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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Secrets of Lost Empires II-Pharaoh's Obelisk

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students identify and analyze how levers work by raising a brick with a shish kebab skewer. Students present their work, explaining what did and did not work, including illustrations of the lever lift from different angles. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hatshepsut's Temples and Obelisks

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create Hatshepsut's Temples and Obelisks using a variety of materials.
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Handout
Discovering Egypt

Discovering Egypt: The Napoleon of Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent description of Thutmose III focusing primarily on his military campaigns.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Nova: Lever an Obelisk

For Students 3rd - 8th
Help lift this Obelisk monument by designing a lever to do the job as efficiently as possible.
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Article
Other

Ethiopian Embassy: The Axum Obelisk

For Students 9th - 10th
Axum is the home to the world's tallest obelisks. Track the incredible story of an obelisk that was looted from Axum by Mussolini in 1937 and finally returned in 2005.
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Website
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Clocks Teaching Time

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This site from The Franklin Institute presents a number of activities, games, exhibits, scavenger hunts, resources, links related to clocks and telling time.
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Graphic
Curated OER

A View on Cities: Paris: Obelisk

For Students 9th - 10th
Obelisk, Place de la Concorde (Paris)
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Graphic
Curated OER

A View on Cities: Vienna: Obelisk

For Students 9th - 10th
Obelisk, Schonbrunn (Vienna)
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Obelisk

For Students 9th - 10th
An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, monument with a pyramid top. This particular one is inscribed with hieroglypics and translates out to a story about a story about King Thutmes III.
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Graphic