Skip to Main Content
District Home
Sign In
Search

Orleans/Niagara

BOCES

Explore, Learn, Succeed

District Home
  • Info
      "
    • Core Values
    • District Map
    • District Superintendent
    • Non Discrimination Statement
    • Notice of Privacy Practices
    • Pay Calendar
    • Our Sites and Addresses
    • Policies
    • Staff Directory
    • What is a BOCES?
    • WNY Regional School Calendars
    • Administrative Calendars
    • Administrative Staff Directory
    • Building/Facility Use Request
    • Communications Manual
    • Component Districts
    • Conflict Calendar
    • More
  • Education & Programs
      "
    • English as a New Language - ENL
    • NYS Alternative Assessment (NYSAA)
    • Reading Recovery
    • Summer School
    • Workshops
    • Instructional Services
    • Adult/Continuing Education
    • Career and Technical Education
    • Special Education and Alternative Education
    • Center for Professional Development (CSIPD)
    • Driving School
    • More
  • Services
      "
    • Distance Learning
    • Emotional Wellness Screening
    • Equipment Loan
    • Fingerprinting
    • Hearing Support Services
    • Labor Relations
    • Media Services
    • Operations and Maintenance
    • Public Relations
    • Safety Risk Management
    • Sub Hub
    • Blind and Visually Impaired Services
    • Business Services
    • Central Printing
    • Certification
    • Coaching Certification Service
    • Computer Training Classes
    • More
  • News
      "
    • Latest News / Press Releases
    • Blogs
    • BOCES Facts
    • Health Information
    • Newsletter
    • Orleans/Niagara BOCES Report Card
    • Water Lead Test
  • Library
      "
    • Documents
    • Council & Communications Coordinator's Meetings
    • LMC Web Sites
    • Library Links
    • Evaluations and Surveys
    • NYSED Links
    • Copyright Information
    • Summer School Curriculum
    • Mission Statement
    • Common Core/ APPR Information
    • Union Catalog
    • Online Resources
    • CoSer Information
    • Interlibrary Loan
    • More
  • Safety Risk
      "
    • Students' Safety Programs
    • Safety Risk Management Library
    • Safety Links & Resources
    • Contact Us
    • Safety Risk Newsletter
    • Orleans/Niagara BOCES District Wide Safety Plan
    • Germs And Hand Washing Video
    • Safety Risk Management
    • Emergency Planning & Response
    • Information for Parents
    • Information for Principals & Teachers
    • More
  • Staff
      "
    • Intranet Link for Staff
    • Maintenance Request
    • ONBOCES VPN Link
    • Promethean Board Training Link
    • Publications
    • Remote Support
    • Technology Request
    • Toner Request Form
    • WINCAP Employee Login
    • Absence Management
    • Email - New
    • eSchool Data
    • Holiday Message
    • IEP Direct
    • Internet & Copyright References
    • More
  • Employment
      "
    • Employment
  • BOE
      "
    • Welcome
    • Board Members
    • Board of Education Agenda
    • Board Minutes
    • District Clerk's Role
    • NYS Comptroller Audit & Response 2016
    • 2018-2019 Financial Audit
    • 2018-2019 Budget
  • Teachers
      "
    • Homepage
    • Clause
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
    • Google +
    • Vimeo
    • Twitter
    • Flickr
    • Linkedin
    • Facebook
    • Instagram

