Paula Crawford
Jackson Middle School
Kent State University
Ancient Egypt
Sixth Grade
Social Studies
Exploring Ancient Egypt topics

CONTENT INFORMATION:

Summary:
The pathfinder will lead students to material on many different subtopics under the broad heading of Ancient Egypt. Some of the subtopics may be the gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt, the pyramids, hieroglyphics, daily life, food, festivals and clothing.

Dewey Numbers:
391, 393, 398.2, 411, 493, 641.509, 609, 690, 709.32, 722, 909, 913.32, 932.

Subject Headings:
Egypt--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
Egypt--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
Mummies--Egypt--Juvenile literature.
Egypt--History--To 640 A.D--Juvenile literature.
Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.
Pyramids--Egypt.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Juvenile literature.
Technology and civilization.
Egypt--Civilization.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-638 A.D.
Handicraft.
Egypt--Civilization.
Cookery, Egyptian.
Food habits--Egypt.
Egypt--Social life and customs--To 332 B.C.

CONTENT CATEGORIES:

Books
Non-fiction:

Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press, 1997.
Balkwill, Richard. Food & feasts in ancient Egypt. New Discovery, 1994.
Boyd, Mildred. The silent cities; civilizations lost and found. Criterion Books, 1966.
Casson , Lionel. Ancient Egypt. Time, Inc., 1965.
Cohen, Daniel. The tomb robbers. McGraw-Hill, 1980.
Crosher, Judith. Technology in the time of ancient Egypt. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1998.
David, A. Rosalie. Growing up in ancient Egypt. Troll Associates, 1994.
Defrates, Joanna. What do we know about the Egyptians? P. Bedrick Books, 1992.
Divin, Marguerite. Stories from ancient Egypt World Pub. Co., 1965.
Giblin, James. The riddle of the Rosetta Stone. Crowell, 1990.
Green, Roger Lancelyn. Tales of ancient Egypt. H.Z. Walck, 1968.
Greenblatt, Miriam. Hatshepsut and ancient Egypt. Benchmark Books, 2000.
Hamilton-Paterson, James. Mummies, death and life in ancient Egypt. Viking Books, 1978.
Hart, George. Ancient Egypt. Dorling Kindersley, 2000.
Haslam,Andrew. Ancient Egypt. Thomson Learning, 1995.
James, T.G.H.Myths and legends of ancient Egypt. Grosset & Dunlap, 1971.
Kainz, Luise C. Understanding art; people, things, & idea from ancient Egypt tob& H.N. Abrams, 1966.
Lauber , Patricia. Tales mummies tell. Crowell, 1985.
Leacroft, Helen. The buildings of Ancient Egypt. Scott, Wm. R., 1963.
Macaulay, David. Pyramid. Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
Mellersh, H.E.L. Finding out about ancient Egypt. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1962.
Millard, Anne. Mysteries of the pyramids. Copper Beech Books, 1995.
Pemberton, Delia. Egyptian mummies: people from the past. Harcourt, 2001, 2000.
Perl, Lila. Mummies, tombs, and treasure. Clarion Books, 1997.
Price, Christine. Made in ancient Egypt. Dutton, 1970.
Putnam, James. Pyramid. Dorling Kindersley, 2000.
Scott , Henry Joseph. Egyptian hieroglyphs for everyone. Funk & Wagnalls, 1968.
Silverberg, Robert. The Seven wonders of the ancient world. Crowell-Collier Press, 1970.
Steedman, Scott. The Egyptian news. Candlewick Press, 1997.
What life was like on the banks of the Nile: Egypt, 3050 b 30 BC. Time-Life Books, 1996.
White, Jon Ewbank Manchip. Everyday life in ancient Egypt. Putnam, 1963.
Wright, Rachel. Egyptians: facts, things to make, activities. Franklin Watts, 1992.

Professional Resources:
Classroom Connect: Jan. 2001, [lesson plan]. Wentworth Communications, 2001.
Classroom Connect: Oct 2000, [lesson plan]. Wentworth Communications, 2000.
School Lib Media Activities Monthly: Nov 2001, [lesson plan]. LMS Associates, 2001.
School Lib Media Activities Monthly: Oct 1992, [lesson plan] LMS Associates, 1992.

Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology.
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/main.html
Life In Ancient Egypt.
http://www.watson.org/~leigh/egypt.html
McClung Museum Ancient Egypt.
http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/permex/egypt/egypt.htm
Guardianbs Egypt.
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/gardmain-new.htm
NOVA Ancient Egypt Pyramids.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/age.html
National Geographic Xpeditions search screen for lesson plans and resources.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions

Media Resources:

Akhenaten: Egyptbs heretic king, [videorecording]. A&E Television Networks (A&ETEL), 1998.
Ancient civilizations [videorecording]. TVOntario, n.d.
Ancient Egypt, [videorecording]. Coronet, 1976.
Ancient Egypt, [videorecording]. Schlessinger Video Productions, 1998.
Ancient Egypt: Gift of the Nile, [videorecording]. AGC/United Learning, 1997.
Ancient Egyptian architecture, [videorecording]. Alarion Press, 1980.
Ancient Egyptian civilization, [videorecording]. AIMS, 1993.
Ancient Egyptian sculpture & painting. [videorecording]. Alarion Press, 1980.
Cities of the Pharaohs, [videorecording]. New Dimension Film, 2001.
Egypt: civilization of the Pharaoh, [videorecording]. Ambrose, 1997.
Egypt: the Nile river kingdom, [videorecording]. Barr, 1988.
Egypt: quest for eternity, [videorecording]. National Geographic, 1987.
Egyptbs Golden Empire: Pharaohs of the sun, [videorecording]. PBS, 2002.
The Great pyramids, [videorecording]. Ambrose, 1998.
Look and do, ancient Egypt art and architecture, [videorecording]. Alarion Press, 1988.
Mysteries of King Tut, [videorecording]. A&E Television Networks, 1998.
Pyramids and ancient Egypt, [videorecording]. New Dimension Film, 2001.
]Secret life of King Ramses II, [videorecording]. A&E Television Networks, 1996.
Secrets of the Rosetta Stone, [videorecording]. A&E Television Networks, 1997.
The Sphinx of Egypt, [videorecording]. A&E Television Networks, 1997.
Technology connections for ancient Egypt, [videorecording]. Teacher Created Materials, 1999.
Temples of eternity, [videorecording]. A&E Television Networks, 1996.
Time-Lifebs lost civilizations: Egypt: Quest for immortality, [videorecording]. Zenger, 1998.
Tutankahmun: the immortal pharaoh, [videorecording]. AIMS, 1968.
Unwrapping the mummy, [videorecording]. PBS, 2001.

INFOhio Electronic Resources:

Discoverer
Encyclopedia Britannica
EBSCO Middle Search Plus

Selected Articles From INFOhio Electronic Resources:

EBSCO Middle Search Plus
Skomal, Susan. Major Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2004.

EBSCO Middle Search Plus
Tyldesley, Joyce. Ancient Sumerians, Scorpion Kings, Beards, and Grids. DIG; Mar/Apr 2003, Vol. 5.

EBSCO Middle Search Plus
Kluger, Jeffrey & Andrea Dorfman. Nefertiti Found? Time; 6/16/2003, Vol. 161.