Book Creator | Ancient Egypt - Olivia, Gemma, Gabriella

KS1 Ancient Egypt

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Fun Facts:

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Egypt is 3000,711 miles away from the United Kingdom.

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The capital of Egypt is Cairo

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The temperature in Egypt today is 29 degrees and it is currently 13 degrees here in Liverpool

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Question:
What is the difference between the two temperatures?

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The pyramids are the most famous symbol of Ancient Egypt. They were built as grand burial places for Pharaohs.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest pyramid and when built it was more than 480 feet tall!

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It took 20,000 workers over 23 years to build it!

Egyptian houses were made out of mud bricks with floors made from earth.
There would be living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms for sleeping.

There was no electricity, meaning food was cooked in stone ovens, using fire for heat!

The food that Egyptians ate depended on their class.

- Rich people ate meat, eggs, figs and grapes
- Poor people ate bread and onions.

Jobs were inherited from your parents.

What would your job be if you were living in ancient Egypt?

Common jobs were bakers, scribes, farmers, priests, doctors, craftsmen and merchants and lots more

Transport in ancient Egypt consisted of ships and boats.

The roads were sometimes small, dirty and full of rocks.

The boats were made out of wood.

Task Time!

After learning all of the information about Ancient Egypt, your job is to create a diary entry of a day in the life living in ancient Egypt.

Include a...
- Description about the pyramids
- What your house would be like
- What you would eat
- How you travel around.
- What job you would have

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