King Tut Lesson Plan

History
On this day in 1923, King Tut’s burial chamber was opened. Read more about King Tut’s tomb:

http://www.helium.com/tm/163702/tutankhamun-became-years-years


Discussion Questions:
1. Who discovered King Tut’s tomb?
2. What year did King Tut die?
3. How old was King Tut when he became king?

Take a Look
Take a look at the inside of King Tut’s tomb
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/bishopegyptkingtut.htm

Art

Decorating the tombThe ancient Egyptians would decorate the walls of the tomb and burial camber with hieroglyphics (signs used to write the language of the ancient Egyptians) The hieroglyphics that the Egyptians used were often prayers, spells, and stories that were carved into the walls of a royal burial chamber.
These could help the king overcome death and join the gods who dwelt in the sky, with the stars, or with Osiris (the Egyptian God of Death), in the Underworld.
Some of these pictures were thought to be so powerful that the images of dangerous animals, for example the horned viper that represented the sound "f", were cut in two so that they could not magically come alive and harm the king.
Here is the hieroglyphic alphabet and some other symbols to help you see what they looked like. http://www.idahoptv.org/ntti/nttilessons/lessons2002/mortimer1.htm
Now, make your own version of King Tut’s tomb. You can decorate your tomb and the walls of the chamber with hieroglyphics. You can make up your own or use the ones that the Egyptians used.
Math

1. If King Tut died in 1323 BC , and his tomb was discovered in 1922, how many years did his tomb go undisturbed?
2. Mummy’s were wrapped from head to foot in layer after layer of linen strips. About 150 yards -- the length of one and a half football fields -- were used. If there are 3 feet in each yard, how many feet of linen strips were used?
Science
Make your own mummy! Try this fun science experiment.
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_mummy_athome.html

Journal
1. What would life be like with out written communication? How would we function? Are there any types of communication today that use symbols?
2. King Tut became king when he was only 9 years old! Could you imagine being king as a kid? Write a story about your life as King in ancient Egypt. If you want you can use hieroglyphic pictures in your story.
Geography
Attention Junior Cartographers! (That’s a map maker!) Help complete this map of Egypt: http://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/egypt/secrets-of-the-nile.htm