Ancient Egypt Web Quest

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Ancient Egypt Web Quest
By Jessica Steiger
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Introduction

• AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
• Youve just fallen into a tunnel.
• Thud!
• You have landed in the year 1250 BC in Ancient
  Egypt!
• Good News! There is a Time Machine there, but to
  get
• back home to today you must decode and enter in a
• special password into this time machine. To
  receive
• this password, you must complete a variety of
• missions. Upon completion of these missions you
  will
• receive the special password to enter into the
  time
• machine. This password is your only hope to
  returning
• home. Good Luck and see you soon!
• Sincerely,
• Your Teacher
• Miss Steiger

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Mission 1

• Its Party Time!
• You will need to host a party to find out about
  daily life for ancient Egyptians. You will need
  to create a name for yourself, design a costume
  and jewelry to wear, plan a menu of Egyptian
  food, plan entertainment and games, decorate the
  party, and of course be able to act like an
  Egyptian! To communicate with people at the
  party you will need to know everything about
  ancient Egyptian life.

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Mission 1 Process

• Each of you will be present at the party and will
  need to create your own name. Each of you will
  also be responsible for acting like an ancient
  Egyptian and carrying on conversations with
  others at the party. So you may want to research
  what education was like in ancient Egypt, the
  type of jobs the people held and other facts
  about daily life.

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Mission 1 Process cont

• The remaining tasks will be divided up into
• Costume coordinator You will be responsible for
  researching the dress of ancient Egyptians and
  designing dress for your team members.
• Caterer You will be responsible for researching
  Egyptian food and planning a menu for the party.
• Entertainment coordinator You will be
  responsible for researching what ancient
  Egyptians like to do for fun and plan
  entertainment for the party.
• Decorator You will be responsible for
  researching ancient Egyptian art and finding art
  and other decorations for the party.

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Mission 1 Resources

• Ancient Egyptian names
• http//www.touregypt.net/featurestories/names.htm
• Life in Ancient Egypt
• http//www.touregypt.net/kids/Life.htm
• The life of ancient Egyptians
• http//www.touregypt.net/featurestories/lifeinegyp
  t.htm
• A kid in ancient Egypt
• http//egyptmonth.com/mag11012000/magf1.htm
• Parties in ancient Egypt
• http//www.touregypt.net/magazine/mag08012001/magf
  1a.htm

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Mission 1 Resources cont

• Dress of ancient Egyptians
• http//www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/clothing
  /index.htm
• Ancient Egyptian food
• http//www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/food/egy
  ptfood.htm
• Ancient Egyptian entertainment
• http//www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/games/in
  dex.htm
• Ancient Egyptian Art
• http//www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/art/egyp
  tart.htm

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Mission 2

• You will need to keep a daily weather journal of
  weather conditions in Cairo, Egypt. Record the
  high temperature, low temperature, average
  temperatures, and precipitation for each day.
  Upon completion of this mission you should have a
  chart with the high and low temperatures,
  average temperatures, and precipitation for each
  day. You should also have graphs illustrating
  these weather patterns.

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Mission 2 Process

• These are the roles for this mission
• High temperature observer This person is
  responsible for estimating each day what they
  believe the high temperature is, documenting the
  correct high temperature on a chart, and
  converting this chart into a graph.
• Low temperature observer This person is
  responsible for estimating each day what they
  believe the low temperature is, documenting the
  correct low temperature on a chart, and
  converting this chart into a graph.
• Average temperature observer This person is
  responsible for estimating each day what they
  believe the average high and low temperature is,
  documenting the actual high and low temperatures
  on a chart, and determining the difference
  between the actual and average temperatures and
  documenting this on a chart.
• Precipitation observer This person is
  responsible for estimating each day what they
  believe the amount of precipitation will be,
  documenting the actual amount of precipitation on
  a chart, and converting this chart into a graph.

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Mission 2 Resources

• Weather in Egypt
• http//www.weather.com
• Connect to this website
• Click on World at the top of the page
• Enter Cairo, Egypt in the box and hit enter
• Click on yesterday at the top of the page

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Mission 3

• You have been hired on a mummification crew. To
  accept this position to complete the mission, you
  must find out everything you can about mummies!
  You will want to find out
• What is a mummy?
• Who were the mummies?
• How the Ancient Egyptians made mummies?
• Afterlife in ancient Egypt

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Mission 3 Process

• Each of you will be responsible to researching
  one of these four topics and keeping a journal on
  your findings
• What is a mummy?
• Who were the mummies?
• How the Ancient Egyptians made mummies?
• Afterlife in ancient Egypt

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Mission 3 Process cont

• Upon completion of the journals, you will each be
  responsible for sharing the information you
  learned about mummification with your group
  members. In order to be accepted onto this
  mummification crew to pass the mission you must
  prove your knowledge by mummifying an apple.
  Visit the following website and follow the
  directions to mummify your own apple!
• Salt of the Earth
• http//www.ktca.org/newtons/13/mummy.html

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Mission 3 Resources

• Mummies Unmasked!
• http//www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9906/mumm
  ies/mummy_making.html
• Egyptian Mummies
• http//www.kingtutone.com/mummies/
• Clickable Mummy
• http//www.akhet.co.uk/clikmumm.htm

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Mission 4

• You will be attending a school for scribes to
  learn how the Ancient Egyptians communicated.
  After learning about Ancient Egyptian
  hieroglyphics, you will need to write a letter
  using hieroglyphics to your class describing your
  experience thus far. After completing this
  letter, you will graduate from the school for
  scribes and complete the mission!

