Journey # 1
Your group's task is to investigate the Ancient Egyptian civilization. You
will answer the following questions as a group and each person will write
the answers separately. One person in the group will do a neat copy with
everyone signing their name on that copy. Pass in all copies before you
proceed to the next journey.
1. Who were the Egyptains? What did they look like?
2. What were some of the most important inventions and achievements of the
Egyptian?
3. Was life easy or hard in Ancient Egyptian? Why?
4. What are the scientific/technological/artistic advances evident in these
ancient civilizations?
Below are some links to sites with general information about the Egyptian.
Read through them to get some knowledge about the Egyptians and their
culture.
Ancient Egypt
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/
http://www.virtual-egypt.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/
Other Resources
You may use your textbook or any tradebooks available in the classroom.