Unit 4 – Puzzles & Mysteries

Concept Question: Is there an explanation for everything?

Week 4 – Seeker of Knowledge

Glogster

Videos

Click on the links below to watch videos about ancient Egypt.

National Geographic (3 minutes)

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/people-places-kids/egypt-tombs-kids/

Discovery Education Videos (LINKED BELOW)

username: nasdgrade4

password: student

Elementary Video Adventures: Ancient Times (1 hour)

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=86881777-ccbc-4b6a-bd03-2cdcba7a8736

Elementary Video Adventures: Great Egyptians (22 min)

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=002077f6-aa02-48c0-a5df-959685d01625

Great Egyptians (24 min)

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=e1f3bd7b-a021-4ebb-ae47-5a05762d28a2

Journals through History: Constructing Ancient Egypt (18 min)

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=984146d3-e07d-4bb6-af5f-d0f826a8d1bb

Journals through History: Land of Abundance (18 min)

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=9e04baba-6d0c-4be5-beab-91339217b6b6

Time Warp Trio: Tut Tut (21 min)

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=fc62e6d3-682a-4e13-87fd-ae39efd2bcea

Tutenstein: Into the Past (22 min)

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=3252de2f-7804-4985-959a-1374fbf1178a

Concept Vocabulary

Open the file below at the bottom of this page called Concept Vocab Web to see how the words symbol, scholar, and converse are related to the concept of communication.

Build Background - Egypt

What do you know about ancient Egyptian writing?  Complete a KWL chart (linked as a file below) to write down what you know about ancient Egyptian writing and what you want to know.  Once the story has been read complete what you have learned about ancient Egyptian writing.

Graphic Sources

Why would authors put a map, diagram, chart, or bar graph in their books?

Answer: Authors use them to explain an idea or show information in a visual way.

• Graphic sources - picture, map, chart, graph, timeline, diagram, etc.

• Shows information in a visual way.

• Looking at the graphic source helps you to understand what you read.

• Information in the graphic source is not always in the text.

Before, during, and after reading ask yourself:

1. What does this source show?
2. What do I think the article will be about?
3. How does this graphic source compare with the text?
4. Do I understand this graphic source now?
5. Do I have any questions about it?

Hieroglyphics

Click on the link below for an interactive site on hieroglyphics.  Type in your name to see it written in ancient hieroglyphics and decode a word. 

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/interactive_fs.asp?swfpath=history/egypt/hieroglyphs.swf

Hieroglyhics Name Translator

http://www.guardians.net/egypt/hieroglyphs/hiero-translator.htm

Cartouches

Click on the link below to discover what are cartouches.  Below is an example of a cartouche using Mrs. Horvath's name.

http://egypt.mrdonn.org/cartouche.html

Vocabulary Strategy: Greek & Latin Roots

• Many English words come from Greek & Latin languages.

• trans- means "across, through, or beyond" (ex: translate)
• schol- means "of a school" (ex: scholar, school)
• glyphic - means "carving"  (ex: hieroglyphics)
• hiero - means "sacred" (ex: hieroglyphics)
• ante- means "before" (ex: antechamber)
• celebrare- means "to honor" (celebrate, celebrity)
• uni- means "one" (ex: unicorn)
• bi- means "two" (ex: bicycle)
• tri- means "three" (ex: triple)
• photo- means "light" (ex: photosynthesis)
• -ology - means "the study of" (ex: archeology)

Main Idea & Details

Main idea - the most important point about a topic

Supporting detail - tells more about a main idea

The Rosetta Stone

Click on the link below for more information on the Rosetta Stone.

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html

Click on the link below to learn more information about Jean-Francois Champollion, who translated the Rosetta Stone.

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/champollion.htm

Possessive Pronouns

Click on the link below to play a review game for possessive pronouns.

Interactive Pronoun Games:

https://sites.google.com/site/easygrammar4kids/pronouns

http://esolhelp.com/Possessive-Pronouns-and-Adjectives-Millionaire/millionaire.html

For more Egyptian fun click on the links below.  Play games, do a webquest, and explore the exciting world of ancient Egypt!

Awesome Interactive Game - find clues and guess whose tomb you discovered.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/Tomb-unknown-mummy

Awesome Interactive Game - Learn how mummies are made by clicking the link below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml

http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/

 http://www.eyelid.co.uk/e-name.htm

http://woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/animals.htm

http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/cyberhunts/egyphunt.htm

http://egypt.mrdonn.org/art.html

http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.perform.type.search&language_id=1&trait_item_id=10000329

http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/special/lifeas/index.html

http://www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/webquest/index.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/senet.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/geometry/index.html