{"id":181,"date":"2009-01-01T23:43:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T04:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2022-06-14T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T18:47:40","slug":"ancient-egypt-level-1a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/ancient-history-levels-1-and-2-2\/ancient-egypt-level-1a\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #c4a990;\">Level 1A &#8211; Year 2<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Note: We have not read all the books on this list. Most are either stocked by reliable catalogs or are by authors with who we are familiar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Key text<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <strong>The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt<\/strong> by Elizabeth Payne<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Each lesson is to be read aloud and narrated. As part of each lesson learn unfamiliar names, locate places on a map and look at relevant illustrations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Note<\/em>: Most lessons cover an entire section in the book. Where a section is split into more than one lesson, line and paragraph numbers are given to show where to stop reading.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Recommended Reference Materials<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ancient Egypt Timeline<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Optional Extras<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Usborne Time Traveller: Pyramids and Pharaoh<\/strong>. An entertaining look at life in Ancient Egypt<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Orchard Book of Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs<\/strong> by Robert Swindells. Illustrated introduction to Egyptian mythology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>Lessons 1 to 4:<\/strong> The Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt (AD.1798 &#8211; AD.1822)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1) pp. 3 \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2) pp. 6 \u2013 10<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3) pp. 10 \u2013 14<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(4) pp. 14 \u2013 19<\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>Lessons 5 to 9:<\/strong> The First Egyptians and the Dead Demigods (c.25000\/10000BC \u2013 3200BC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(5) pp. 20 \u2013 24<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(6) pp. 24 \u2013 29 (end of 2nd para)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(7) pp. 29 (3rd para) \u2013 32 (2nd line)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(8) pp. 32 (2nd line) \u2013 35 (end of 3rd para)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(9) pp. 35 (4th para) \u2013 39<\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>Lessons 10 to 14:<\/strong> &#8220;The Good God&#8221; \u2013 Pharaoh Cheops (c.2756BC \u2013 c.2553BC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(10) pp. 40 \u2013 45<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(11) pp. 45 \u2013 48 (4th line)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(12) pp. 48 (1st para) \u2013 53<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(13) pp. 53 \u2013 59<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(14) pp. 59 \u2013 63<\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>Lessons 15 to 17:<\/strong> &#8220;I Show Thee a Land Topsy-Turvey&#8221; (c.2553BC-c.1505BC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(15) pp. 64 &#8211; 69<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(16) pp. 69 \u2013 74 (4th line)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(17) pp. 74 (1st para) \u2013 79<\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>Lessons 18 to 21:<\/strong> &#8220;His Majesty, Herself&#8221; \u2013 Queen Hatshepsut (c.1505BC-1484BC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(18) pp. 80 \u2013 83 (end of 2nd para)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(19) pp. 83 (3rd para) \u2013 89<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(20) pp. 89 \u2013 92<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(21) pp. 92 \u2013 96<\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>Lessons 22 to 27:<\/strong> &#8220;The Smiter of the Asiatics&#8221; \u2013 Pharaoh Thutmose the Third (c.1484BC-c.1461BC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(22) pp. 97 \u2013 101 (end of 1st para)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(23) pp. 101 (2nd para) \u2013 106<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(24) pp. 106 \u2013 110<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(25) pp. 110 \u2013 111<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(26) pp. 111 \u2013 115 (end of 3rd para)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(27) pp.115 (last 2 lines) \u2013 118<\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>Lessons 28 to 35:<\/strong> The Criminal of Akhetaton \u2013 Pharaoh Akhnaton (c.1361BC-c.1344BC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(28) pp. 119 &#8211; 122<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(29) pp. 122 \u2013 127<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(30) pp. 127 \u2013 130<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(31) pp. 130 \u2013 132<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(32) pp. 132 &#8211; 137<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(33) pp. 137 \u2013 141<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(34) pp. 141 \u2013 146 (4th line)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(35) pp. 146 (1st para) \u2013 152<\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<p><strong>Lessons 36 to 40:<\/strong> The beginning of the End \u2013 Pharaoh Rameses the Second (c.1291BC \u2013 c.1224BC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(36) pp. 153 \u2013 156 (5th line)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(37) pp. 156 (1st para) \u2013 160 (2nd para)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(38) pp. 160 (last 4 lines) \u2013 164<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(39) pp. 164 \u2013 169<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(40) pp. 169 \u2013 172<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Optional Further Reading<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NON-FICTION<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Tut\u2019s Mummy Lost and Found<\/strong> by Judy Donnelly. Easy reader telling the story of the discover of Tutenkhamun\u2019s tomb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Boy Pharaoh: Tutenkhamun<\/strong> by Noel Streatfeild. A recreation of the life of Tutenkhamun by a gifted author of both children\u2019s fiction and historical non-fiction. Out of print.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Mummies Made in Egypt<\/strong> by Aliki. A clear, thorough description of the mummification process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Cleopatra<\/strong> by Diane Stanley<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Pyramid<\/strong> by David Macaulay<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt<\/strong> by James Baikie<\/p>\n<p>PICTURE BOOKS<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Senefer<\/strong> by Beatrice Lumpkin<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Pepi and the Secret Names<\/strong> by Jill Paton Walsh<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile<\/strong> by Tomie de Paola. Just for fun! (Not historical)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Pharoah&#8217;s Boat <\/strong>by David Weitzman<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Exodus<\/strong> by Brian Wildsmith<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Joseph <\/strong>by Brian Wildsmith<\/p>\n<p>MYTHOLOGY<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Tales of Ancient Egypt<\/strong> by Roger Lancelyn Green. Retelling of Egyptian myths by a friend of C.S.Lewis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths<\/strong> told by Jim Weiss (audio).<\/p>\n<p>HISTORICAL FICTION<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Casting the Gods Adrift: a Tale of Ancient Egypt<\/strong> by Geraldine McCaughrean. Set in the time of Akhenaten. Could be read alone or as a read aloud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Boy of the Pyramids<\/strong> by Ruth Fosdick Jones<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Gift of the River<\/strong> by Enid La Monte Meadowcroft OOP<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\u00a0The following books are written for slightly older children and may be more suitable for Level 2:<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Golden Goblet<\/strong> by Eloise Jarvis McGraw<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Mara, Daughter of the Nile<\/strong> by Eloise Jarvis McGraw<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>God King<\/strong> by Joanne Williamson<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Shadow Hawk<\/strong> by Andre Norton \u2013 set during the Hyksos invasions, c.1590<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Cat of Bubastes<\/strong> by G.A.Henty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level 1A &#8211; Year 2 Note: We have not read all the books on this list. Most are either stocked by reliable catalogs or are by authors with who we are familiar. Key text * The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne Each lesson is to be read aloud and narrated. 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