Ancient Egypt Concluding Activity

Introduction | The Task | Resources | The Process | Learning Advice | Conclusion

Introduction

You have been studying about the great ancient Egyptian civilization. You are going to use what you have learned in the classroom along with new information you will obtain from the internet to complete various tasks.

The Task

You are going to create a step book showing the process of mummification. This book will be for your first grade book buddy.

Resources

Aside from the resources available in the classroom and the library you are going to use various resources available to you on the internet.

Newton's Apple Article This is a Newton's Apple article on the conditions needed for mummification and the process of mummification.
Classroom Project 1 This Web Site and the following two will show you a project about mummification done by some sixth grade students. They give you some good information about mummification.
Classroom Project2
Classroom Project 3
Classroom Project 4 Another class shows what they learned about the Egyptian practic of making mummies.
Egyptian Art Examples of Egyptian drawing which you may want to use in your book.
The Process
1. Using the resources available in the classroom make notes about the process of mummification.
2. Visit the locations on the Internet listed above
3. Make a list of the important steps of mummification.
4. Make a step book showing the steps of mummification.
Learning Advice
Remember to make sure that you show the process of mummification in the correct order. Be sure to use your best printing, drawing and coloring. This book will be something that your book buddy will want to keep and share with his family.

Conclusion
By using various resources, you have learned how and why the Egyptians mummified their dead. Through the use of your step book your younger book buddies will get what is probably their first lesson about ancient Egypt.

This page written by J.Most
Last updated date, 1996.
This page was adapted from Bernie Dodge 's WebQuest_Template1.html by Tom March