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Ancient Egyptian Life

This history scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate the growth and development of the Ancient Egyptian civilization by exploring information about historical artefacts using primary and secondary sources. The class can record what the objects can tell historians about life in the past.

Investigate the growth and development of the Ancient Egyptian civilization by exploring and recording information about historical artefacts using primary and secondary sources

Lesson One : History Research
Identify and record how to use historical artefacts to suggest answers to a range of different questions about life in Ancient Egypt

Lesson Two : Daily Life
Practise using a range of different primary sources to investigate and record information about aspects of daily life in Ancient Egypt

Lesson Three : Gods and Goddesses
Investigate, describe and record the religious beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians in a range of different gods and goddesses

Lesson Four : Hieroglyphics
Explore and illustrate how the Ancient Egyptians communicated some of their ideas and stories about their civilization by writing in hieroglyphics

Lesson Five : Ancient Egyptian Tombs
Investigate and report on the discovery of some Ancient Egyptian artefacts that have been found inside tombs by historians and archaeologists
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