Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Unit 10

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

Interactive

ACTIVITY BOOKLET
What can we find out about ancient
Egypt from what has survived?
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The Ancient Egyptians Interactive
Unit 10 ACTIVITY BOOKLET

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Section 1. Who were the Egyptians?

What do you already know about the ancient Egyptians?
Write in the table below what you already know about the ancient Egyptians. Think about any
books you have read or films you have seen.

What I already know about the ancient Egyptians…

Who ruled Egypt? Name any famous Egyptians. What did they build or make that made
How did the rich and poor live? Egyptians famous? What did Egyptians
believe?

What I would like to find out about the Ancient Egyptians…

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Where is Egypt?
1. Fill in the missing words.
Egypt is in_____________________. It is a very_______country. The first Egyptians lived
about__________years ago. Most of Egypt is desert of_________ and ________. Egypt is
about _________ kilometres from England.

Use these words:-

3508 sand North Africa hot 5000 rock
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Map of Ancient Egypt

2. TASK
On the map of ancient Egypt label Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea,
River Nile, Giza, Memphis, Thebes, Valley of the Kings and Karnak.

Colour in Egypt [Yellow], Mediterranean Sea [Light Blue],

Red Sea [Light Blue], and the River Nile [Dark Blue].
Shade in the ‘Black Lands’
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Why is it important to look after

objects from the past?
14. What happens when an object from ancient Egypt is found?

15. Why are museums the best place to look after old objects from the past?

16. Have you ever visited a museum? Which one?

17. What is the name of an ancient Egyptian museum near to where you live?

The History Timeline

18. What does BC stand for?

19. What does AD stand for?

20. When you are using BC dates you count forward/backward.

21. When you are using AD dates you count forward/backward.

How to complete the Ancient Egypt Timeline

22. Put these dates on the timeline.
2500 BC 500 BC 500 AD.
23. Write on the timeline what was happening in ancient Egypt on these dates and draw a
picture. Two examples have been done for you.

0 BC Jesus was born 1325 BC Tutankhamen

buried in Valley of Kings
2500 BC The Sphinx was built 30 AD Egypt ruled by the Romans
2000 BC Pyramid building 394 AD Egypt
stopped becomes Christian

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 Ancient Egypt Timeline
3000 BC Upper and
Lower Egypt were united

3000 BC 2000 BC 1000 BC 0 AD 1000 AD

1500 BC

0 AD Jesus Chris was born

 Section 2. What do we know about daily life in
ancient Egypt?
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How was ancient Egypt ruled?

Ancient Egyptian society was organized like a circle/pyramid/square.

1. Cut out the pictures, the descriptions and names of people in ancient Egypt. Put them together
forming a pyramid and match the correct pictures, descriptions and people.


 The Descriptions The People in Egypt
 They were the rulers of ancient Egypt. They Craftspeople
were like a king or queen.
He helped the pharaoh look after ancient Farmers
Egypt.
They wrote and kept records. Pharaoh
These people made things. Scribe
They did the farming and grew crops. Viziers

2. Stick your pictures, descriptions, and names of people on to the pyramid below.

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Why was the River Nile Important?

3. How long is the River Nile?

4. Which sea does the Nile eventually reach?
5. What did the River Nile leave behind after flooding?

6. Why was this good for the ancient Egyptian farmers?

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7. Look at the picture of the River Nile. Can you think of some reasons why the ancient Egyptians
chose to live near the River Nile?

What can we see that would make living What can we see that would make life in
in ancient Egypt easy? ancient Egypt difficult?

8. Fill in the table to show why the River Nile was important to the ancient Egyptians.
What the What was this important for? What was the most
Egyptians got important?
from the River 1= least important
Nile 6= most important
Fish

Transport

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 Washing

Water

Papyrus

Mud

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The Egyptian Farming Season

9. Complete the storyboard of the Egyptian farming seasons. Choose these descriptions and
write them in the correct boxes.
 When the crops ripened they were harvested.
 The flood waters arrived by the middle of July so no farming work could
be done.
 Animals were used to press the seeds firmly into the ground.
 A shaduf was used to lift water from the river onto the land.
Add your own drawings.

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 The Egyptian Farming Seasons

Season 1

The farmers could not work

on their land so they worked
for the pharaoh building
pyramids.

Season 2
November-February

Getting the land ready and

planting the seeds reading for
growing

Season 3

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What did ancient Egyptians eat?

10. Use the picture and put a circle around the food that ancient Egyptians liked eating.
Find these foods on the picture:-
Cucumbers, Pomegranates, Melons, Apples, Grapes Duck, Fish, Garlic and Eggs

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What did Egyptians wear?

23. Look at the pictures of ancient Egyptian men and women and draw your own pictures to
show you understand what Egyptians would have worn.

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 Something Egyptians wore on their feet Something Egyptians wore on their head

Something Egyptians wore on their body

Some jewellery worn on the neck, wrist and ears

24. What material were most clothes made out of?
25. Why were most clothes made out of this material?
26. Why do you think most men and women had shaved heads or wore their hair short?

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 Section 4. Egyptian Gods and Temples
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What did Egyptians believe?

1. How many different gods and goddesses did the ancient Egyptians worship?
2. Who was the most important god?
3. Which goddess did Egyptians pray to if they thought the River Nile was going to flood?

4. Which god did Egyptians pray to if they were not feeling very well?
5. What is a temple?

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Ancient Egyptian God

6. What is the name of this god?

7. What animal is this god shown as?

8. What is this god wearing on their

body?

9. What is this god wearing on their

head?

10. What is this god carrying in their

hand?

11. Why was he important to ancient

Egyptians?

12. Now colour in this god.

Add these labels
Sun, Snake, Amulet, Staff and Head
of a ram

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Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs

26. Describe what each of the symbols carried or worn by a pharaoh are. Write in the boxes.

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 Section 5. Life After Death
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How were the pyramids built?

Khufu's Pyramid, at Giza

3. Mark with numbers these features of Khufu's Pyramid, at Giza.

Air shafts 
The pharaoh’s tomb 
Underground tomb 
Grand Gallery 
Entrance 
The Queen’s tomb 

4. You are a member of the “Pharaoh Protection Society.” It is

3560 BC and you have been asked to change or add extra features to pyramids to stop tomb
robbers. What would you add to this pyramid to stop tomb robbers?

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Section 6. Tutankhamen
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What can we learn about ancient Egypt from the treasures

found in Tutankhamen’s tomb?
5. Write your answers in the table below.
Evidence 1 Evidence 2
What do you think it is? What do you think it is?

What do you think it is made from? What do you think it is made from?

What do you think it is used for? What do you think it is used for?

What does this tell us about what the ancient What does this tell us about what the ancient
Egyptians believed? Egyptians believed?

Evidence 3 Evidence 4
What do you think it is? What do you think it is?

What do you think it is made from? What do you think it is made from?

What do you think it is used for? What do you think it is used for?

What does this tell us about what the ancient What does this tell us about what the ancient
Egyptians believed? Egyptians believed?

6. Image you were Howard Carter. Write a newspaper article about finding Tutankhamen’s
tomb, what you saw and how you felt seeing these objects for the first time.
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Congratulations, you have completed the ancient
Egyptians topic.

How well did you do?

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