Learning Safari: Unwrapping Egypt
Recommended for Grades: Preschool, K, 1
Read a story about some rambunctious mummies and then make a mummy of your own. There’s even a mummy game to get “wrapped up” in! A super-fun way to learn about the cool—and occasionally yucky—process of mummification!
Iowa Core | Pre-visit Materials | Vocabulary | Post-visit Activity | Resources
Iowa Core Essential Concepts
- Reading: Read for a variety of purposes and across content areas.
- Reading: Use a variety of strategies and skills to comprehend and interpret fiction.
- Reading: Use a variety of strategies to develop and expand reading vocabulary.
- Listening: Listen for information and understanding
- Listening: Listen for interpretation, analysis, and evaluation
- Behavioral Sciences: Understand all people have individual traits.
- Behavioral Sciences: Understand the relationship of the individual to the components of society and culture
- Geography: Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions
- History: Understand individuals and groups within a society my promote change of the status quo
Pre-visit Materials.
- What is a Pyramid? Using blocks and pictures, show students what a pyramids looks like.
- Where is Africa? Where is Egypt? Using a globe or map, show students where Africa is located compared to the United States.
- Who is the Pharaoh? A Pharaoh was an Egyptian king, and he wore a special crown. Make a crown with your students.
Vocabulary
- Pyramids
- Ancient
- Mummy
- Artifacts
- Hieroglyphics
- The Nile
- Culture
- Papyrus
Post-visit Activities
- Borrow the museum’s free “Africa” Traveling Trunk
- Borrow the museum’s free “Egypt” Traveling Trunk
Suggested Resources
Books
Ms. Fizzle’s Adventures: Ancient Egypt by Joanna Cole
The Star-Bearer: A Creation Myth From Ancient Egypt by Carolyn Otto
Ten Little Mummies by Philip Yates
Internet
PBS Ancient Egypt: http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/
African Children’s Games: http://www.ibike.org/library/africakids.htm
