Ancient Egypt
This website is designed by Ms Carmyn to help Year 7 History students with their research about ancient Egypt. Each section includes places you can find books in the school library (932 in the Non-fiction section), links to useful websites and hints about keywords to use in your research. At the end there is a senior sites page for advanced or stage 6 ancient history students.
To start you off, here are some general websites about ancient Egypt:
The British Museum [http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html] site includes information from lots of primary
sources, including interactive stories about ancient Egyptian life.
The Children's University of Manchester is a set of interactive slides with simple information and cartoon-style
drawings [http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/history/egypt/] as well as interactive games.
The Eternal Egypt website includes a range of different topics serach abl;e by timeline, mind map or list.
[http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?
ee_website_action_key=action.display.topics&language_id=1]
You can find quizzes about ancient Egypt at these sites:
National Geographic [http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/ancient-egypt-quiz/]
Birmingham Museum [http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/preload.htm]
http://www.virtual-egypt.com/framed/framed.cgi?url==http://www.egyptvoyager.com/download_games.htm
To start you off, here are some general websites about ancient Egypt:
The British Museum [http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html] site includes information from lots of primary
sources, including interactive stories about ancient Egyptian life.
The Children's University of Manchester is a set of interactive slides with simple information and cartoon-style
drawings [http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/history/egypt/] as well as interactive games.
The Eternal Egypt website includes a range of different topics serach abl;e by timeline, mind map or list.
[http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?
ee_website_action_key=action.display.topics&language_id=1]
You can find quizzes about ancient Egypt at these sites:
National Geographic [http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/ancient-egypt-quiz/]
Birmingham Museum [http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/preload.htm]
http://www.virtual-egypt.com/framed/framed.cgi?url==http://www.egyptvoyager.com/download_games.htm