Ancient Egypt

by Andrew Haslam, Alexandra Parsons

Information about clothing, transportation, food, religion, and many other aspects of life in ancient Egypt is accompanied by a variety of related craft projects.

Genres: Egypt, History, Historical

63 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book to go along with My Father’s World - Creation to the Greeks study. I had originally considered cutting this book out to save money as the history books collectively can get pretty expensive. However, in the end, I am really glad I bought this book!

This book is like a cliff notes version of Ancient Egypt. It covers all the highlights and interesting points your students need to know and want to know! With the colorful illustrations included, it is a wonderful learning tool! It also includes hands on learning ideas such as how to make a wig to look like an ancient Egyptian (it won’t cost you more than craft paper, doweling, and modeling clay and it is a really cool wig!).

I read this to my fifth grader, seventh and eighth graders. All in all, I think they learned a lot of valuable facts from this book and I highly recommend it!

[Shari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read to go along with our Ancient Egyptian study for MFW Creation to Greaks curriculum. Kids and I were not terribly fond of this book and the majority of the projects displayed were too complicated and intricate.

[Dreagbhod1]

Boring!!!!!!!

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you want to help your students learn about ancient Egypt, then look no further than this book by Andrew Haslam and Alexandra Parsons. I like the fact that this book is packed with information, and yet it is not presented in a way that overwhelms you. Ancient Egypt explores all aspects of Egyptian life, not just what it was like for the pharaohs, which is a trap many nonfiction books I’ve read about Egypt fall into. The authors put a lot of effort into providing plenty of hands-on experiences for children in order to bring history to life. While I think some of the projects this book suggests are cheesy, children will find them exciting and love them. Ancient Egypt makes learning fun for children, which I think is essential.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was very cool. I loved that it taught and then gave so many fun hands on ways to teach and in a way be an Egyptian. I would use this with my kids and in my classroom. I am not a kid anymore, but I love to act like one, it is great for everyone; just for fun or for teaching.

[Belle Meade School]

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