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A full lesson for KS2 about Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. The resource includes a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets.

What did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics mean?
In this lesson, pupils will look at historical sources containing Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and look closely for familiar symbols among the writing. Pupils will learn about what kind of messages were written in hieroglyphics, discuss some of the issues around translation and use a hieroglyphics key to make their own Egyptian cartouche.

Objectives:

  • To discover what Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs looked like
  • To explore the issue of translating hieroglyphics

The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class.

This lesson is part of the KS2History Ancient Egyptians Planning Pack for KS2.

This primary history resource is created by KS2History.

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Ancient Egypt: Lessons

Download our popular Ancient Egypt lesson planning bundle containing 10 full lessons. This resource contains a bundle of history lessons that make up a complete unit covering the Ancient Egyptians topic. Each file contains a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint slides and pupil resource sheets. The planning pack covers the following lessons: [Who were the Ancient Egyptians?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ancient-egypt-12189369) [Why was Ancient Egypt the ‘Gift of the Nile’?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/river-nile-ancient-egypt-12162395) [Who were the Ancient Egyptian pharaohs?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pharaohs-ancient-egypt-12189443) [Why did the Ancient Egyptians build the pyramids?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pyramids-ancient-egypt-12162417) [What did the Ancient Egyptians do for fun?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ancient-egypt-leisure-12162425) [What was mummification in Ancient Egypt?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ancient-egypt-mummification-12162430) [Who were the Ancient Egyptian gods?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ancient-egyptian-gods-and-goddesses-12162434) [What did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics mean?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hieroglyphics-12162436) [What was discovered inside Tutankhamun’s tomb?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/tutankhamun-s-tomb-12162441) [Who was Cleopatra and how is she remembered?](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ancient-egypt-cleopatra-vii-12162460) These lessons are written for KS2 and are aligned to the National Curriculum in the UK but can be easily adapted to other curriculums too. The lesson plans include differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class. This bundle is brought to you by KS2History.com. You may also like our [Egyptian Cinderella Literacy Resource Pack](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/egyptian-cinderella-planning-egyptians-topic-11337937).

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