Egypt: Mummy Burial Customs Grades 4-6

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Materials List ❏ Projector or document camera ❏ Video – Ancient Egypt: Mummy Burial Customs ❏ Large Manila drawing paper or copy paper ❏ Pencils, crayons, and markers ❏ Scissors ❏ Glue

Extension Activity Materials: ❏ Computers

Approximate Time 1 hour, not including the video

Balanced Literacy Format Independent Writing

Lesson Presentation Format Whole class

Specific Strategies Observing Listening Note taking Independent writing

Activity 1. As a whole class, view the Ancient Egypt: Mummy Burial Customs video. Students should take notes while viewing the video. 2. Engage students in a class discussion about burial customs. Include ways other countries in the world are similar to and different from the United States with regard to burial customs. 3. Using the video, resource books, online resources, and the Studies Weekly Search bar, each student will create a Triorama by Studies Weekly about Egyptian Mummy Burial Customs. (Label the three sides: Mummification, Mummification Process, Tombs/Decorations/Included Items) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMzG800VsJM.

4. On the three sides of the Triorama, students will write information and draw illustrations detailing what mummification is, the process of mummification, and the decorations used in mummification.

Differentiated Instruction Students can adjust their writing based on their ability. The students can glue four Trioramas back-to-back to allow the option

of creating a 3D presentation.

Extension Activity 1. Engage students in a class discussion about burial customs. Include ways other countries in the world are similar to and/or different from the United States in regard to burial customs. 2. Students will research the following questions: “How do burial customs of people in other nations differ today?” “How are burial customs around the world similar?” “Why are burial customs around the world different?” 3. Students select a few primary source photographs or video clips to use in an Animoto presentation. Students will share their Animoto presentations with the class. a. (For more information about Animoto, access your Studies Weekly online account > click on a publication > select a week > scroll down to K-6 General Resources > Lesson Resources > Studies Weekly Digital Developments. b. Primary source photographs and videos can be found using the Search bar.

Quiz 1. Which of the following was not part of the mummification process? a. The body was covered with resin and wrapped in strips of linen fabric. b. The process took 70 days to complete. c. The body was cremated or burned. d. The internal organs were removed from the body and placed in Canopic jars. 2. Mummies were often buried with jewels, precious metals, food, drinks, pets, and even servants. True or False 3. Why did the ancient Egyptians feel the need to preserve dead bodies?

Answer Key/Complexity Level 1. C Low/2 2. True Low/2 3. Answers may vary but may include that a person’s spirit, or Ka, lived on but the spirit needed a place to live. Low/2