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Mystery
of the Mummy
Angie
Appell and Kellie Herren
Pictures
of our Week
This week in camp we explored the world
of Ancient Egypt. We delved into a magical world
where pyramids, mummies, ancient writings (heiroglyphics),
and mythological gods and goddesses reigned supreme.
On Monday, we focuses on the mythology
of Ancient Egypt. We learned about the gods/godddesses,
the Nile River, and explored a general overview of the
Ancient Egyptian culture.
On Tuesday, we made pyramids, worked with
our groups on ideas for a time capsule, and decided
what we would take with us into the afterlife.
We researched pyramids by reading about them in books
and on the Internet.
On Wednesday, we explored the world of
Ancient Egyptioan writing called hieroglyphics.
We learned the hieroglyphic alphabet, created our own
cartouches, then wrote secret message on papyrus paper.
We went onto the Internet and had our sentences translated
into heiroglyphs for us. We also make Ankh necklaces.
The Ankh is the symbol for life.
On Thursday, we discovered mummies.
We read The Egyptian Cinderella, and recreated
fairy tales from an Egyptian point of view. We
recorded these tales in our mummy journals. We
also learning about King Tut, and the curse associated
with the opening of his tomb.
On Friday, we finalized work on our Rosetta
Stones. We wrote secret messages, along with the
translations, onto the stones. We completed an
archaeological dig on Ancient Egyptian artifacts.
We had to carefully piece together the mystery.
Our groups also created travel brochures, inviting others
to travel back with us into the world of the Ancient
Egyptians. Finally, we create PowerPoint presentations
as a culmination to our Egyptian unit, and presented
these to the class.
It was a great week, and in the end we
were all awarded honorary Egyptologist certificates
for all the work we had done, and knowledge we had gained.
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