Lesson Two – Great Pyramid
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise writing and presenting a diary entry to describe some of different reasons for the building of the pyramids during the Ancient Egyptian civilization.
The class can conduct and record historical research to collect some facts information about how and why the Egyptians built some different pyramids in the past..
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise writing and presenting a diary entry to describe some of different reasons for the building of the pyramids during the Ancient Egyptian civilization
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters and a shared reading text to identify and describe how the pyramids were built in Ancient Egypt in the past, a template to research and record facts and information about Ancient Egyptian pyramids and a worksheet to format and structure a diary entry about how the pyramids were built in Ancient Egypt by writing as a character from the past.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to write a diary entry to describe some of different reasons for the building of pyramids in Ancient Egypt.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to explore how and why the Ancient Egyptians constructed and used different pyramids and tombs to reflect their beliefs about the afterlife. 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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