In Social Studies, your child has selected the topic _____________________.

He\she is to write a research paper and make a poster illustrating their topic. The paper is to be at least 360 words long. It may be handwritten or typed.

Additional page requirements are the following:;

Thursday will be the last day students will be given class time to research. I encourage the students to use the tools made available to them in order to research more areas than the minimum requirement. The Research paper and the poster are due on Friday, October 15.

Students may not turn in any information copied directly from the computer, and they may not use any copied items on their posters. They must have a Cover Page, and a list of the resources used;

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Name and Author of Books, Magazines etc.

Web addresses of and Internet Sites

Information about any Encyclopedias used

He/she is to make a poster illustrating his/her topic. I encourage originality and creativity. The only restrictions are as follows;

The poster must be related in some way to their topic

The poster must be on a Standard sized Poster Board.
 
 

The topics of research are as follows;

1. AFTERLIFE \GODS AND GODDESSES

1. briefly explain about the Egyptians belief in the afterlife
2. Tell who the following gods \ goddesses are and what role each one played in the Egyptians journey.

1. Ba (spirit: you may find in FUNERAL PROCESSION)
2. Ka (spirit: you may find in FUNERAL PROCESSION
3. Osiris
4. Isis
5. Ra (or Re)
6. Anubus
7. Isis
8. Thoth
9. Duametef
10. Horis (or Horus)
11. Sakhmet (or Sekhmet)
12. Hapi
13. Hathor
14. Imhotep
15. Nekhbet
16. Nut
17. Seth (or Set)
18. Taweret

Suggestions for the poster;

1. mask or headpiece out of a variety of materials or paper mache?

2. FUNERAL PROCESSION

1. Describe the following terms and ceremonies;


1. Hall of Judgment

2. Weighing of the Hearts

2. Opening of the Mouths
3. Funeral Barke and its use
4. The Book of the Dead
5. What other things were put in the tombs, and Why?

1. Poster; showing a ceremony etc.
2. Drawing of a funeral bark or other boat

The student is to;

1. Describe the process of mummification (Step by step)
2. Explain why Egyptians believed their bodies must be mummified
3. Describe Canopic jars and what they used for.
4. Sarcophagus; definition and purpose

1. Poster illustrating the steps of mummification, Canopic Jars etc.

The student is to;

1. Describe the system of hieroglyphics
2. Tell about why hieroglyphic writings were on the tomb walls.
3. Tell about the Rosetta Stone and how it helped in deciphering the Hieroglyphics.

1. a story written in hieroglyphics and illustrated
2. illustration of the alphabet and meanings

The student is to tell about;

1. Tuts life, death (briefly)
2. Valley of the Kings (what, and where it is)
3. Howard Carter and his discovery of the tomb.
4. Lord Carnarvon and his role in the excavation
5. Curses of the tomb
6. Items found in the tomb and what they were for.

1. Illustration of the mask of Tut


6. PYRAMID CONSTRUCTION

The student is to describe;

1. How the Egyptians prepared the land for the pyramid

2. The different steps taken to build the pyramids including;

1. preparing the land
2. moving stones
3. description of the tools used in construction.
4. How the sarcophagus was inserted in the pyramid
5. Description of the capstone

1. model of a 1\2 a pyramid showing the inside chambers
2. labeled diagram of a pyramid

Student is to tell about the history of the different types of pyramids;

1. Mastabas
3. Steppe pyramids
4. Regular pyramids
5. Bent pyramids
7. Sphinx;

1. Describe why it was built

1. General information about pyramids and the reasons they were built
2. May include information about;

1. the Great Pyramid
2. the Pyramid of Giza etc.

1. illustration of the different types of pyramids
2. An illustration of the Sphinx and the 3 Pyramids of Giza

1. Pick a topic about ANCIENT Egypt that is of interest (Must not be any of the above topics others are reporting on)