Ancient Egyptian children

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This lesson is titled “How similar and how different was life for Ancient Egyptian children compared to today??”

The lesson begins with a starter activity where students are given a prompt and asked to explain what is happening (children harvesting, swimming in the Nile etc). They are then asked to give a modern day equivalent and to discuss the follow up question. The Key Question is then introduced along with aims and graduated objectives (all will/most will/some will). There are then 5 slides of background information to allow for teacher exposition. The class then begin their main task in which they read through 38 speech bubbles and add them to either an image of an Ancient or modern child, before making connections to explain how similar and how different (examples are provided). They are then prepared for the written task. Aims and objectives are revisited and the lesson concludes with a plenary in which students place information learned into one of 2 trash cans to test knowledge gained in the lesson. I hope your students get as much out of this lesson as mine always do.

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Wishing you a terrific day.