Lesson Plan

Ancient Egypt Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Weigh the evidence at Giza, argue about the Rosetta Stone, run a natron lab, and do pyramid math.

This is the Bigs Edition of Ancient Egypt: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: What does the evidence really tell us about how ancient Egyptians built, wrote and cared for their dead?

The Week

• Mon: Three Thousand Years (Reading) • Tue: The Stone and the Question (Writing & Words) • Wed: Natron Lab (Science & Math) • Thu: Engineering the Great Pyramid (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Myth vs. Evidence (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Ancient Egypt has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Natron Lab
• Sequence cards (Six Moments in Egyptian History) and a cut-and-sort page (Myth or Evidence?)
• Writing page: Where Does the Rosetta Stone Belong?
• Hands-on project: Sledges on Sand
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 5 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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