Egypt Quest
A Two-Part WebQuest for
7 grade Social Studies and Art students
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WEBQUEST PART 1: EGYPTIAN ROYALTY
Introduction
Congratulations! You have just finished your degree in archeology and are
being sent to Egypt to explore Ancient Royalty. Your job is to gather
research about a specific king or queen that you feel needs to be included
in an Egyptian museum exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of History. The
museum curator has asked for you to write a feature article for him to
review about the life of the pharaoh/queen you chose. If he likes your
article, he will include your pharaoh/queen’s artifacts in the Egyptian
exhibit.
The Task
You will choose one of the Kings or Queens and accumulate information
from a variety of resources:
King Tutankhamen
Nefertiti and Akhenaten
King Ramses II
King Amenhotep IV
King Khabu
King Titi
Queen Hatshepsut
Queen Cleopatra VII
King Khufu
Once you have chosen your King or Queen, you will use the web sites below to
find your information.
Resources
Kings/Queens
http://www.geo The Kings of
Egypt
More Kings and Queens
Kings and Queens of
Egypt
http://www.ancient-­‐
egypt-­‐
online.com/queen-­‐
nefertiti.html Leaders of Ancient Egypt http://www.ancient-­‐
http://www.ancient-­‐egypt-­‐ http://www.ancient-­‐egypt-­‐ egypt-­‐online.com/facts-­‐
online.com/facts-­‐on-­‐
on-­‐akhenaton.html online.com/facts-­‐on-­‐ akhenaton.html AKHENATON.HTML References on 'How To Do'
Online Dictionary
Online Encyclopedia
www.kyvl.org
Thesaurus
Process
(For Social Studies Class)
•
From the list of Egyptian pharaohs, you will select one that you
will research. You will then prepare a feature article on your
particular pharaoh. During their time, they may have been
famous leaders like the ones in today’s society. They led
fascinating lives and left many facts and interesting stories
behind, and in some cases, their actual bodies!
•
By no means are you limited to the Internet. Use library books,
your
textbooks and other outside resources.
•
For each king or queen you will need to find the following
information:
a) A photo of each pharaoh/queen (save and print out)
b) At least 3 curious or interesting facts or curses about each
pharaoh or queen.
c) The dates in which they lived and reigned over the Egyptian
empire.
d) Why this pharaoh/queen deserves to be included in the
museum exhibit.
Assessment
WRITING FOR PUBLICATION
Write a feature article for the museum curator about what you have
discovered about your pharaoh/queen and why they should be included
in the Egyptian exhibit. If the curator likes your feature article, he may
also publish it in the Metropolitan Museum of History’s monthly
newsletter. Please include the photographs and other interesting
things that you found. Please use the following format for
your feature article. You will need to outline your article
using the 4-square method.
1. Introductory Paragraph: Begin your article with a good
lead that draws the reader in and makes him want to
read the rest of your article. Use humor, emotion or an
element of suspense to pique the reader's interest.
Your goal throughout the paper is to convince the
museum curator and the general public that the
pharaoh/queen you chose deserves to be featured in the Egyptian
museum exhibit.
2. Second Paragraph: Interesting facts or curses, with detailed explanation,
about your chosen king/queen.
3. Third Paragraph: Interesting facts or curses, with detailed explanation,
about your chosen king/queen.
4. Fourth Paragraph: Interesting facts or curses, with detailed explanation,
about your chosen king/queen.
5. Fifth Paragraph: Any additional information that you want to share about
your king/queen. A concluding paragraph that will bring your feature
article to closure. Make sure you convince the museum curator and the
general public why it is important to include this pharaoh/queen in the
museum exhibit in this conclusion paragraph.
Your feature article will be scored using the following rubric.
Feature Article: WebQuest Egypt
Teacher Name: Ms. Cain
Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY
Organization
4-25 pts
Information is very
organized with wellconstructed
paragraphs.
Quality of Social
Studies Information
Information includes
several supporting
facts and/or examples
as to why this
pharaoh deserves to
be in the exhibit. The
writer uses many
social studies
vocabulary words.
Paragraph
Construction
3-20 pts
Information is
organized with wellconstructed
paragraphs.
Information includes
at least 2 supporting
facts and/or
examples as to why
this pharaoh
deserves to be in the
exhibit. The writer
uses some social
studies vocabulary
words.
All paragraphs include Most paragraphs
introductory sentence, include introductory
explanations or
sentence,
details, and
explanations or
concluding sentence. details, and
concluding sentence.
2-15pts
Information is
organized, but
paragraphs are not
well-constructed.
1- 0-10pts possible
The information
appears to be
disorganized.
Information includes Information includes
at least 1 supporting little or no supporting
fact and/or example facts and/or
as to why this
examples as why this
pharaoh deserves to pharaoh deserves to
be in the exhibit. The be in the exhibit. The
writer uses few social writer uses little or no
studies vocabulary
social studies
words.
vocabulary words.
Paragraphs included
related information
but were typically not
constructed well.
Paragraphing
structure was not
clear and sentences
were not typically
related within the
paragraphs.
Mechanics
No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors.
Almost no
A few grammatical
grammatical, spelling spelling, or
or punctuation errors punctuation errors.
Many grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Social Studies Learning Goals
Big Idea: Historical Perspective
History is an account of events, people, ideas and their interaction over time that can be
interpreted through multiple perspectives. In order for students to understand the present and
plan for the future, they must understand the past. Studying history engages students in the lives,
aspirations, struggles, accomplishments and failures of real people. Students need to think in an
historical context in order to understand significant ideas, beliefs, themes, patterns and events,
and how individuals and societies have changed over time in Kentucky, the United States and the
World.
Academic Expectations
2.20 Students understand, analyze, and interpret historical events, conditions, trends, and
issues to develop historical perspective DOK 3
SS-07-5.3.3
Students will describe the rise of non-Western cultures (e.g.,
Egyptian, Chinese, Indian, and Persian) and explain ways in
which these cultures influenced government, philosophy, art,
drama and literature in the present day.
WEBQUEST PART 2: EGYPTIAN ART
Process
(For Art Class)
You will create an Egyptian Sarcophagus for your Pharaoh/Queen
that you have just researched for Mrs. Cain’s class. The design of
your Sarcophagus must include the name of your Pharaoh/Queen
written on the side in hieroglyphics, and any other features of your
Pharaoh/Queen including certain colors, patterns, or animal features.
Conclusion
Many people can relate to the Ancient Egyptians and their lifestyles.
We hope that you continue reading and learning about the Egyptians.
Many careers have been discussed within this quest, investigate
archeologists, genealogists, museum curators, writers or artists and
maybe even visit Egypt someday!
Credits
This web quest was created for Joan Cain (social studies) and Molly
Hazle (art) by Louise Collins and Heather Warrell. This WebQuest was
taken and adapted from the source http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest