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Lower Elementary
**Objectives:** 1. Students will review important facts and concepts about the Egyptian Civilization **17.A.1a** Identify physical characteristics of places, both local and global (e.g., locations, roads, regions, bodies of water). 2. Students will Identify important vocabulary pertaining to Egypt **Materials:** PowerPoint, $1 bills, $5 bills, $10 bills (pretend money) **Description:** Wheel of Pharaoh is taken from Wheel of Fortune. After reviewing the Egyptian wiki page, the teacher will have created a PowerPoint with questions in a wheel of fortune form. Students will guess letters for different terminology related to Egypt. After the word is solved, students will have to explain what the term is or means ([|Discovery Education, 2011]). **Homework:** Create three questions to bring to class that could be incorporated into Wheel of Pharaoh.

Upper Elementary
**Objectives:** 1. Students will work in cooperiatve groups to create a pyramid. 2. Students will discuss challenges faced, strategies utilized, and additional things that would have been helpful with creating their pyramid. 3. Students will research about pyramids and temples created by ancient Egyptians. **17.A.2b** Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places and environments. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Materials:** Sugar cubes, legos, wooden or plastic blocks or cubes,How To Build a pyramid article for each student, poster board,assorted building crafts <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Description:** In groups, students will conduct research on the building of pyramids by ancient Egyptian workers. Then, students will work cooperatively in groups and create a 3D pyramid. Students will then create a poster board with information pertaining to their pyramid including facts learned through research and present to it to the class ([|Pbs, 2011]). <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Homework:** Research may need to be done at home. Bring findings to class to share with group members.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fine Arts
**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Objectives: ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Students will create a drawing a still-life drawing of a Egyptian cuisine. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Students will utilize space effectively. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Students will incorporate color appropriately. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**26.B.2dVisual Arts:** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Demonstrate knowledge and skills to create works of visual art using problem solving, observing, designing, sketching and constructing. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Materials:** Construction paper, crayons, markers, colored pencils, oil pastels **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Description: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Individually, students will create a still-life drawing of a Egyptian cuisine he or she learned about from the wiki.The students will be provided with a slideshow on the use of color and space. **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Homework: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">If drawing is not complete, finish it at home and bring it to class the following day.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">References

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wheel Of Pharaoh | Discovery Education. (n.d.). //Welcome to Discovery Education | Discovery Education.//Retrieved December 6, 2011, from <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/wheel-of-pharaoh.cfm

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Egypt's Golden Empire. (n.d.). //Pbs//. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/pdf/lesson5.pdf