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Ancient Egypt activities for kids

November 24, 2023 Ticia 14 Comments

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In case you can’t tell ancient history is one of my favorite time periods for history lessons.  I find the ideas and activities you can do with this time fascinating, the history, the people, the mythology.  My bookshelves quite agree from the numerous books gracing … [Read more...]

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Challenge your kids to make a shaduf

December 28, 2020 Ticia 1 Comment

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I'm about to do something controversial. Are you ready? When teaching ancient history for our history lessons a few years ago, I put the invention of the shaduf with Ancient Mesopotamia rather than Ancient Egypt. But Ticia, isn't the cradle of civilization in ancient Egypt, not … [Read more...]

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Science Sunday: Chicken Mummy

November 9, 2013 Ticia 15 Comments

The Great Chicken Mummy

  I want to start off by thanking everyone for  all the kind comments last week.  October has been a rather crazy month, and I’ve been super stressed with all that’s been going on, so your comments were very much appreciated. The completion of the Chicken … [Read more...]

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Egyptian mythology: Egyptian gods and goddesses

October 29, 2013 Ticia 13 Comments

One of the problems with Egyptian mythology is a dearth of good materials for elementary.  Mainly because Egyptian mythology is seriously twisted.  I mean, seriously.  Most of the myths are not appropriate for young kids. My quest: find a good Egyptian mythology source So, I … [Read more...]

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Art History project: King Tut’s Tomb

October 28, 2013 Ticia 19 Comments

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I have been having a blast going through ancient Egypt history, and I’m loving all of the projects we’ve done so far, but I think by far our King Tut tomb frieze was my favorite history lesson this time around. For whatever reason I find Egyptian wall friezes and the artwork in … [Read more...]

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