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History at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3/4)

Unit 10: What can we find out about ancient Egypt from what has survived?

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About this unit

In this unit children find out about the way of life of people living in ancient Egypt from archaeological discoveries. Children will develop their understanding of characteristic features of a society; identify the different ways the past is represented; and use sources of information to make simple observations, inferences and deductions.


This unit supports citizenship: 5

Sections in this unit

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1. What do we already know about ancient Egypt?
2. What can we learn about ancient Egypt from one object?
3. What does the landscape tell us about what life might have been like in ancient Egypt?
4. What objects survive from the time of the ancient Egyptians?
5. What do objects that have survived tell us about ancient Egypt?
6. What did the ancient Egyptians believe about life after death?
7. What can we learn about ancient Egypt from what has survived?