Ancient Egypt Unit Study: Hands-on Fun, Ideas and Activities for Busy Homeschoolers and Teachers Review

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(More customer reviews)What a great unit about Egyptian history! This guide -- about 70 pages -- is filled with activities and visual aids to make ancient Egypt come alive for students of all ages.
It's perfect for any homeschooling family or homeschooling group. Public and private schools could also benefit from this teaching resource.
Most of this unit can be enjoyed without spending a cent. The supplies for projects and activities are probably things that you have around the house. You'll probably want to borrow a few books from the public library so children can look up facts, but the Internet (if you trust it) will work for this, too.
I especially like the variety of activities and projects that can be adapted for groups, classes, or families that include a variety of learning modalities, abilities, interests, and ages.
When we homeschooled, we generally used the Konos curriculum. So, I'm familiar with unit studies and I've seen a lot of them... the good, the bad, and the truly you've-got-to-be-kidding awful. When the author showed me this book, I was very impressed with it.
This is as close to perfect as any study unit I've seen. There are enough activity and project ideas to keep students busy (and happily learning) for at least a month, with the option of extending this for a full semester of in-depth study about ancient Egypt.
I'm very impressed, and highly recommend it to supplement any homeschooling curriculum, or to enhance studies in public and private schools. Parents who aren't homeschooling will enjoy this book to help children get better grades when studying Egypt, and think of extra-credit activities.
This book takes the effort out of planning studies, projects and activities related to ancient Egypt. When the teacher's having fun, the students do, too!


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This unit study provides everything you need for an in-depth study of Ancient Egypt. Unlike other unit studies it provides the basic information along with all types of activities to choose from. There are research projects, hands-on activities, reproducible coloring pages, recipes and a suggested reading list. Designed to be used with children of various ages - from elementary through junior high.

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The Ancient Egyptians (People of the Ancient World) Review

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(More customer reviews)My fifth grade son used this book a lot for our homeschooling unit on Egypt. It was easy to read, yet had plenty of detailed information. A great book for upper grammar and the middle grades.

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Explore the fascinating world of the ancient Egyptians. Learn about the lives of pharaohs, mummy makers, artisans, tomb builders, and many others. Read about some of the discoveries that have led to our present-day understanding of this amazing culture.--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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The Ancient Egyptian World (World in Ancient Times) Review

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This is just about the best, funniest book I've read all year--who would have expected this from a book on the ancient Egyptian World?
I'm not an expert on this subject but the writing has the ring of truth and seems to be well-researched.
The authors have a gift for making old topics seem this-minute relevant.
For instance, Egyptian priesthood: "Plucking out your eyebrows and eyelashes may sound painful., but being a priest had advantages. For one thing, you didn't have to pay taxes..." Or, on fashion: "So what would an Egyptian Fashion magazine look like (other than the fact it would be written on papyrus, need only one issue every thousand years or so, and could only be read by a few people since only aobut 1 percent of Egyptians could read?)"
I think the ho-hum title and amazingly dull cover are like displaying a perfect rose in a milk bottle, but you can't have everything.


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They Wrote on Clay: The Babylonian Tablets Speak Today (Phoenix Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)Before the beginning of this century, the only information we had about Ancient Babylon was from the Bible. Consequently, most of the literature that I have read on the subject (written during the height of Iraqi Archeaology in the 1920's and 30's) has been on a religious note rather than a historical one. This book changed all that. It brought a highly academic subject to the layman. It is a simple, informative account of how the real Babylonians lived. It describes the Babylonians as an advanced people who appreciated art and literature, as well as entering into contracts and having mortgages. It is a great introduction to an ancient civilisation.

