You Wouldn’t Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy! Disgusting Things You’d Rather Not Know, by David Stewart, for Grades 3 – 8 engages students and connects them to Egypt and ancient civilization, pyramids and hieroglyphics. Activities are provided for students to create their own hieroglyphics and send secret messages to each other. They will learn about designing their own canopic containers to hold the vital organs. (The most interesting fact is how the brain was removed before embalming the body!) Students will find out about how the Egyptians used their “lucky charms.” They will also learn about tomb robbers and put their creative juices to work to write a story about “The Case of the Tomb Robbers.”
Activities
All Kits include Pre-assessment and assessment activities.
Examples of activities in this Kit:
How to Become a Mummy
Measure It Mummy
Secret Messages
Glorious Guts
My Amulet
The Case of the Tomb Robbers Book
And many more!
Core Academic Focus
Reading: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Writing: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through selection, organization and analysis of relevant content.