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Mummies in the Morning

Mummies in the Morning. Egypt. Pyramids. Pyramids were sometimes called Houses of the Dead. They were nearly all solid stone, except for the burial chambers deep inside. Palm Tree. Egyptian Funeral. When a royal person died, a grand funeral procession took place.

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Mummies in the Morning

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  1. Mummies in the Morning

  2. Egypt

  3. Pyramids

  4. Pyramids were sometimes called Houses of the Dead. They were nearly all solid stone, except for the burial chambers deep inside.

  5. Palm Tree

  6. Egyptian Funeral • When a royal person died, a grand funeral procession took place. • Family, servants, and mourners followed the coffin. • The coffin was called a sarcophagus. • It was pulled on a sled by four oxen.

  7. What is a sarcophagus? • A sarcophagus (mummy case) is a stone coffin • It often had pictures and drawings on it • Early mummy cases were rectangular. • Later, they were made in the shape of the mummy inside.

  8. Sarcophagus

  9. Scepter

  10. The Ghost Queen Queen Hutepi wore a pleated dress.

  11. What is a pleat?

  12. Tomb Robbers • Mummies were buried with valuable items such as gold and jewels. • Tomb robbers tried to steal these treasures from the burial chambers. • http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/robbery.htm

  13. What is a mirage? A mirage is an optical effect more frequently seen in deserts. It is due to a total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. http://www.dictionary.net/mirage

  14. What is a scroll? • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll

  15. Papyrus Papyrus was sliced into strips. The strips were arranged in two layers, one set horizontal, the next vertical, on top of each other. They were covered with linen (cloth), and heavy pressure was applied with a mallet. Eventually the strips would weld together in their own sap. (DK Eyewitness: Ancient Egypt) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus

  16. Hieroglyphics

  17. Write Your Name In Hieroglyphics • http://www.eyelid.co.uk/e-name.htm

  18. TOM References and Resources • #3 Mummies in the Morning • Background info and books to use as resources • Ancient Egypt http://www.historyforkids.org/teachers/guides/egyptguide.htm or http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/homepg.html • Mummies http://www.neferchichi.com/mummies.html • Osborne, Will & Osborne, Mary Pope: Mummies and Pyramids (Magic Tree House Research Guide) • Bingham, Caroline: Pyramids (DK Eye Wonder) • Steele, Philip: Ancient Egypt (Curious Kids Guides)

  19. Props for Play • New Deities: 
 • Ask the class to come up with a list of some of the animals that live in your state. • Record them on the chalkboard. • Then have the children create new gods and goddesses using the heads of your local animals. • Brainstorm a list of topics that their deities can symbolize, such as friendship, schools, fun, etc. • Challenge them to make their animal choices match the attribute they represent: for example, an owl-headed god of schools ("wise as an owl"), a dog-headed god of friendship ("man's best friend"), a bee-headed god of work ("busy as a bee"). • http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading5/mummies.htm • www.neferchichi.com/lessonplans.html • http://touregypt.net/kids/activity1.htmEgyptian animal finger puppets • http://touregypt.net/kids/activity6.htm Egyptian jewelry • Black cat or other Egyptian animals from http://touregypt.net/kids/activity1.htm

  20. Coloring pages http://www.coloring.ws/egypt.htm

  21. Classroom Decorations • Use hieroglyphs for name writing http://www.eyelid.co.uk/e-name.htm • Pyramids and mummies • The Egyptians by Sally Hewitt-ISBN 9781599200446-Includes fun things to make and do • Projects-http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading5/mummies.htm

  22. Elkonin Boxes(palm, mummy, cat, book, sand, king)

  23. Memory Game

  24. References • http://ib205.tripod.com/burial.html http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading5/mummies.htm All About Egypt http://www.discoveringegypt.com/hiero1.htm http://neferchichi.com/lessonplans.html Pyramids http://archaeology.about.com/od/pterms/g/pyramid.htm http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/giza.php Book of the Dead- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead Next Life- http://www.hmns.org/exhibits/permanent_exhibits/egypt.asp

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