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Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desire. They Wrote on Clay combines fascinatingly the fruits of sound and painstaking archeology with the natural-born storyteller's art. As transmitted by Chiera, the message of the recently discovered Babylonian clay tablets becomes an absorbing exrusion into the common life of a vanished civilization. Few will read They Wrote on Clay without becoming infected with something of Chiera's love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East."The book presents, briefly and clearly, a vivid picture of a long-dead people who in numerous ways were very like ourselves."—L. M. Field, New York Times "No mystery story can be as exciting."—Harper's "Plainly and fetchingly written."—New Republic

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The Shakespeare Stealer Review

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(More customer reviews)The Shakespeare Stealer is a book about a poor orphan boy, called Widge, living in Shakespearean England who can write a rare coded language in which symbols for each word can be written as the words are said. His forceful master, taking advantage of his ability, orders him to go to the Globe Theater to steal Shakespeare's Hamlet by writing down the lines of the play as the actors are acting them out. Though Widge, the poor, nameless orphan boy feels stealing the play is wrong, he enters the Globe Theater to copy down the play Hamlet. He is found by the players at the theater and they take him in and treat them as one of their own, while also being trained as an actor. While living with one of the men from the Lord Chamberlain's Men (the playing troupe) Widge, a country boy, adjusts to city life. However, Widge has not forgotten the threat his master made to him if he did not bring him a copy of Hamlet, and Widge knows that he has sent someone to London to find him and bring him back to the country. While living in London, Widge's accent is not the only thing that changes. For the first time in his life Widge can make decisions on his own. He learns about the meaning of words such as honesty, trust, loyalty, and friendship. He begins to realize that by working and living with the Lord Chamberlain's men, he is betraying them. The real reason he came to the theater was not to become a player, but to steal from Shakespeare himself, and consequently hurting the people who he is now closest to. Widge tries to decide whether he should betray his friends and copy the play or betray his master and stay in the Lord Chamberlain's Men for acting, not for the purpose of stealing a play, even though it means if his master finds him, Widge will receive severe punishment. Widge also learns that the playing troupe has become like family to him, something he has never experienced, but loves very much. Now he wonders: If his master finds him, will the only family he's ever known disappear from him forever?
I felt as though I could relate with the main character, Widge, for one main reason. All through his life, Widge tries to search for, or feel, a sense of belonging. I have moved between two continents and a dozen more houses during my life. I know how important it is to have a sense of belonging somewhere, because having a sense of belonging somewhere makes people unique and who they are. Widge learns that as long as everybody has people who love and care for them it doesn't matter where they live, they will always feel at home and as though thewy belong. That is why I think that Widge's "family" at the Globe Theater is so important and dear to him. I think The Shakespeare Stealer has a good message about family, and how no matter what it is lie, it is important to everybody's sense of belonging, is a good message.
I loved this book. It not only has action, such as duels and manhunts, it had a great perspective of Elizabethan life in the late fifteen hundreds from a teenager's point of view. My favorite part of the book is when Widge gets his first chance at acting on stage with the players. He was so nervous, he was sure he would forget everything, but once he was on stage he made a great performance. I think it proves that if anyone tries hard they can conquer just about anything. My least favorite part of the book was when an actor from The Lord Chamberlain's Men was forced to leave because she had disguised herself as a boy, because it was illegal for women to act. If I could change any part of the book, it would be that Julian, were allowed to stay on and act with the players, even though she was a girl. I think the fact that Julia was not allowed to stay on with the players, even if they wanted her to, shows the general sexism against women in England at the time, even though it was getting better because the sole ruler of England was a queen (Queen Elizabeth).
I would definitely recommend The Shakespeare Stealer to others because it has action, emotion, drama, and it is a great historical-fiction. It also shows a lot of aspects of Elizabethan England, but it is definitely not a bore. I think someone who likes excitement and historical fiction would greatly enjoy this book, and I highly recommend it.

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History Pockets: Ancient Egypt: Grades 4-6+ Review

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(More customer reviews)This book was very helpful and a great deal of fun! Although we would have loved to have used it for a homeschoolers teaching tool, we actually used it for a birthday party. My 6yo son had an Egyptian Archealogical Dig for his birthday and we used this book to make games about the Ancient Egyptians and learn a lot more than we thought. I will purchase more in the series for our History lessons this school year-- what a great find!

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Egyptian Diary: The Journal of Nakht Review

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(More customer reviews)my kids (7 and 5) could't get enough of this - probably their favourite bedtime storybook this year. The book has great pictures and the mysterious tomb robbery kept us reading avidly. Along the way we learnt more about everyday life in ancient Egypt than from any number of the usual history books for kids. The book also works as a starting point for exploring some of the features of ancient Egypt (necessarily) only briefly touched on.

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