PYRAMIDS: THE OUTSIDE STORY
This 3-hour lesson was done in the lab using the website: http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids (the site of the British Museum specially designed for on line teaching). At the end of the three hours Ss themselves asked to read more about the Pyramids and write a project. They were given various websites to read and collect photographs. They were also given a lot of help, since the subject was quite difficult. The truth is that they were highly inspired so they managed it quite well. You can see their project in the Projects section.
AIMS:
To train Ss work with website pages, to read, understand and extract specific information out of an authentic written text (in fact simplified, since this website is constructed for teaching purposes), to come in contact with the famous sights of Egypt (the Pyramids , especially the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Greek Cheops), to come in contact with the great civilization of Ancient Egyptians, to practise vocabulary related to ancient monuments and sights, to write a paragraph.
WORKSHEET 2
[[Ss were given on one side of the paper the diagram of the complex of pyramids as it appears in the website, but I had added arrows and blank labels so that they first navigated the complex of pyramids and wrote the names of the buildings around it on their worksheets. After checking their answers it was quite easy to go on with the questions and answers. Below you can see the diagram as it appears in the website. ]]
Â) NOW READ ABOUT EACH BUILDING AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1.
What was the "valley temple" used for?
2.
Where was the mortuary temple?
3.
What was it used for?
4.
Where were the Queens' pyramids built?
5.
What was the causeway?
6.
What did the causeway have, according to experts' beliefs?
7.
Why did they bury boats in the boat pits?
8.
Why did they build a "satellite pyramid"?
9.
Why did the nobles want to be buried near their pharaoh?
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