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History: Africa Unit / History: Ancient Egypt / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 22, 2020 · Last modified January 1, 2024
This 75+page Ancient Egypt Packet includes notebook pages, ancient Egypt timeline cards, Egyptian gods & goddesses cards & activities, an Ancient Egypt lapbook – interactive notebook pages, geography materials and more! Students will learn a lot about the 3,000-year history of Egypt… from the early dynasties through the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms of ancient Egypt. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about Egyptian mythology, learning how stories...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 17, 2020 · Last modified August 12, 2021
We have studied Ancient Egypt several times along our homeschool journey. It’s such a fun & intriguing unit for kids of all ages! There are really fun crafts you can do with your young learners from making your own death mask or pyramid… to re-creating the fertile Nile River Valley! When my youngest was little older, we read through the Story of the World, vol. 1 (affiliate link) about the...
Freebies / History: Ancient Egypt
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 3, 2016 · Last modified September 21, 2023
If you are studying Ancient Egypt, you might be able to use these free Ancient Egypt worksheets. These cover Upper and Lower Egypt and their unification, the myth about Osiris, hieroglyphics, mummification, and the Egyptian pyramids. My youngest and I have been reading through the Story of the World, vol. 1 (affiliate link) about the ancient world. These pages follow along with chapters 2, 3 and 4. ED is LOVING...
Homeschool Den / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 22, 2016 · Last modified September 21, 2023
Multiplication & Division Worksheet Packet in an Ancient Egypt theme! Last year, my daughter learned all of her multiplication facts but I knew she would need a lot of review this fall. I asked her over the summer what theme she wanted her latest packet to be and she chose Ancient Egypt. No, we’re not studying Ancient Egypt at the moment, but she loved the clipart! So, that’s what I...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 29, 2012 · Last modified August 12, 2021
If you are studying Ancient Egypt, the kids might like this hieroglyphic generator from Discovery Kids. They can type in their name and see what it would look like in hieroglyphics: Update: Their website has moved no longer works! It now looks like this. You can find it here: Hieroglyphics Typewriter Here are some of our posts from when we studied Ancient Egypt – our projects and activities. I recently...
Arts and Crafts / History: Africa Unit / History: Ancient Egypt / History: World Religions / Homeschool Den / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 28, 2012 · Last modified March 16, 2016
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Ours was truly wonderful. I love Thanksgiving because its a time to focus on family and the best part is the dinnertime conversation about what we are thankful for. The kids have such precious things on their minds! Anyway, we’re back to school now—and we’re finishing up some pretty fun projects. We had stepped away from our Ancient Egypt unit for several...
Freebies / History: Africa Unit / History: Ancient Egypt / History: World Religions / Homeschool Den / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 16, 2012 · Last modified December 19, 2016
We have been learning a lot about the myths of Ancient Egypt. While I read to the kids, they often work on their own art. I came across a wonderful drawing book Ralph Masiello’s Ancient Egypt Drawing Book (affiliate link) that the kids have been using to create their own Ancient Egyptian-themed drawings. Below they are drawing the Ancient Egyptian god, Osiris: Another day the kids drew Ra as they...
History: Africa Unit / History: Ancient Egypt / History: Geography Activities / Homeschool Den / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 15, 2012 · Last modified May 30, 2019
We started our unit on Ancient Egypt with a geography project. This is one we did about four years ago as well, but it was well worth repeating! We placed sand in an old plastic container. Then using toilet paper and paper towel rolls, we created the base for the winding Nile River. We covered that with aluminum foil. In upper Egypt we created the ‘mountains.’ We sprinkled potting soil...
History: Ancient Greece Unit / History: Geography Activities
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 4, 2010 · Last modified January 10, 2015
Last year we did a unit on Ancient Egypt. We really got a lot out of that geography project as well and I thought I’d share it (since we started this blog after that). We shoveled sand into the container, then laid down a aluminium foil river bed (so the water didn’t all wash away). Then we placed fertile soil on the aluminium foil and “flooded it” and watched the...
Ancient World History / Freebies / History and World Cultures Units / History: Ancient Egypt / History: India Unit / Homeschool Den / Story of the World
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 11, 2016 · Last modified September 5, 2022
Today I have another set of free ancient world history notebook pages about Sumer, Mesopotamia, Babylon and more! These review a few facts about Ancient Egypt, Sumer, Akkadia, Babylon, and Mohenjo-Daro (in the Indus River Valley). My youngest and I are reading Story of the World (affiliate link) together while my older two are working on research papers. This is a fabulous book for young learners. The stories are engaging...
History: China Unit / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 5, 2022 · Last modified January 1, 2024
100+ page Ancient China Packet Are your kids studying dynasties of Ancient China? This 100+page Ancient China Unit covers nearly 3,000 years of ancient Chinese History from the early cultures of the Neolithic period to the end of the Song Dynasty. This packet includes notebook pages, timeline cards, worksheets, geography materials and more! The link to purchase this is down below. Look for the red, Add to Cart button. Early...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 6, 2020 · Last modified September 5, 2022
This is a chatty post about what we are doing for ancient history. Below, I’ll share some of the resources we are using and some activities we’ve done so far. We’ve only been in school for a few weeks now, but it already feels like we’ve got a good routine down and have covered quite a bit! History Spine: I have a lot of history textbooks that I have used...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 30, 2018 · Last modified September 22, 2023
We have a new packet to share with you on the Ancient Greek gods and goddesses! This new unit includes the major Olympian gods and touches on some of the famous mythology of Ancient Greece. This has been a really fun unit. The Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses Packet includes many different activities from notebook pages to interactive notebook pages, matching cards and an Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses board...
Ancient World History / History: Ancient Aztecs, Incas and Mayans / History: Ancient Egypt / History: Ancient Greece Unit / History: China Unit / History: India Unit / Homeschool Den
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 3, 2018 · Last modified September 21, 2023
This Ancient History Writing Paper Set features many of the ancient world civilizations starting with early humans and including pages on Ancient Israel, Egypt, Greece and Rome, as well as the Aztecs, Incas, and Vikings. This packet is sold as a set and is about 25 pages. Please note that there are no teacher’s notes provided. This packet contains notebook pages only! Here is what is in this packet: Early...
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