The Ancient   Egyptians

The civilization of the Ancient Egyptians existed many thousands of years ago. So how do we know so much about how they lived and what they did  ?

After the Pharaohs, Egypt was ruled by the Greeks and the Romans. It was not until 17th Century that archaeologists began to study the great ruins in the desert. Soon they uncovered temples and tombs and rediscovered the complex lives of the ancient Egyptians

MONDAY

By exploring the tombs of Ancient Egypt we are able to learn lots of information about how the Egyptians live. Watch the clip below and look out for the paintings and symbols on the walls. These paintings give us clues on how the people lived.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-social-studies-ks2-tombs-in-ancient-egypt/zh276v4

TUESDAY

Today we are going to look at how Egyptian society was divided up. We will see that society was the shape of a pyramid.

Watch the clip below to learn about the social pyramid of Egypt and how your social class affected your job, housing and even the food you ate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcCFZ3SXQns

How do we know so much about the Egyptians?

Well we had first to work out what all the symbols on the walls meant!!

If you watch the clips below you will hear about a very important stone called THE ROSETTA STONE that was found in Egypt. Then a french man called Jean-Francois Champollion managed to unravel the meaning of the language of the ancient Egyptians by studying this stone.

We call this writing hieroglyphics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_rOYg47vyA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg4K8nQzvio

WEDNESDAY

If you have a look at the social pyramid at the top of the page you will see that the scribes were high up the pyramid. This meant that they were very important.

What did Scribes do in Ancient Egypt? Have a look at the clip to find out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qL4WbrsK98

The scribes wrote on Papyrus paper. Look at the short clip below to see how papyrus paper was made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIb02hE-dCA

Boys needed a good education to become a scribe. So people sent their sons to school. School was very strict.

In your pack you will find a colouring sheet that shows all the tools that young boys used when they were learning to write in hieroglyphics. Have a look at all the tools and colour in your page.

 THURSDAY

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page on the links below and clicK  below activities you will be able listen to a recorded reading of these pages.

Listen carefully to the information about hieroglyphics and have a go at the quiz  at the bottom of the page. What can you remember?

https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egyptian_hieroglyphics.php

https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egypt/hieroglyphics_examples_alphabet.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giTS7eFxijA

In your pack you will find 2 sheets one called 'Writing' and the other 'Count like the Ancient Egyptians'.

 Have a go at writing your name in Hieroglyphics and try to find the answers to the Egyptian sums.