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Simulation: Connecting Osiris
Students identify Ancient Egypt as the origin of the idea that moral worth as the key to eternal life. For this Ancient Egypt lesson, students discuss immorality or eternal life. Students then work the Osiris puzzle and discuss the...
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Exploring & Creating Mythology
Students read and compare mythological stories from ancient cultures from around the world. In small groups they read a myth and present the storyline and themes to the class, and write an original mythological story of their own...
East Stroudsburg University
In Your Own Words... Paraphrasing
How can you put a passage in your own words without changing the meaning of the original text? That is the question facing many young researchers. The advice modeled in this presentation is that writers read the passage carefully,...
Curated OER
Prayers for Paankhenamun
High schoolers research one of the six Egyptian gods or goddesses of the afterlife. They understand the symbols associated with and the role played by that god or goddess in every Egyptian's journey from this world into the afterlife.
Curated OER
Building a Body: Scale, Proportion, and Ratio
Students measure, analyze, and compare the ancient Egyptian canon of proportions using a mummy, painted images, and photographs of people today.
Curated OER
Belief Systems Along the Silk Roads
Young scholars reflect on similarities and differences among belief systems. Using excerpts of translated religious texts, they organize these quotations into broad themes. The quotations will be posted on a Silk Roads map as reminders...
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Prayers for Paankhenamun
Pupils use the internet to research one of six Egyptian gods and goddesses of the afterlife. They focus on physical attributes, symbols associated with and the role played by that deity into the afterlife. They write a letter to their...
Curated OER
The Mummy's Tomb: An Ideal Hope Chest Lesson Plan
Students create replicas of Egyptian tombs. In this visual arts lesson, students study the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians regarding the afterlife. Students design small mummy tombs using shoe bows, modelling clay, and embellishments.
Curated OER
Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #109
For this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the March 2010 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
Curated OER
Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #114
In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the October 2010 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
Other
Absolute Egyptology: Isis
Choose Isis from the list of Egyptian gods and goddesses on the left. The site includes a picture and some information on the goddess. There is also a link that takes you to a page that tells the Myth of Osiris.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Myths From Around the World: Egypt
Explore ancient Egyptian culture, people, and myths. Discover tales of Osiris, Seth, and Isis. Write a myth with author Jane Yolen. Flash Plug-in only required on brainstorming link.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Stories of Egyptian Mythology
In this lesson from a unit on Egyptian Mythology, students read Egyptian Mythology stories, match pictures with names of Egyptian characters, research the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet and create an avartar for it, research and prepare to...
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Statue of Osiris and Isis
This statue depicts Osiris and Isis seated on a throne. Osiris is wearing the Atef crown and holding the flail and crook. Isis sits beside him wearing a three-part wig decorated with a sun disk between two cow horns.
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Eternal Egypt: Isis
Isis was the Divine and Protective Mother. She was the wife and sister of Osiris, and his partner on the throne of Egypt. After the death of Osiris, she collected his torn body and resurrected him with her magical power. Isis gave birth...
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Eternal Egypt: Osiris
Osiris was believed to be the king of Egypt in prehistoric times. His brother Seth had him killed. Isis, wife of Osiris, searched Egypt for his body parts and resurrected him in the Otherworld.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Statue of Isis
The beautiful painted statue represents the goddess Isis standing, and wearing the white headdress called the khat ornamented with a red headband. She is stretching out her arms to protect the invisible body of her husband, the god Osiris.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Kneeling Statue of Isis Sereket
This statue represents Isis kneeling and holding on her lap a small figure of the mummy of Osiris on a rectangular tablet.
World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia: Ancient Egyptian Mythology
Encyclopedia entry provides a detailed explanation of Egyptian mythology and culture.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Ancient Egyptian Gods
Illustrated reference page designed for elementary students provides a comprehensive overview of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Harpocrates
Harpocrates was Horus, the child, the son of Isis and Osiris.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Jewelry in the Form of a Falcon
This small piece of jewelry, which is 7cm long, is falcon-shaped to represent the god Horus, son of Isis and Osiris.
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Mythica: Egyptian Mythology
Click the names on the left for descriptions of characters, places, and articles associated with Egyptian mythology. Some descriptions are lengthy and contain pictures and/or hieroglyphs.
PBS
Pbs: Egypt's Golden Kingdom: Abydos
Abydos, a religious site for thousands of years, is the site of a New Kingdom temple, which you can explore on this PBS site. Click on the hyperlinks or on the temple itself to go inside. Requires QuickTime.