Clause

  • Home
  • Mission Statement
  • Service Coordination
  • StarFish
  • School Rules
  • Better Web Research
  • Classroom News
  • Random Acts of Kindness
  • High Fluency Sight Words
  • List 2 Sight Words
  • Third List High Frequency Words
  • My Homework
  • Science
    • Rock Collecting
      • Volcanoes & Earthquakes
      • Igneous Rocks
      • Sedimentary Rocks
      • Metamorphic Rocks
    • Weird Science News
    • Types of Energy
    • Genetics
    • Cell Theory
    • Forensic File
    • Body Systems
    • Weather
    • Scientific Method
    • Foods Nutrition and Science
    • Food Webs
    • Weather Webquest
  • Space
    • Moon Phases
    • Eclipses
  • Social Studies
    • Underground Railroad
    • Immigration/Statue of Liberty
    • Civil War
    • Egypt Web Quest
    • Medieval Times
    • Chess
    • On The Day I Was Born
    • Greek Mythology WebQuest
    • World War II
    • World War II Guide
  • Meet Mrs. Clause
  • Math
    • Geometry
    • Fraction Fun
    • Subtraction Action
    • Money Matters
    • Multiplication
    • Measure Up
    • Addition Magician
    • Telling Time
    • Place Value
    • Math References
  • Keyboarding
    • Learning Important Life Skills
  • My Slide Shows
  • Egypt Webquest

    ANCIENT EGYPT WEB Quest

    Mrs. Clause’s Class      

    The following webquest takes you, the student, into the world of Ancient Egypt. Answer the following questions. You will make a Power Point Presentation or a written report. You will be graded on you project and on your presentation. 

    1. DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

    Using the website below, divide your paper in half (a left half and a right half). Power Point divid the slide  the same as you would the paper. Put the heading Poor Egyptians on top of the left column and Rich Egyptians on top of the right column. Using the website below write down 10 things that are different for poor and rich Egyptians.

     Way of life.

     2. THE SPHINX

    One of the wonders of Ancient Egypt is the sphinx. Using the website below, answer the following four questions.
    a. Who built the Sphinx. Desibe what it looks like.
    b. How big is it? (Give measurements)What is it made of?
    c. Draw a picture of the Sphinx.
    d. Whose face is on the sphinx?
    e. What does the Sphinx represent?
    f. What is between it’s paws?
    G One other fact you found.

     Sphinx
    3. THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR

    Answer the following questions about the Egyptian calendar using the website below or class books.

    a. What role did Thoth play?
    b. How many days were there in the Egyptian calendar?
    c. What did Thoth do with the extra five days?

    Calendar info.#1
    Ancient-Egyptian-Calendar
    Calendar-Origins

     4. THE PHARAOHS OF EGYPT

    On the websites below you'll find a list of the many people who have led Egypt. You are to find information about six of the leaders listed below plus four others of your own choice. For each leader you should write why they are important, when they lived (the years they were born and when they died), and draw a copy of their cartouche. On your Power Point you may copy and paste the cartouche.

     

    Write about these six  pharaohs:

    Khufu,  Amenemnet I,  Thutmose III , Amenhotep IV, Ramesses II, Cleopatra VIII , Seti I ,

     

    Egyptian Kings

    Pharaohs

    Kings of Egypt
     5. HIEROGLYPHICS

    The Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphics. Using the website below do the following:

    Write both your first and last name in hieroglyphics.

    Write a short sentence in hieroglyphics. Be sure to have the english sentence below it. ex. (I just love school at OLC!) You can copy and paste for your power point, explain what hieroglyphics were on your page.

     

    Write your name !

     

    6. RELIGION

    People believed in many different Gods in Ancient Egypt. You are to write about ten of these Gods. You are to draw their picture (a detailed coloured drawing) and write a paragraph about what each of these Gods did.

    You must write about these five: Anubis, Horus, Osiris, Thot, and Isis. You can choose the other five.

     

    Religion in Egypt

     

     

    7. PYRAMIDS

    A.Divide a piece of paper in two halves (a left half and a right half). On the left side write "Step Pyramid" as a heading and on the right side write "True Pyramid" as a heading.

    Using the webpage below write five differences between the two pyramids.

    B. Explain how the pyramids were built,who built them and why. Use the above site.

     

    Pyramids

     8. ROSETTA STONE

    What was the Rosetta Stone?
    Where and when was it found?
    Who deciphered it?
    Answer these questions in sentences. Use the website below to find the answers.

     

    Rosetta Stone

     

    9. MUMMIFICATION

    Using the website below, answer the following four questions in detail.

    a. How were bodies embalmed? Describe the step by step process to mummify bodies.
    b. How were the bodies wrapped?
    c. What were canopic jars?
    d. Draw a picture of a mummy and how it was stored.