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Mission 4 Process

• You must begin by researching hieroglyphics
  individually.
• Then, you will each write your Egyptian name that
  you created in hieroglyphics.
• Finally, you will come together as a group and
  teach each other everything you learned about
  hieroglyphics. As a final task to graduate from
  the school for scribes and to complete this
  mission, you must write a short letter in
  hieroglyphics to the class describing your
  experience so far.

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Mission 4 Resources

• Reading Hieroglyphics
• http//www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/hieroglyphics
  /
• Hieroglyphics Generator
• http//kids.discovery.com/fansites/tutenstein/inte
  ractive/hierogenerator.html?ct5015.6382734804
• Egyptian Writing
• http//www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/home.html

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Mission 5

• You have been hired as a cartographer! To
  complete this mission you must construct a
  three-dimensional map of Egypt including physical
  and man-made features.

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Mission 5 Process

• This is a group effort to complete this mission!
  I hope you have been taking notes while traveling
  through Egypt because now it is your turn to
  create a three-dimensional map of it. As a group
  you will need to
• Research location of cities, physical and manmade
  features of ancient Egypt.
• Create a 3-dimensional map of ancient Egypt
  including major cities, rivers, the pyramids, and
  other important manmade and physical features.
• Create a key for your map.

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Mission 5 Resources

• Main map of ancient Egypt
• http//www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/maps/
  mainmap.html
• Secrets of the Nile
• http//www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/egypt/
  secrets-of-the-nile.htm
• Geography Story
• http//www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/story/main
  .html
• Ancient Egypt Map
• http//homepage.powerup.com.au/ancient/map1.htm

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Mission 5 Resources cont

• Explore ancient Egypt
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/
• Geography of ancient Egypt
• http//www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/home.html

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Mission 6

• Your last and final mission to complete before
  receiving the special password is to compile all
  the work you have just done into an Ancient Egypt
  survival guide in case somebody else falls into
  the same tunnel and lands in ancient Egypt!

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Mission 6 Process

• This is also a group effort! Take everything you
  have learned from the previous 5 missions and
  organize it into a survival guide for your
  classmates, teacher, or anyone else who may fall
  in the tunnel. This survival guide is what will
  be turned in for a grade. Following is a student
  checklist so you can check off everything as you
  organize it to make sure it is all complete.
  Once you turn in this survival guide you will
  receive the special password to decode!

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Student Checklist

• Mission 1
• Name Creation
• Costume or dress design
• Menu
• Entertainment and Games plan for the party
• Decorations and Art for the party
• Journal of Egyptian life

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Student Checklist cont

• Mission 2
• High temperature chart
• Low temperature chart
• Precipitation chart
• Average temperature charts
• High temperature graph
• Low temperature graph
• Precipitation graph

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Student Checklist cont

• Mission 3
• Mummification journal including
• What is a mummy?
• Who were the mummies?
• How did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?
• Afterlife in ancient Egypt
• Apple Mummification

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Student Checklist cont

• Mission 4
• Hieroglyphics Journal
• Egyptian name written in hieroglyphics
• Letter to class written in hieroglyphics

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Student Checklist cont

• Mission 5
• Research of ancient Egypts features
• 3-dimensional map
• Map key

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Other Resources

• Other ancient Egypt sites
• http//www.teacheroz.com/egypt.htm
• More ancient Egypt sites
• http//members.aol.com/DonnAncient/AncientEgypt.ht
  mlTop
• Even more ancient Egypt sites
• http//personalwebs.myriad.net/steveb/egypt.html

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Other Resources cont

• Childrens Literature
• Adventures in Ancient Egypt by Linda Bailey
  ISBN 1550745484
• Clothes and crafts in ancient Egypt by Richard
  Balkwill ISBN 0836827333
• Egypt in spectacular cross-section by Stephen
  Biesty and Stewart Ross ISBN 0439745373
• Mummies, pyramids, and Pharaohs a book about
  ancient Egypt by Gail Gibbons ISBN
  0316309281
• Technology in the time of ancient Egypt by Judith
  Crosher ISBN 0817248757

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Other Resources cont

• Book Resources
• Barnes and Noble ancient Egypt childrens
  literature books
• http//search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/result
  s.asp?AUDJUVkidsygradeALLWRDancientegyptu
  seridt82mKlZAyUpersn

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Evaluation

• Ancient Egypt Webquest Rubric

Ancient Egypt Webquest Rubric Ancient Egypt
Webquest Process Rubric Student self-evaluation
form
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Conclusion

• Congratulations!!!
• You have completed all six missions. You will
  now receive the secret password to decode to
  enter into the time machine, but first I would
  like to congratulate you again for your hard work
  and dedication that you have put into these
  missions! You must now go the Great Pyramid
  where you will find your teacher to give you the
  password.

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