Egypt+Webquest

=The following webquest takes you, the student, into the world of Ancient Egypt. Answer the following questions.= =1. DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT.= =Using the link below, divide your paper in half (a left half and a right half). Put the heading //Poor Egyptians// on top of the left column and //Rich Egyptians// on top of the right column. Using the website below write down **10** things that are different for poor and rich Egyptians.= =[|Egyptian Life]= =2. THE SPHINX= =One of the wonders of Ancient Egypt is the sphinx. Using the website below, answer the following four questions.= =a. Who built the sphinx?= =b. How big is it? (Give measurements)= =c. Draw a picture of the sphinx.= =d. Whose face is on the sphinx?= =[|Guardian's Sphinx]= =3. THE PHARAOHS OF EGYPT= =On the website below you'll find a list of the many people who have led Egypt. You are to find information about the six leaders below. For each leader you should write why they are important, when they lived (the years they were born and when they died), and draw a copy of their cartouche.= =Write about six of these pharaohs:= =Khufu Amenemnet I Thutmose III Amenhotep IV Ramesses II= =Cleopatra VIII Seti I Amenemhet I Ramesses I= =[|Egyptian Kings and Rulers]= =4. HIEROGLYPHICS= =The Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphics. Using the website below do the following:= =Write both your first and last name in hieroglyphics.= =Write a short sentence in hieroglyphics. Be sure to have the english sentence below it.= =[|Online Hieroglyphics Translator]= =5. RELIGION= =People believed in many different Gods in Ancient Egypt. You are to write about ten of these Gods. You are to draw their picture (a detailed coloured drawing) and write a paragraph about what each of these Gods did.= =You must write about these five: Anubis, Horus, Osiris, Thot, and Isis. You can choose the other five. Click on the link below.= =[|Egyptian Gods]= =6. PYRAMIDS= =Divide a piece of paper in two halves (a left half and a right half). On the left side write "Step Pyramid" as a heading and on the right side write "True Pyramid" as a heading.= =Using the link below write five differences between the two pyramids.= =[|The Pyramids]= =Write a two paragraph (or more) paper about how pyramids were built. Use the above website to help you.= =7. ROSETTA STONE= =What was the Rosetta Stone?= =Where and when was it found?= =Who deciphered it?= =Answer these questions in sentences. Use the website below to find the answers.= =[|The Rosetta Stone]= =8. MUMMIFICATION= =Using the website below, answer the following four questions in detail.= =a. How were bodies embalmed? Describe the step by step process to mummify bodies.= =b. How were the bodies wrapped?= =c. What were canopic jars?= =d. Draw a picture of a mummy and how it was stored.= =[|Mummification]=