Lesson Five – Ancient Egyptian Tombs
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate and report on the discovery of some Ancient Egyptian artefacts that have been found inside tombs by historians and archaeologists.
The class can select and record information that could be obtained from different artefacts discovered inside a tomb to indicate what they can tell historians about life in Ancient Egypt.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and report on the discovery of some Ancient Egyptian artefacts that have been found inside tombs by historians and archaeologists
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe some of the different objects used by the Ancient Egyptians, a shared reading text to describe how historians use primary sources for find out about life in the past and a template to record observations and descriptions of historical artefacts found in an Ancient Egyptian tomb.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to report on the discovery of some Ancient Egyptian artefacts found inside tombs.
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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