Ancient Egypt (James)
James – Collaborative Unit on Ancient Egypt
Books We’ve Read:
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths (Audio CD) by Jim Weiss
James’ Rating (1-5 Stars) ***
Ancient Egyptian Myths & Legends (World Book Myths & Legends Series) by Philip Ardagh
James’ Rating (1-5 Stars) ***
Egyptian Myths by Jacqueline Morley
James’ Rating (1-5 Stars) **** (James particularly liked the illustrations)
Videos We’ve Seen:
Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki and companion Reading Rainbow episode (VHS)
Other Books and Videos of Interest:
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Games We’ve Played:
Math/Logic:
We read about how Thales is said to have calculated the height of the great pyramid in Mathematicians Are People Too. We made pyramids and other simple structures with Zome Tools.
One of James’ Pyramids With a Few Embellishments
We explored numerical patterns including square numbers and triangular numbers, as well as pyramidal numbers, using manipulatives. James also did this activity: Make a Scale Model of the Great Pyramid
Arts & Crafts:
We made Mummy Masks using these instructions
Geography:
We have been playing Ten Days in Africa.
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