Lesson Plans – K-5 – Educational Materials

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K-5 Lesson Plans

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Levant K-5 Lesson Plans:

• Zenobia and Heroines; includes questions, background reading, and activity
• The Phoeniciancs and the beginnings of the alphabet

Mesopotamia K-5 Lesson Plans:

• How to Read an Artifact
• Jobs in Ancient Mesopotamia 
• Visit a Mesopotamia House
• The Phoenicians and the Beginnings of the Alphabet
• Power in Ancient Mesopotamia:Understanding the original functions and context of stone carvings

Egypt K-5 Lesson Plans:

• Egyptian Book of the Dead
• Egyptian art and hieroglyphs
• Egyptian symbols and figures: scroll paintings

Roman K-5 Lesson Plans:

• Various lesson plans with readings and worksheets
• Discussion of the alphabet and how ancient peoples lived
• The Roman alphabet is our alphabet
• The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
• Pompeii today – what does the present reveal about the past
• Discussion of Roman house – House of the Vine
• Roman public bathing
• What was it like to be a slave in the Roman empire?

Greek K-5 Lesson Plans:

• The Mythological creatures featured in the myth of Hercules
• Decode the inscription on Olympic medals
• The alphabets and how ancient peoples lived
• Discussion of the Greek alphabet
• A tableau vivant (living picture) from The Odyssey
• What was life like for women in ancient Greece?
• What did hoplite warfare look like?