Ancient Egypt - Social Studies

Our class has been learning about Ancient Egypt.

A Sarcophagus Made for a King:  Project

For this project, your child is asked to make and decorate a sarcophagus (coffin) for an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh.  This is an example of what a sarcophagus would have looked like:

Your child will not only make and decorate their sarcophagus, but they will also need to choose ONE Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh to research.

They will find facts and choose 5 to rewrite using their own words in a paragraph format.

Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs:

Check out these websites for ideas:

http://www.discoveringegypt.com/Egyptian-Kings-and-Queens-list-of-Dynasties.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pharaohs

http://www.touregypt.net/kings.htm

This project will be due back to school on 

Thursday, May 8th

Your child will be presenting it to the class.  I will be grading this assignment on accuracy, creativity, and presentation.

Please let me know if you have any questions.