Lesson 6: Using Hieroglyphic Writing
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Resource Details: A video I made telling the children some facts about this ancient Egyptian form of writing and showing them how o produce the Hieroglyphic alphabet.
Teaching Ideas: DesignDesignDe samples of hieroglyphic words by drawing out each of the symbols. This can be done on the board with the children after they have watched the video. Choose what words they would like to write in hieroglyphics and try and draw samples of them in their copies, practising the same words a few times if they need to. Note - In "translating" English words into hieroglyphs, it is easiest to work phonetically. You do not have to include hieroglyphs for silent letters like the e in 'like" -- or double letters -- like the second t in "letters." Create coffee stained paper which can be made from rubbing old teabags from the staffroom and allowing the sheets to dry afterwards . Reproduce the words they had practised in their copies onto the tea stained paper. They may even choose to write their own names in Hieroglyphics! Compose as a class a message to be sent to another class in the school which is written in Hieroglyphics and include a copy of the alphabet so the other class can understand what's written! You never know they may even reply in Hieroglyphics! Curriculum Linkage: History |
Lesson 7: Egyptian and Hieroglyphic Artwork
Resource Details: Two pictures of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Artwork that can be used a stimulus for children.
Teaching Ideas: Discuss and respond to the images above as a class, paying particular attention to features that are present in Egyptian artwork eg. the turned heads and bodies of the people, the hieroglyphic writing on the walls.
Ask the children can they identify any Hieroglyphic letters they had learned from the last lesson in the first picture presented above, and if so to name what letter it represents in our alphabet.
Create Papyrus Paper: Simulate ancient Egyptian papyrus paper using a brown paper bag. Tear a brown paper bag into strips. Dip the strips one by one into PVA glue that you would use for paper mache projects and lay them on a paper towel with newspaper underneath. Overlap and layer the strips to form a piece of paper. Smooth the strips down and paint on more glue if needed.
Decorate the paper with Egyptian drawings and hieroglyphics when dry (using the alphabet from my video in the previous lesson), looking at the pictures above as a stimulus.
Evaluate the artwork produced at the end of the lesson, providing great praise for the children's efforts, making sure to comment on their use of the Egyptian artistic features discussed earlier.
Curriculum Links: Visual Arts and History
Teaching Ideas: Discuss and respond to the images above as a class, paying particular attention to features that are present in Egyptian artwork eg. the turned heads and bodies of the people, the hieroglyphic writing on the walls.
Ask the children can they identify any Hieroglyphic letters they had learned from the last lesson in the first picture presented above, and if so to name what letter it represents in our alphabet.
Create Papyrus Paper: Simulate ancient Egyptian papyrus paper using a brown paper bag. Tear a brown paper bag into strips. Dip the strips one by one into PVA glue that you would use for paper mache projects and lay them on a paper towel with newspaper underneath. Overlap and layer the strips to form a piece of paper. Smooth the strips down and paint on more glue if needed.
Decorate the paper with Egyptian drawings and hieroglyphics when dry (using the alphabet from my video in the previous lesson), looking at the pictures above as a stimulus.
Evaluate the artwork produced at the end of the lesson, providing great praise for the children's efforts, making sure to comment on their use of the Egyptian artistic features discussed earlier.
Curriculum Links: Visual Arts and History
Link to an external site/fun games
The following is a good game based on a task to design and build a pyramid. It would appear to be challenging for some children but would be a great early finisher's activity.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/pyramid_challenge/index_embed.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/pyramid_challenge/index_embed.shtml