Task Three

Gods and Goddesses

The Gods and Goddesses were very important to the Egyptians. You will discover this as you play more of Pharaoh. If there are not enough shrines or temples for a particular God then you will be plagued with trouble.

You need to print out this page and put it into your Assessment Portfolio.

This page has three activities for you to complete. Click on this British Museum Link to complete the following tasks.

The story:
 Read the story. The images can take a little while to download, be patient.  Answer the questions below.

1. The first page of the story has a hyperlinked word called Chaos. What does the word Chaos mean? Click on the link to find out and look it up in the dictionary.

Link meaning Dictionary meaning
 

 

 

  

2. Are there any names of Gods in this story that you recognise? Do you know what they were the God of?

 

 

3. Why did Kingship of the Earth change?

 

 

 

 

 

Explore:
Choose any two God's names that you know and fill in the table
Name of God: Name of God:
Specific Characteristics:

 

 

 Specific Characteristics:

 

 
Meanings of any hyperlinked words:

 

 

 Meanings of any hyperlinked words:

 

 
Choose the name of a God that you do not recognise and draw a mindmap in Microsoft Word with information about that God. Click here for instructions on how to create a MindMap.

Click on the museum link to get to the next activity

Challenge: If you click on Challenge and you don't see any graphics, you may need to download Shockwave to play the next game. It takes about 10 minutes and it is free. (Ask your parents' permission first!) After you have downloaded it you will need to go back and click on the museum link. Your challenge is to return the God's instruments back to them.
email the teacher if you were successful and tell the teacher what happened at the end

Email the teacher

References:

British Museum. 'The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/home.html