Friday, January 28, 2011

Ancient Egypt

Today we begin our journey back in time to the civilization of Ancient Egypt! What do you want to learn about Egyptian culture? How do you want to learn about it? Your input is valued and will help me create our lessons!

87 comments:

EXAMPLE said...

EXAMPLE: I really want to learn about pyramids, mummies, and what the Egyptians eat. I really want to do stations again, watch some movies, and make a Keynote on pyramids.

Annie said...

I really want to learn about mummies and pyramids. I want to learn about it by watching movies and playing games and maybe even do stations.

Athena said...

I Really want to learn about pyramids, and Gods. I want to learn about it by doing stations and partnering up. I might also consider watching movies.

Alexander said...

What I want to learn about is Egyptian food and pyramids by watching movies, making hands-on clay pyramids and if you want, games on Egypt.

Tess said...

I really want to learn about the pyramids. I want to learn about the pyramids by reading books and doing the stations. Also I want to learn about what the people wore, also by doing the stations.

Keegan said...

I would like to learn about the pyramids. I want to do this by making posters or projects that we get to pick the subject, like pyramids, mummies, jackals and other random things to do with Egyptian
History. If so, I would make a Lego model or a clay model. It might also be fun to pick a god to research ( I would pick Nut, I was named after her ).

Will said...

I would like to watch a movie learn about their, gods, mummies, wars, weapons, and laws if they had them.

Avery said...

I really want to learn about what they ate, the ancient gods, and their buildings. I would like to do a project that we have to do research for, something like a imovie or brochure.

Ben said...

I would like to learn about their gods more than anything, but there is something else I would like to learn. I would also like to learn about their weapons by doing stations and watching movies in class.

Julia said...

Hello there! I want to learn about pyramids, and mummies. I would highly suggest a hands-on project. Such as, making a pyramid, or making a paper mache mummy. It would be really fun and I think that most of the students would enjoy it! I certainly would..

Thank you!

You rock Mrs. Whitaker!

Noah:) said...

I want to learn about the activities ancient Egypt did for fun. I also want to learn about mummies and do computer group activities with FRIENDS.

Austin said...

I want to learn about mummies, pyramids, and what they did to live.We can learn about these things by movies, books, and keynote .

Tim said...

I really want to learn about the pyramids and the Egyptians. I want to learn how the Egyptians lived and how the pyramids were made back then.

Connor said...

I would really like to learn about the war and weapons that the early Egyptians used. I also would like to learn how they made the pyramids. I would like to do it in stations. Also I would like to do games and watch some movies

Kristen said...

I want to learn about hieroglyphics, temples, mummies, and pyramids. It would be fun to learn about hieroglyphics just like we did cuneiform, by writing our initials. We could learn about temples, mummies, and pyramids by reading short picture books, watching movies, playing lots of games, and getting in partners and groups.

Nick C said...

I would like to learn about the geographical location of Egypt and how it affected their everyday lives. I also would like to learn about the Egypt campaign against Cesaur.
I would also like to do some keynote slides. Sorry I messed up I meant to put Nick C.

Karen said...

I really want to learn about the mummies and what they ate. I also want to lean about the pyramids too. I would like to lean these things by watching videos and working in groups.

Daniel said...

I would love to learn about pyramids and mummies and how they make there stone sculptures. I would like to learn by keynotes and hands on.

Jordan.F said...

I really really want to do a hands on project four the pyramids like have to make a pyramid out of paper or something like that and watch movies to learn and I want to do stations again and like coloring pages.

Whitney said...

I think mummies,pyramids,and Egyptian mythology would be interesting to learn about. I would like to do independent research projects like the Legacy Brochure. I would also like to make a keynote or an imovie, and maybe do stations again.

Wyatt said...

I really think we should learn the Egyptian realm the easiest way possible,group work,movies,and games. This is the way to have the most fun and education learned about Ancient Egypt. I do want to learn about Ra,Isis,and Horus.

Emily E. said...

I would like to learn about mummies and their jewelry and why they were always wearing it. I would like to learn about it by doing stations, an movie, or by using the book.

Bryan said...

I want to learn about the gods and pyramids. I want to do that by watching movies and playing games. Maybe even station's.

Jacob said...

I would like to learn about the gods. Watching movies and doing stations would be good to learn.

Caroline said...

I really want to learn about the gods and pyramids. I would want to partner up and do a keynote if possible or do stations. I also want to know what the kids did while their parents worked.

Sarah said...

