Social Studies Ancient Egypt History Unit Bundle KS2 Hands-on Crafts Activities
SAVE MONEY with this complete hands-on unit bundle on ancient Egypt history full of engaging activities including a timeline, primary source activity, causes and consequences, hieroglyphics, map work, colouring cover pages, research organisers and nine hands-on art and craft projects!
Ancient Egypt is such a fun topic to explore, and this pack of activities provides a range of activities to get your students engaged in learning and build their knowledge about how ancient Egyptians lived, all while covering key social studies skills.
**What's included in the activities pack?**
* Colouring cover pages (4 designs)
* Editable informational text with comprehension questions (text is editable, images/layout aren't)
* Timeline cut and paste activity
* Causes and consequences cut and paste activity
* Roles in society
* 'Would you rather... live in ancient Egypt or now?'
* Hieroglyphics - write your name, write a word for a partner, make new hieroglyphics, and interactive notebook
* Inventions cut and paste activity
* Student-choice research organiser reporter-style
* Starting the inquiry process (K-W-L)
* Social structure worksheet
* Primary source activity
* Religion interactive notebook
* Pharaohs interactive notebook
* Daily life with primary sources and puzzles
* Farming and trade with joke to solve
* Fortune teller to cover key social studies concepts (significance, changes, causes and consequences, sources)
* Adapting to the environment text and interactive notebook
* Achievements and contributions cut and paste activity
* Continuity over time colour by code
* Answer keys where appropriate
* Photos, word wall cards, bulletin board phrase
**What's included in the crafts pack?**
* Make an amulet using clay, salt dough or card.
* Make a canopic jar using clay.
* Make papyrus.
* Make a pyramid model (two sizes, a smaller, easier size, and a larger, more challenging size).
* Make a scarab beetle using clay.
* Make a mummy and coffin.
* Make a sphinx.
* Make an Egyptian boat.
* Make an Egyptian house.
**You will need:**
* paper, colored paper
* scissors, white glue, glue sticks, tape
* paint
* pencils, markers, colored pencils
* air-drying clay and rolling/marking tools
This pack is available in U.S and U.K versions.
I hope you enjoy using these activities with your children, as much as I enjoyed making them!
