Ancient Egypt
Online Resources 2016
Sixth Grade Resources
This year, sixth graders may use a wide variety of resources to learn about Ancient Egypt. Here's a start - please let me know if you find others that are worth sharing.
Kids Discover
Kids Discover is a new online resource based on the amazing topical magazines with the same name. Please explore the free version of this resource: username: kellylane, password: kidsdiscover
Kelly Lane eBooks
We have one title in our eBook collection that may be useful to you. Art & Culture of Ancient Egypt can be found by logging into Follett Destiny through our website.
username: firstlast password: pin#
Brainpop!
Brainpop has several videos about Ancient Egypt, including one about Cleopatra, another on the Mummies, and this one on the Egyptian Pharoahs.
username: granby password: brainpop
Discovery Education
There are so many resources about Ancient Egypt on Discovery Education, that you will appreciate the curated collection of materials for grades 6-8. You may show these in class or create assignments for your students to review independently.
username: ##lastf password: discovery
Here are some links from Grolier's website search.
National Geographic
There is a wealth of information in National Geographic. Check out these articles about Egypt, then and now.
One more thing...
You can find photos of Ancient Egypt for projects on the Kelly Student Shared server - in the 2015 Student Resources folder - Ancient Egypt.
Please let me know if you'd like help using these resources or if you need something else.