I would like to learn about the Ancient Egyptian gods and pyramids. I would like to do this by maybe watching movies and maybe stations.

YOU ROCK MRS. WHITAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

christian said...

I want to learn about why the Egyptians did sacrifices. I think we should learn it by watching a movie, work, and games.

JP T said...

I really want to learn about Egypt's
agriculture and it's gods. I would to learn these things by pairing up, and watching movies. I would also like to do a project by making iMovies.

Rachel B said...

I would like to learn about mummies and the pyramids and what the Egyptians wore. I would like to learn about them by watching movies or stations, or even doing a single or group project.

Erica said...

I really want to learn about mummies and there Gods. I want to learn by working with a partner, doing stations,do posters and watch movies.
<3

Noelle said...

I would love to learn about ancient jewelery and mummies. We could do this research with partners, and work on stations. I would also like to work on posters and watch a few movies :) <3

Marc y said...

I would want to learn about the food that they ate and the pyramids. I would want to do partners,movies,or make a imovie.Or a poster of any of the things that people want to do.

nate d said...

I really want to learn about the pyramids, mummies, death rituals, and weapons. I want to learn about these thing by doing an i movie with friends.

Carli said...

I think it would be cool to lean about the gods and pyramids and maybe the mummies. I want to to work in partners but have us choice what we want to learn about. I would like to make a imovie and maybe watch a movie about Egypt. That is how i would like to learn about it.

Cassie said...

I would love hands on projects. Such as making a poster that we could choose the subject. Instead everybody do a poster on the same subject. We could make projects of mummies and pyramids. It would be cool to make a project of a pyramids.

Stella R. said...

i want to learn about the Egyptian gods by play games and doing stations. I also want to watch movies about Egypt.

Abby F. said...

I would love to learn about the kings and queens. I think it would be cool to learn about Cleopatra and also the jewlary she would wear. We could learn by doing stations and maybe watching a movie or two. Maybe we could work with partners too!

Thomas Macomber said...

I really want to learn about pyramids and any art they did if they were doing art back then. Also I have a game called lego pyramid and you are a little Egyptian as you walk around the board and climb the pyramid and try not to get hit by the mummies. Movies and games would be a fun way to learn about Egypt.

Blake said...

I think it would be really cool to learn about what it was like for the women, what they wore, and what they ate. I would love to watch movies and do research on the topic I choose.I would also love to learn about the gods and what there houses looked like. I would like to make a model of the houses they lived in. It would be so cool to learn what there names mean in their language. That is what i would like to learn about in social studies.

Grace said...

I would like to learn about mummies and pyramids.I wont to learn about it by doing stations and watching movies.

Abby said...

I really want to learn about mummies and pyramids. I want to learn about in a group of people and with the stations.

Brandon P. said...

I want to learn about the government. What I would like to do for the Egypt project is to make an I movie about the pharaohs or gods or I would like to work with a partner to do a poster of some sort of hands-on model.

Jen said...

I want to learn about the way the Egyptians lived and what they ate. The way I would like to learn this is to maybe do stations, watch movies, and doing some partner stuff and some individual stuff too.

Thank You Mrs.Whitaker

Alex S-L said...

I would like to learn about the pharaohs, the pyramids, the sphynx, and the Nile River. I would like to learn these things by watching movies, playing games, and making models.

Sean said...

I want to learn about mummies and pyramids. I think it would be fun to make a model of a pyramid and watch a movie on Ancient Egypt.

Hannah said...

I really want to learn about their head dresses and pyramids. I want to learn about these by watching movies, playing games or stations.

Sam said...

I would like to learn about their mythology, and the pyramids. I would like there to be varying levels of depth; basically so everyone can go as far in depth as they want.

Heather said...

I would love to learn about the clothing the ancient Egyptians wore. Learning about the pyramids would be cool too. It would be fun to watch movies on archeologists finding tombs and mummies. I would like to also do hands-on activities and maybe make a poster.

Marina said...

I would love to learn about mummie's and gods and there clothing also pyrimids . I would like to learn about these by movie's stations and posters.

Anonymous said...

I would like to learn about the food and the rituals that they did before or while putting the king or queen in the pyramids. Also sacrifices. I would like to learn them by hands on activities and stations. Also reading about the.

Drew said...

I want to learn about ancient Egypt by doing group work and moives

Ethan O said...

I would like to learn about the pyramids, food and there culture. I also would like to do more group activities.

Katherine said...

