High School Resource Egypt’s Golden Empire: Tombs and Afterlife This lesson focuses on the concept of the afterlife and the importance of pleasing the gods and goddesses, the significance of tombs and tomb building, and the burial customs and traditions of the ancient Egyptians. After learning about all of these concepts, students will design a […]

Middle School Resource Egyptian Clay Scarab Students will be able to identify an Egyptian Scarab Amulet and describe their function in the Egyptian culture. Related NY State Academic Standards: RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.7 and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and […]

Elementary School Resource Painting an Egyptian Tomb from the British Museum This resource allows students to examine Nebamun’s tomb’s paintings and how they were made. An included PowerPoint shows enlarged images of some of the wall paintings as well as the different paints and brushes the ancient Egyptians used. Related NY State Academic Standards: RI.9-10.9, […]

Middle School Resource The Hidden History Of Egypt by Discovery Education Students will: work in small groups to research one aspect of daily life in ancient Egypt, such as food, housing, and religion present their findings to the class, using artifacts to illustrate their presentation use details from the presentation to write a one-page, mock […]