Ancient Egypt Unit Study
Resource Type | Title/Author | Comments | Recommend? | Rating |
Curriculum | History Pockets: Ancient Egypt, Grades 4-6; Evan-Moor Educational Publishers | Good backbone for a unit study. Students make their own pockets that hold hand-on activities related to Ancient Egypt. | Y | 5 |
Book | Ralph Masiello's Ancient Egypt Drawing Book; Masiello Ralph | Wonderful step-by-step instructions for drawing everything from a simple ankh to a very respectable King Tut burial mask. Do-able even for the artistically challenged. | Y | 5 |
Book | The Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt; Payne, Elizabeth | Good read-aloud book or as an assignment. | Y | 4 |
Book | Amazing Facts in World History Grades 5-8+; Blattner, Don | Useful in multiple history units. Contains 3 fun quizzes with amazing facts about ancient Egypt. I'd say the Grades rating is a bit high; I used it with a 4th grader. | Y | 4 |
Book | World Map Skills; Carson-dellosa Publishing LLC | Map work related to ancient Egypt, including natural resources. Multi-use | Y | 4 |
Book | The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Ancient Egypt; Norton W W | Good reference. Contains listing of dynasties, photographs of artifacts, information on archeology, as well as definitions. | Y | 3 |
Book | Ancient Science; Wiese Jim | Good hands-on science experiments with good explanations, too. Multi-use | Y | 5 |
Timeline | Timeline History through the Ages Creation to Christ; Pak, Amy | Great for wall display, or for making individual timelines. Black line drawings copy well. Multi-use | Y | 5 |
Website | BrainPop | Always a good resource, BrainPop currently has 3 Ancient Egypt movies: Mummies, Cleopatra & Egyptian Pharoahs. Multi-use | Y | 5 |
Website | Ancient Egypt at The British Museum | Great site with good quality, appropriately thorough, information, also contains interactive sections. | Y | 5 |