I would love to learn about the Egyptian foods and their daily life styles.

grant said...

I would like to learn about battles, and the kings.It would be awesome to do a key note on Egypt and be graded on it.

Jamie J. said...

I want to learn about the clothes that they wore, the shelter, and food. It would be cool to work in groups or partners. I think that we should do the stations again.

Destiny.S said...

I want to learn about what the Egyptians eat and if they went to school.I also want to know how did they make stuff to eat or to live with.

Sam said...

I would also like to do journal entries as if we lived in Egypt.

Eric said...

I wanna learn about mummies and pyramids by working in groups and partners. I also wanna learn about their writing.

Drew said...

I want to learn about ancient Egypt by doing group work and watch movies on them.

Ben.S said...

I would like to learn about the pyramids and mummies. I would like to learn about it by playing games and watching movies.

Molly said...

I would like to learn about the clothes, food, religion and just the culture in general of ancient Egypt. I would like to do stations, and a project with a partner we could pick or in small groups of 3 or 4.

NIk B. said...

I would like to learn what they did daily and do a imovie on it.I would also like to learn what they ate and what they used for shelter

Lizzy L. said...

I really want to learn about the gods and the language. I loved learning about the rights of the people in Egypt and the agriculture. I'd like to do a project in groups with friends and learn about a topic of choice.

Kate said...

I would really like to study about mummies and pyramids. I would like to do stations again and a keynote.

Jordan c said...

I would like to learn about what they ate and who was determined the king and queen

Kirsten said...

I want to learn about the buildings

Anne said...

I want to know about Cleopatra the Egyptian of love. I'll see you later Mrs. Whitaker.

J.C said...

I would love it if we do could hands on actives.

Thomas said...

I am extremely curious to learn about the pharaohs and how they built the pyramids. I think that we should do a project about a subject of our choice between several different topics, as well as stations.

kiesha said said...

i would like learn about the pyramids and work with partners more often then we do on our projects and i would like if we worked with stations.

lindsey said...

I want to learn when, and how the pyramids where made. I want to work in partners, stations, and watch movies and youtube videos.







!!!!!!!!MRS. WHITAKER YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!

Skylher said...

I would really like to learn more about the Egyptians, and pyramids. I think we could do this by doing group work and together making posters of information about what we found on these subjects.

Kyle said...

I really want to learn about mummies and gods. Also i would like to learn about pyramids and other sculptures. For activity's i would like to do keynotes, movies, and stations.

Anonymous said...

I am so exited to learn about Egypt. I want to learn about mummies and periods. The way I want to learn about mummies and pyramids is I want to do stations and maybe watch some movies about them.

Teddy said...

I want to learn about is the different ages of Egypt and how they are different. How I want to learn this is by interactive things on the internet or keynotes where people can ask questions.

Kaylea said...

In social studies when we learn about Egypt I am mostly happy about learning about mummies and pyramids. I want to learn about them by doing stations and watching movies. I can't wait!!!

Carrie said...

I want to watch youtube videos of how they lived, and play games. I also would like to do stations again. That is what I would like to learn about from the Egyptians.

Paddy said...

I really would like to learn about the mummies, weapons, wars, and the pyramids. I want to learn about them by having stations, watching movies, and making keynotes, or i movies.

Miles said...

I would like to learn about the mummies, pyramids, and especially the gods and myths. The way I would like to learn about this is by watching movies and doing projects.

Sarah J said...

I would like to learn about the gods. I want to learn about them by watching movies or doing stations.

Brandon H said...

I really wanna learn about pyramids and mummies. I would like to learn about this stuff by doing stations again or work friends and do studies

Liberty said...

I would love to learn about the pyramids and mummies. I would like to learn about them by watching short films and doing individual projects.

Tyler said...

I would like to learn about where they got their water and food. I would also like to learn about their beliefs. I would like to learn about this with hands-on activities, and projects.

big ethan said...

I would like to watch a movie like the mummy

bella said...

I think It would be a good idea to To Make a pyramid out of something and then on each side of the pyramid we have a different cadagory on ancient say people or places or shelters or food. something like that. I saw that on a tv show. so i thought it was kind of cool.

Paul Gopalan said...

I would like to learn about mummies and their jewelry and why they were always wearing it. I would like to learn about it by doing stations, an movie, or by using the book.

Pietro said...

I really really want to do a hands on project four the pyramids like have to make a pyramid out of paper or something like that and watch movies to learn and I want to do stations again and like coloring pages.