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CommonLit

Common Lit: Developing Civilization in Ancient Egypt

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Other

American University (Cairo): Theban Mapping Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the ancient city of Thebes at this amazing website that brings together zoomable maps, video, images, text, a glossary and timeline, and other resources to help learners understand the significance of the ongoing archaeological...
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Other

Hieroglyphs and Art

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has colorful and detailed pictures of hieroglyphics and an explanation and brief history of hieroglyphics. From this link, students can explore frequently used hieroglyphics, how the system works, how to pronounce ancient...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Buster's Egyptian Adventure

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars join Buster Baxter on a ancient Egypt, in this geography lesson. Students learn about Cairo, ancient Egypt, the pyramids, the Nile River, and relevant vocabulary terms. Then young scholars write about what they've learned...
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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Ancient Egypt: The Rosetta Stone

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery item, The Rosetta...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: This Just In! Nile Network News Update

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Site offers interdisciplinary lesson plans on Ancient Egypt.Students will thoroughly research many aspects of life in Ancient Egypt. Lessons will culminate with students presenting their research findings using, a T.V News Show format....
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learn About Egypt [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
"Learn about Egypt" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about Egypt including its history and it's problems. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes:...
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Discovering Egypt

Discovering Ancient Egypt: Egyptian Mathematics Numbers Hieroglyphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Challenge yourself and see if you can solve these math problems using Egyptian hieroglyphics. Egyptians excelled in mathematics and this lesson will help you understand hieroglyphic numbers. A podcast is included that explains the Rhind...
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Kidport

Social Studies: Ancient Egypt

For Students 3rd - 8th
Experience the pyramids, the Sphinx and Egyptian hieroglyphics all on one page. Students can see colorful pictures and read about the history behind them.
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PBS

Hieroglyphs: Say What

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site is a wonderful resource to explore for an explanation of hieroglyphics. The origin, uses of, and how to read hieroglyphics is presented in a clear, easy to understand manner for kids and adults. It is accompanied by...
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Able Media

Classics Technology Center: Guided Tour of Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool site explores over 1500 years of ancient Egyptian history. Includes pictures and descriptions of the highlights of Egypt. Don't skip the section on mummification!
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Frontiers Media

Frontiers: The Amazing History of Neuroscience

For Students 3rd - 8th
An easy to understand article on the history of brain study.
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Other

Linda Hall Library of Science: Napoleon: Scientific Expedition to Egypt: Rosetta

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated essay about the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta stone.
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Other

The Ancient Egypt Site

For Students 9th - 10th
"Explore more than 3.000 years of Ancient Egyptian history, from the end of prehistory at prehistory 3,000 BC to the closing BC the last Egyptian temple in 535/537 A.D."
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Archaeological Institute of America

Shang City Uncovered

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the early excavation successes of the American-Chinese archaeological partnership, the Anyang Project.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Fact Tracker: Mummies and Pyramids

For Students K - 1st
This book checks information shared in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #3: Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborne. Mummies and Pyramids, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne, is the...
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An Ancient Egypt website by a nationally known teacher that includes, history, creative writing by learners, lesson plans, and links to other sites.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Tomb of the Unknown Mummy

For Students 3rd - 8th
National Geographic Kids provides an engaging game about Ancient Egypt for children. Players will learn about hieroglyphics, artwork, etc.
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Other

Cmc: Ancient Egyptian Civilization Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th
Site provides information on ancient Egyptian forms of writing. There are charts that show translations of hieroglyphics as well as information on scribes and writing in pyramids.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gallery: Civilization

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the images of this gallery and consider how increased productivity from the land, food surpluses, and swelling populations changed the types of communities that humans lived in.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Make Your Own Cartouche

For Students 3rd - 8th
Featured is a description of hieroglyphics and the ancient Egyptian nameplate, the cartouche. Type in your own name to see what it would look like in hieroglyphics.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Hieroglyphs (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about one of the oldest writing systems, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and then create their own hieroglyphics.
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: A New Look at an Ancient Culture: Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can take a virtual tour of a collection of Egyptian artifacts, visit the sites of numerous archaeological expeditions, and learn a tremendous amount about the complex gods and goddesses of the Egyptian religion.
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Discovering Egypt

Discovering Ancient Egypt: Hieroglyphic Typewriter

For Students 5th - 6th
Students can enjoy writing sentences using this keyboard containing Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Send notes to friends, family or your teacher!