What can we learn from hieroglyphics?

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This lesson is titled “What can we learn from hieroglyphics?”

The lesson begins with a Starter Activity in which students are asked to match up some simple shape hieroglyphics with their modern English translations. This leads to an introduction of the Key Question along with lesson aims and graduated objectives (all will/most will/some will). After this there are 6 slides of background information to allow for teacher exposition. Students are then given a hieroglyphic alphabet along with one of 19 statements about Ancient Egypt, which are differentiated by length. These are issued to students, and they are asked to privately translate their statement, before sharing them with peers to translate (twice or three times depending on time). Lesson objectives are revisited, and the lesson concludes with a trash cans plenary in which students add information learned through hieroglyphics about 5 factors of Ancient Egyptian civilisation. This lesson was created for high school students but works with slightly younger students too.

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