Ancient Egyptians Whole Class Reading Bundle!

This engaging bundle of five whole-class reading sessions develops children’s understanding of ancient Egypt, while strengthening their fluency and comprehension when reading non-fiction texts.

Each lesson includes an original, illustrated two-page reading text and an accompanying 12-slide PowerPoint, providing a varied sequence of activities with enough depth for approximately 60-90 minutes of learning.

The five lessons are:

1. Pharaohs
2. Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt
3. Pyramids and Tombs
4. Gods, Mummies and the Afterlife
5. Hieroglyphs and the Rosetta Stone

Together, the lessons explore the rulers, everyday experiences, remarkable buildings and beliefs of ancient Egyptian civilisation. Children discover how pharaohs governed, compare the lives of different groups, investigate why pyramids and tombs were built, and explore beliefs about gods and the afterlife. They also learn how hieroglyphs worked and how the Rosetta Stone helped researchers decipher ancient writing.

Each session includes a vocabulary check to clarify unfamiliar language, followed by activities developing retrieval, explanation, inference, comparison, evaluation, sequencing and summarising skills. Quick-check questions, solo thinking, partner discussions and deeper-thinking challenges encourage children to justify their answers with evidence.

Suggested answers, support prompts and teacher guidance are provided in the slide notes. All five Word reading texts and PowerPoint presentations are fully editable.

Best suited to lower KS2 (Years 3-4), the sessions can also be adapted for other year groups. Ideal for linking purposeful reading comprehension with an ancient Egyptian history unit.