DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Task 1: Where did Ancient Egyptian's live?
1) Read page 26 of your textbook Retroactive 1. Click here to view this page. List in your workbook 3 things that Egyptian houses had that we still have today. List 4 things that we don't have in our own homes today.
2) On a blank A4 page create a sketch of a poor or average Egyptian house might have looked like. Use some of these suggested websites and your own research try to find out what a poor person's or average Egyptian Houses might have looked like:
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/homes.html
http://www.touregypt.net/magazine/magf1.htm
http://www.experience-ancient-egypt.com/ancient-egyptian-houses.html
2) On a blank A4 page create a sketch of a poor or average Egyptian house might have looked like. Use some of these suggested websites and your own research try to find out what a poor person's or average Egyptian Houses might have looked like:
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/homes.html
http://www.touregypt.net/magazine/magf1.htm
http://www.experience-ancient-egypt.com/ancient-egyptian-houses.html
Task 2: What did they do during the day?
The rich and poor people in Ancient Egypt led quite different lives.
1) Read the two stories about a rich nobleman and a poor farmer from the following website.
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/story/main.html
2) When you have read the story create a table in your workbook listing some of the things these people would have done, or items they might have used during their day.
1) Read the two stories about a rich nobleman and a poor farmer from the following website.
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/story/main.html
2) When you have read the story create a table in your workbook listing some of the things these people would have done, or items they might have used during their day.