Task One

Daily Life

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Print out this 'Task One 'page and add it your Assessment Portfolio

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Print out Task One Question sheet

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Question One: Click on this link Life in Ancient Egypt

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This will take you to a site called Life in Ancient Egypt at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Exhibitions

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find the link that takes you to Daily Life, print it and answer the questions on the task sheet.

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Question Two: Click on this link Egypt Daily Life.  Read the part on Family life. Print it and compare it to  your first print out. If  you find out something new, add it to  your task sheet. (You only need to print out the information on what roles the parents and children played)

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Remember to keep any print outs in your Assessment Portfolio (they may come in useful later)

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Finally read two stories, one is about a peasant and the other is about a Nobleman. You may want to add some extra information to your worksheet

As an extra you might want to visit this page Lifestyles of the Ancient Egyptians and compare what you have already found out. Many thanks to Tony, a student of Ms Pierce who used this page for his research and came up with another informative site for others to use.

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This page was updated 08/02/2011

References used in this page:

sptimes.com. Egypt Daily Life. Splendours of Ancient Egypt.
http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html

Carnegie Museum. Life in Ancient Egypt.
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/index.htm

The British Museum. Egyptian Life.
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/story/main.html