This was not actually our first lesson this year, but many students are still working on their Greek frescoes so I decided to go ahead and post some of our Egyptian self-portraits. This was a great lesson! We used Google Earth to "fly" to Egypt then students researched Ancient Egyptian culture using iPads, books, and Symbaloo (which I love!). After sharing what we had learned, we discussed Ancient Egypt a little more together. Finally we turned ourselves into Egyptian kings and queens by creating self portraits. This was fun and super easy; the kids loved it! The pictures are just printed off in black and white on paper. Students used colored pencils and markers to add crowns, chest plates, and even facial hair and the notorious Egyptian eyeliner. Finally they wrote their name in Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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