Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
May 17, 2011
April 18, 2011
Learning about Egypt
Second grade students are beginning to learn about Egyptian Art. We have learned about mummification, heiroglyphs, and a special Egyptian hippo named “William.” William is the unofficial mascot of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. He is a ceramic figure decorated with designs of the lotus plant. When I visited NYC last year, I brought home a stuffed version of Willam. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/FAQ/htm/willy.htmStudens are making their own hippos using model magic. They are going to be painted and decorated with black marker.
Check out this site to learn to write you name in hieroglyphs...
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/interactive_fs.asp?swfpath=history/egypt/hieroglyphs.swf
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