Ancient Egyptian Tourist Attractions

There are many historical sites in Egypt that have won over the hearts of millions. Many people travel to Egypt annually to see the pyramids and many other fascinating sites that have existed for thousands of years.

Today your task is to use the information from the websites below to create an encyclopedia of tourist attractions in Egypt that focus on the countries ancient beginnings.

Accessing each site you will need to choose eight tourist destinations and place them on the map of your worksheet with a picture that helps to identify each site. You will then need to give a description of each place in three or more sentences describing it's historical significance.

*Some websites will repeat tourist sites. 

*Make sure the sites you include are ancient (built before 500 CE)

*Please only use these sites and do not click on links outside of them unless instructed to do so.

Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Egypt

Historvius Egyptian Attractions- you can click view here to find out more

Egyptian Tourism Attractions
Planetware Top Rated Tourist Destinations

Egyptian Interactive Gamequest

Below you will find links to 5 AWESOME games. They are awesome because they are fun and you get to learn something! Who would have thought that was possible?!?!

Enjoy your time and try to explore as many games as you can!

Mummy Math

Egyptian Tomb Adventure- click on chapters on the top left it will link you to other games on the site

Pyramid Builder

Mummy Escape
Egypt Jeopardy -you will play against yourself

OTZI THE ICEMAN- Historical Detective Work

Here you will find the links and questions for today's lesson. 

Please access the links from here, going only to the sections indicated.

All questions need to be answered on the worksheet.

 Put your historical detective hat on because today you will investigate a possible murder!!!

First-Class discussion- as we talk, answer the questions in this section.

Second-  Webquest- Using the site below, investigate the life and death of Otzi the Iceman. On your paper answer the questions.

Otzi the Iceman

 Third- Using the historical information that you learned from your research, create a believable story about how the iceman died. Describe his last day, what events may have led up to his death, his last meal, things he would have encountered and his environment. This description must be historically accurate based on evidence. This description must be more than 8 sentences. Finally, in the box provided draw a picture of Otzi on his last day alive. 

*If you need more research information to complete the third activity you may access any of the links at the bottom of the webpage.

             

Surviving The Stone Ages

Using the links below and your notes from the last two days, create a pamphlet on surviving the stone ages. Use the directions to complete each section.

https://www.history.com/topics/pre-history/stone-age
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/articles/z34djxs
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/stone-age/

Section 1 (front page)- Title, name and picture
Section 2 (inside left flap)- 4 examples of resources necessary for survival, picture
Section 3 (inside right flap)- 4 examples of how they stayed safe and protected, picture
Section 4 (back page)- 4 skills and adaptations they developed in order to survive, picture

*you must explain how each example impacted their ability to survive*

Ancestry Projects!

ANCESTOR DETECTORS: A GENEALOGY PROJECT

DATE DUE 11/22

PURPOSE: THIS PROJECT IS TO HELP YOU FIND OUT WHERE YOU COME FROM AND HOW YOU CONNECT TO THE PAST, SPECIFICALLY YOUR PAST. DIRECTIONS: YOU ARE TO CREATE A FAMILY ANCESTRY/GENEALOGY PROJECT. WITHIN THIS PROJECT YOU HAVE FULL ARTISITC CREATIVITY (meaning you can create whatever you want) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THESE CRITERIA:

1. YOU MUST GO BACK FOUR GENERATIONS (not including your own) THIS MEANS YOUR GREAT-GREAT GRANDPARENTS GENERATION

2. YOU ARE TO INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE ANCESTOR FROM EACH GENERATION. YOU MAY GO FURTHER BACK IN TIME, BUT ONE ANCESTOR FROM EACH GENERATION MUST BE INCLUDED. Who do you want to include? What family members do you want to highlight?

3. YOU MUST HAVE TEN ANCESTORS TOTAL. YOU WILL NEED TO INCLUDE ONE PERSONAL FACT ABOUT EACH PERSON, WHERE THEY WERE BORN, WHEN THEY WERE BORN AND THEIR NAME- 40 facts total! You will need to talk to relatives, look through photo albums and research your family history to complete this project.

4. A SHORT ESSAY (on another piece of paper, not on the actual project) THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU CONNECT TO YOUR ANCESTORS. (Ideas…think about similarities, differences, relationships to them, how they lived, how you live, how what they did made a difference in your life) MINIMUM 10 SENTENCES. Essays will be read aloud in class and turned in to me so it needs to be legible and not attached to what you create.

5. YOU NEED TO PRESENT THIS TO THE CLASS

6. CREATIVITY COUNTS!

FORMATS CAN INCLUDE (but are not limited to) THE FOLLOWING…POWERPOINTS, FAMILY TREE ON A POSTERBOARD, A SONG, A BOOKLET etc…

BE CREATIVE! THIS IS YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR HISTORY, HOW DO YOU WANT TO SHOW IT?!?!?

Below you will find examples of a variety of ancestry projects. You are not limited to these designs but you may use them for your inspiration.

Website Evaluation

True or False, Wikipedia is where you should get all your internet information from? 

Unfortunately, this is not true. Wouldn't it be nice though to have all your valid, relevant and research based information in one spot? As budding Historians you will have to do more than look at Wikipedia. 

Todays lesson will help you evaluate the validity (truthful and trustworthiness) of the internet sites you may need to use for research.

When asked please click the link below.

How do we evaluate a website?
radcab.com 

Website Evaluation Activity

Current Event Websites

Here you will find a variety of websites that can be used for research for the Current Event quarterly projects. These are not the only resources that may be used but are a starting point.

Please remember that the articles must not be more than two years old and articles used must show a direct relationship to ancient history in some form. Ancient, for my class, means more than 1000 years ago. Articles need to be at least a page or longer in order for there to be enough information to complete your assignment. 

Examples of appropriate articles can include- a new ancient writing form found, new equipment used in archaeological digs, new evidence suggesting more information about an ancient civilization, pottery found, etc.

Encyclopedia entries are not a current event article.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE SPEAK TO ME.

archaeology.org 

socialstudiesforkids.com 

dogonews.com

teachingkidsnews.com

newsela.com