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Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
This history scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how and why the Ancient Egyptians constructed and used different pyramids and tombs to reflect their beliefs about the afterlife. The class can make models and write reports to describe the beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians in the afterlife.
Explore how and why the Ancient Egyptians constructed and used different pyramids and tombs to reflect their beliefs about the afterlife
Lesson One : Egyptian Mummies
Investigate how to select and write a set of matching instructions to explain and record how the Ancient Egyptians made and used mummies in the past
Lesson Two : Great Pyramid
Practise writing and presenting a diary entry to describe some of different reasons for the building of the pyramids during the Ancient Egyptian civilization
Lesson Three : Pharaoh Tombs
Investigate, describe and record information about some of the special artefacts that were buried with different Ancient Egyptian pharaohs in the past
Lesson Four : Journey to the Afterlife
Explore, record and dramatise some of the special beliefs about death and the afterlife that were held by members of the Ancient Egyptian civilization in the past
Lesson Five : King Tutankhamen
Investigate and present information about the life of an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh by writing and publishing a news report about the discovery of their tomb by historians
Lesson Six : Ancient Egypt Map
Practise identifying, locating and describing some of the special places that were part of the Ancient Egyptian civilization by using a map of Egypt as part of the African continent
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