Ancient Egypt Escape Room | Reading Comprehension and Social Studies Activities

NZ$9.80

Description

Time Travel Adventures—Take your students on the adventure of a lifetime with our Ancient Egypt Escape Room challenge! This integrated project will introduce your classroom to the amazing world of Ancient Egypt in an engaging and exciting way. Students complete challenges and collect golden coins to power up their time machine and get home. It’s great for Years 5-8.
 
The activities have been chosen to include a mix of reading strategies, such as finding specific information, summarising, synthesising, visualising, and mapping skills. There are also many opportunities to build, create, and think creatively 
This escape room doesn’t require any keys, locks, or any tricky setup. Simply give your students the activities and hand out golden coins when the activities are completed.
 
These activities are great for your guided reading program, or as homework tasks. Integrate these activities into your history and/or social studies projects!
 
In this Ancient Egypt Escape Room pack you will receive:
 
1. Eight units of work, each with an information passage and follow up activities:
 
The Pyramids of Giza
  • True or False Activity
  • Build Your Own Fact Pyramid
The Evolution of Ancient Egypt Pyramids
  • Interactive Fact Chart
The Sphinx
  • Cloze Reading Activity
  • Design and Construct Your Own Sphinx
Hieroglyphics and the Rosetta Stone
  • Crack the Hieroglyphic Code
  • Create Your Own Hieroglyphic Alphabet
Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
  • Pharaoh Spotlight Stone
Tutankhamun’s Tomb Coin Hunt
  • Tutankhamun’s Tomb Coin Hunt
Ancient Egyptian Gods
  • Character Web
  • Create Your Own Fortune Teller/Cootie Catcher Quiz Game
The Nile River
  • Multi-Choice Questions
  • Mapping Activity
  • Build Your Own Nile River Boat
2. Additional research links and answers provided.
 
3. Golden coin and pocket templates fo collect their ancient coins.
 
4. A PowerPoint slideshow with context photos of Ancient Egypt.
 
A great tip from a recent buyer is to use chocolate coins! Now that would increase motivation!

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