     

    Mummies

    10. MAP OF ANCIENT EGYPT

    On an outline map of Egypt, label the following:

    Cairo
    Giza
    Thebes
    Luxor
    Abu Simbel
    Alexandria
    Aswan
    Karnak
    Nile River
    Upper Egypt
    Lower Egypt
    Rosetta
    Memphis
    Mediterranean Sea
    Red Sea
    Suez Canal

    After you have labelled these places on the map, colour it in.

     

     

     

    Additional sites:

    http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Egypt.html

    http://www.guardians.net/egypt/kids/index.htm

    http://egypt.mrdonn.org/

    Research Links

    Politics

    • Ancient Egyptian Warfare – History for Kids!
    • Government – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Pharaohs – World Book Kids or World Book Student
    • King Tut – World Book Kids or World Book Student
    • Ramesses II – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • Hatshepsut – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • Cleopatra – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia

    Geography

    • The Nile – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • The Nile – World Book Kids or World Book Student
    • The Nile – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • Agriculture – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia

    Culture

    • Mummies – World Books Kids or World Book Student
    • Mummies – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • Egyptian Religion from World Book Student
    • Egyptian Mythology – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • List of Egyptian Gods – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • The Afterlife – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Egyptian Art – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Egyptian Art – World Book Student
    • Egyptian Art – Wikipedia

    History

    • Hieroglyphics – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Hieroglyphics – World Book Kids or World Book Student
    • Hieroglyphics – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • The Rosetta Stone – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • The Three Kingdoms
    • Egyptian History – World Book Student
    • Old Kingdom – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • Middle Kingdom – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • New Kingdom – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia

    Economics

    • Egyptian Trade – World Book Student
    • Egypt’s Neighbors – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Ancient Egyptian Trade in Wikipedia

    Science/Technology

    • Papyrus – World Book Kids or World Book Student
    • Papyrus – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • Pyramids and Tombs – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Pyramids – World Book Kids or World Book Student
    • Pyramids – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia
    • Achievements – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Science – World Book Student
    • Achievements – Simple English Wikipedia or Wikipedia

    Sociology

    • Daily Life – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Jobs – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Life of the People – World Book Student
    • The People – World Book Student
    • Daily Life – Wikipedia
    • Women – Ancient Egypt for Kids
    • Social Status – Wikipedia

        MORE  RESOURCES

    Life in Ancient Egypt Quiz: National Geographic Ancient Egypt
    ODYSSEY Activities for Ancient Egypt National Geographic: Mummies
    ANCIENT EGYPT HOT LIST Think Quest Social Studies for Kids
    The Tomb of Tutankhamen At the Tomb of Tutankhamen Egyptomania
    Life in Ancient Egypt Mummies of Ancient Egypt NOVA Online Mysteries of the Nile
    Egypt voyager The Ancient Egypt Site Games

             

     

  • Home
  • Social Studies
  • Egypt Web Quest

Popular Links

Orleans/Niagara

BOCES

ADDRESS: 4232 Shelby Basin Road, Medina, NY 14103

PHONE: 716-731-6800

FAX:

Site Map
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
  • Google +
  • Vimeo
  • Twitter
  • Flickr
  • Linkedin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Mission Statement

The mission of the Orleans/Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services is to be the premier provider of innovation and effective solutions for the evolving needs of our component districts and other learning collaboratives.

Additional Resources

  • Contact Us
Disclaimer Text goes in this spot. Magna adipiscing vel eu semper ridiculus sodales a augue adipiscing nisl aliquam vestibulum dis consectetur parturient.
Disclaimer Text goes in this spot. Magna adipiscing vel eu semper ridiculus sodales a augue adipiscing nisl aliquam vestibulum dis consectetur parturient.
  • Questions or Feedback? |
  • Blackboard Web Community Manager Privacy Policy (Updated) |
  • Terms of Use
Copyright © 2002-2019 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved.
Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved.
CLOSE
CLOSE