The purpose of this Web page is to give you a sampling of some of the aspects of Egypt. You will be traveling back in time to the year 2125 B.C. to Ancient Egypt. You will arrive at the banks of the Nile River, the longest river in the world, to begin your journey. Egyptians base most of their lives around the Nile and depend on it for survival. The land is more than 90% desert, so the weather is hot, dry, and humid.
You need to complete each task and turn in your work to Mrs. Roberts. Have fun on your trip!

Sites to Explore

Finding Your Way in Egypt Questions:

1. Start your journey with this map. Click on any of the cities shown and look at some of the wonderful sites of Egypt.
2. Determine information that you will need to know for your trip such as the temperature, food, and transportation. Come up with a list of at least five items that you will need to take with you.

1. Play this Mummy Maze game and save the sacred amulet!
2. Print the maze page when you are finished.

1. Get to know these Egyptian Gods by searching this site.
2. Choose five, open a blank page in Word, and write a short description of each.

1. Cut and paste the pictures to the descriptions you wrote about the Gods.

1. Launch Valley of the Kings atlas. Start Movie. What are 3 reasons Valley of the Kings was chosen to be the Royal Burial place?
2. Using the cursor, click on a tomb. Watch the movie. Now find tomb of Rameses I. Watch movie. Now go to Maps & Plans. 1. Measure length of tunnels ABC. 2.Perimeter of Room J. 3. Area of Room J
3. Go to bottom of page & click 3D. Wait for movie to load & watch it.

1. This site is just so you can hear the sounds of Egyptian music. Listen a while...do you think you could dance to this?

1. Visit this site about mummies. Click on the mummy to learn more.
2. Tell me....what did the mummy of Ramesses II have inserted into his nasal cavity?

1. The Egyptian form of writing is known as hieroglyphics. Kings or Pharaohs had their names written on cartouches. Write your name in hieroglyphics and then print the page.

1. This is yuck-it--up time. Write a funny Mad Lib by filling in the blanks with nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
2. Read your funny Mad Lib and then print a copy to attach to your answer packet.
3. I bet you laughed out loud!

1. Here's your chance to send an Egyptian postcard. You could send one to a friend, but be sure to send one to me: jroberts@cusd200.org
2. Type your name on the special keyboard. Type my email address in the 'recipient' section.
3. Now preview and send the ecard! Easy!

1. This is tons of fun! Play the Egyptian Jigsaw puzzle.
2. Print your puzzle when you are finished.

1. Now this is a neat site!Let's explore Seti's tomb. 1st: Click #1 on the map. Now hold down the shift key to zoom in. 2nd: hold down the left side of the mouse while moving it around the room and search this part of Seti's tomb.
2. Find the picture of Pharaoh Seti standing with two gods. Which gods are they?
3. Click the 'back' button and explore more of this fantastic tomb. Circle the places you visited on the map on your answer sheet.

1. Explore the next five popular sites of Ancient Egypt using the sites below.
2. This is site number 1.
3. When you get to this site, click on 'Click to Enter'. Write a descriptive sentence about 3 of these 4 sites.

1. This is site number 2.

1. This is site number 3.

1. This is site number 4.

1. Look carefully at this map and tell me what is grown in Upper Egypt.
2. Now tell me what is grown in Lower Egypt.

1. Another map to carefully study. Question: Which city is the most heavily populated?

1. What is the name of these two temples?
2. Who is the Pharaoh who is being honored at this temple?
3. Click on the picture. How many seated statues are there? Look at the size of the people in comparison!

Conclusion

While exploring this sampler on Egypt, I hope you've had fun, learned, and most importantly, connected with Egypt. If, on your adventures, you find any exciting new site, be sure to carefully copy the address and bring it to school to share with our class.