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Egypt
Teacher Guide ~ Unit 3

TEACHER GUIDES

Overview A
Day A1          Day A2
Day A3          Day A4
Project A - Making flatbread

Overview B
Day B1          Day B2
Day B3          Day B4
Project B - paper mache coffin & paint canopic jar stoppers

Overview C
Day C1          Day C2
Day C3          Day C4
Project C - Decorate Burial Chambers

Overview D
Day D1          Day D2
Day D3          Day D4
Project D - Funeral & Festival Day

Validation of Learning ~ Students will provide teacher with possible Test Questions and Answers. Teacher will need to compile the test questions and/or provide their own version.

Poems for Unit
Student Weblinks

Time: 4 weeks

Theme: Adversity

Topics:

Ancient Egypt
The Bible periods of Abraham thru the Exodus (Genesis 15 - Exodus 15)

Projects:

Project A - making flatbread
Weeks B,C, and D: Fruity Pharaohs, canopic jars, coffins, and decorated burial chambers
A Festival Day as a grand finale for the unit (Involves the funeral for the pharaohs and Egyptian food. Can be snacks or a meal with lentil stew.)

Bulletin Board Ideas: (a desert scene with pyramids or an oasis)

In the heat (or desert) of trials the character is strengthened
Jehovah, the great I Am--our oasis in the desert of sin
The fruit of adversity is persistence, patience, and faith

Student Direction Guides for Fruity Pharaohs

Teacher Read-Aloud Information during the simulation activities:

Supplies Needed:

Project A - (Flatbread) barley flour or whole wheat flour and/or white flour; honey or sugar, oil, cookie sheet, oven
Fruity Pharaoh - mummification simulation that requires these items PER STUDENT: an apple, orange, two buttons, floral wire, box of salt, two one-pound boxes of baking soda, and a shoe box.
Fruity Pharaoh project also calls for masking tape, Elmer's wood glue, wallpaper paste, brown paper towels, waxed paper, aluminum foil, thin cardboard boxes to cut up for coffins, and flour/salt/food coloring for clay.