Lesson Three – Gods and Goddesses

This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate, describe and record the religious beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians in a range of different gods and goddesses.
The class can select and present information about how each god or goddess represents different themes or ideas about life and beliefs in Ancient Egypt.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate, describe and record the religious beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians in a range of different gods and goddesses
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe a range of historical artefacts that depict Ancient Egyptian Gods, a template to research and record facts and information about an Ancient Egyptian deity and sets of cards to select and record information about a range of different Ancient Egyptian gods and match the names of a range of different Ancient Egyptian gods with their attributes.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore information about the religious beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians in different gods and goddesses.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to investigate the growth and development of the Ancient Egyptian civilization by exploring and recording information about historical artefacts using primary and secondary sources. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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