Monday, October 3, 2011

SOTW Ancient Times- Chapter 4

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Mummies!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

We had a blast learning about Mummies. Christopher thinks they are awesome, and calls the zombie mummies, and Hailey thinks the whole thing is “REALLY GROSS!!!”

What we learned:

  • Why Mummies were made
  • How Mummies were made
  • What is “The Old Kingdom of Egypt”
  • The meaning of BC or BCE when it comes to dates
  • How we count dates
  • We talked about a timeline
  • Who was Cheops
  • The set up of the coffins
  • We located Cairo Egypt on the map
  • The Great Pyramid
  • How many Pyramids were built
  • What is a Sphinx

Activities:

As always we did our map work

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The kids wrapped each other in toilet paper to look like a Mummy

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After this we prepared Apple Pie Mummies

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After all of these Mummy activities, we talked about The Great Pyramid. The kids made sugar cube Pyramids. At first the had a hard time figuring out how to make them 3D. Hailey took on an extra project, and tried to create a Sphinx.

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We watched this documentary about The Great Pyramid

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