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Teaching this issue
Animal
Wrap.....pages 1-2
Understanding the characteristics
of major civilizations. Students will
learn that ancient Egyptians made
mummies of animals.
Centuries of the Census: The
U.S. is not the first country to take
a census of its people. The word
census comes from the Latin word
censere, which means “to tax.”
Archaeologists have found ancient
census records from the Egyptians
dating back thousands of years.
Read-Aloud Background
Critical Thinking
sOCIAL STUDIES standard—
Answers available in
printed version.
Food for Thought: Pets weren’t
the only animals to be mummified.
Some animals were mummified to
be food in the afterlife for Egyptians
who had died. Cuts of meat or entire
birds were made into mummies and
placed inside little wooden coffins
in the shape of the food.
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Critical Thinking
• For free lesson plans about
the U.S. census, go to
www.scholastic.com/census.
• For a Web site for kids about the
U.S. census, go to www.census.gov
/schools/census_for_kids.
References
Space
Surprise.........p.3
Comprehend and Confirm: What
do scientists hope to learn from the
animal mummies?
From
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NEWS–
Analyze: If the census finds that
your community has a growing
population of children, what might
need to be built?
• Learn about the important
animals in ancient Egyptian life
at www.animalmummies.com.
• For a kid-friendly Web site about
Egypt, go to www.horus.ics.org.eg
/en/history/History.aspx.
We Count!.......p.3
Social Studies sTANDARD—
Understanding the responsibilities
of the United States government
as established by the U.S.
Constitution. Students will learn
about the 2010 census and why a
census is taken every 10 years.
Read-Aloud Background
The First U.S. Census: In 1790,
a group of census takers rode
on horseback to count the U.S.
population. The census takers wrote
the results in notebooks and on bits
of paper. It took about 18 months
for the count to be completed. The
recorded population at that time
was 3,929,214. The state with the
largest population was Virginia, with
747,610 people.
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SPACE science standard
Understanding the objects in the
sky, such as the sun, the moon, and
the planets. Students will learn
about a rock from outer space that
crashed into an office in Virginia.
Read-Aloud Background
Close Encounter: The meteorite
that crashed through a doctors’
office in Virginia has a black,
shiny surface. Flecks of metal in
the rock confirmed that it had
come from outer space. It was the
fourth reported meteorite to fall in
Virginia. The first meteorite crash in
Virginia was reported in 1878.
Critical Thinking
Apply: If you found a meteorite,
what would you do with it?
Reference
• For a photo gallery of meteorites,
go to http://solarsystem.nasa.gov
/planets/profile.cfm?Object
=Meteors&Display=Gallery.
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Mummy Land
Animal mummies have been found all across Egypt. This map shows the
archaeological sites in Egypt where animal mummies have been found.
Use the map and map key to help you answer the questions below.
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1. What is the capital city of Egypt?
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ISRAEL
Alexandria
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Nile Delta
Tanis
Animal
Mummies
Suez
Canal
3. At which archaeological sites
were crocodile mummies found?
Cairo
Giza
Saqqara
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Cat
le
Ni
Elephant
Horse
Ibis
Akhmim
Abydos
Monkey
Thebes
Ram
Snake
Elephantine
Scale of miles
50
Dendara
Luxor
Lake Nasser
100
SOURCE: National Geographic
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4. What type of animal mummy
was found at the Elephantine
archaeological site?
Red
Sea
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5. What body of water is
located east of the Dendara
archaeological site?
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Hierakonpolis
Capital city
City
Archaeological
site
Aswan
6a. What archaeological site is north
of Aswan and south of Luxor?
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6b. What kinds of animal mummies
were found there?
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U.S.
SUDAN
Africa
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Ni
le
0
Sinai
Peninsula
uez
EGYPT
Dog
of S
El Faiyum
Crocodile
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Gulf
Cow/bull
2. At how many archaeological
sites were cats found?
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Space Rocks!
The solar system formed billions of years ago. Since then, a lot of
pieces of rock have been spread across outer space. Many of those
pieces orbit, or circle around, the sun, just as Earth does. Some of
the biggest space rocks that orbit the sun are asteroids. Smaller
space rocks are called meteoroids. Sometimes space rocks crash
into one another in space. A piece of rock may break off an asteroid or a meteoroid
and fall to Earth. When that piece enters Earth’s atmosphere, it becomes a meteor.
The meteor heats up and makes the air around it glow. People on Earth may see
a streak of light as it burns up. If a meteor makes it all the way to Earth without
burning up, it is called a meteorite. Only about 50 to 100 meteorites reach Earth’s
surface each year. Luckily, most of them fall into the ocean!
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4. Choose the sentence that best completes the chart below.
An asteroid
crashes into
another asteroid.
A piece of the
space rock
breaks off and
falls to Earth.
A The solar system is formed.
B The piece of space rock orbits the sun.
C The piece of space rock burns in Earth’s atmosphere.
D An asteroid is formed.
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A meteorite
crashes into
Earth.
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