription was given in three different sets of characters, -the hieroglyphics, the demotic text (a briefer and more...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found and gave the first key to the reading of hieroglyphics. On this stone the same inscription was given in three different sets of characters, -the hieroglyphics, the demotic text (a briefer and more...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Replica of Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
The Rosetta stone is inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis and dated 196 BC., on the anniversary of the coronation of Ptolemy the Fifth "Epiphanes". It is written in hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek.
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Curated OER

The Museum of Un Natural Mystery: The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
A nicely written history of the finding and the decoding of the Rosetta Stone
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Graphic
Curated OER

The Museum of Un Natural Mystery: The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
A nicely written history of the finding and the decoding of the Rosetta Stone
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Graphic
Curated OER

The Museum of Un Natural Mystery: The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
A nicely written history of the finding and the decoding of the Rosetta Stone
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
The Rosetta Stone. - Quackenbos, 1882
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Who's to Blame Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students read the book Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! By Rosetta Stone (aka Dr. Seuss) to learn how a little thing can turn into a big story. Then students practice by writing stories of their own where a little cause has a big...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Portion of Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
In the Nile valley there had been found a few ancient inscriptions, carved upon stone in unknown characters, but no one could read them. The, about 1800 A.D., some soldiers of Napoleon in Egypt, while laying foundations for a fort, found...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Egypt Horizons

For Teachers 2nd - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the ancient Egyptians' use of symbols to represent their letters and numbers. It refers to the Rosetta Stone and links us to some websites for further information. Activote...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Rosetta Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
A fragment of an Ancient Egyptian text, which provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: 8 Facts About Ancient Egypt's Hieroglyphic Writing

For Students 9th - 10th
The script found on the insides of ancient Egyptian temples, monuments and tombs represents a complex remnant of history. Next to the pyramids, the Sphinx and mummies, one of the most intriguing discoveries from ancient Egyptian...
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Website
Other

The Museum of the World

For Students 3rd - 6th
Students can explore this iconic museum with exhibits dedicated to everything from Egyptian mummies to the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies.
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Curated OER

Writing Fix: Who’s to Blame Stories: Because a Little Bug Went Ka Choo!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Front cover of the book Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! By Rosetta Stone (aka Dr. Seuss).
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Website
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Egypt's Golden Empire: Hieroglyphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn to write your name in hieroglyphs on this PBS site that explains hieroglyphic writing and the sounds of the hieroglyphs. Click on Kamose Stela to see and read the translation of hieroglyphic text.

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