EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

6-12 Activities

Activities | Lesson Plans | Resources

Levant 6-12 Activities:

• Zenobia and Heroines; includes questions, background reading, and activities

Mesopotamia 6-12 Activities:

• Crossword puzzle and review of ancient Mesopotamia
• Bronze-age collapse and the Aramaean Expansion – word search puzzle
  
  • Related reading worksheet to help with the word search
• Geography and settlement of Mesopotamia – crossword puzzle
  
  • Related reading to help with crossword

Egypt 6-12 Activities:

• Wadi el-Hudi Activities (seals, word search)
• Make a Miniature Cartonnage Mummy Case
• Egyptian mad libs
• Play the game of the ancient pharaohs, senet
• Write your own name in Egyptian Hieroglyphs
• Prepare a mummy for burial

Nubia 6-12 Activities:

• Archaeology in the Community-ASOR Ancient Nubia Curriculum (for videos below)

Ancient Nubia Video Part 1: Pre-Kerma – Kingdoms of Kush

Ancient Nubia Video Part 2: Pre-Kerma – Kingdoms of Kush

Roman 6-12 Activities:

• Various activities as listed on site
• Draw an early Roman temple using 2-point perspective
• Make an aqueduct
• Compare Three Goddesses by Joseph Nollekens to original myth
• Create and wear a Roman toga

Greek 6-12 Activities:

• Puzzle and word find
  
  • Additional to help
• Compound creature fill-in-the blank
  
  • Additional to help
• Make paper theater masks
• Students examine the sculpture of Greek hero Herakles and discuss what it means to be a hero in ancient Greece and today; they then choose a modern hero and create a sculpture that expresses the hero’s identity and attributes
• Compare Rembrandt’s “Abduction of Europa” to the original myth
• Activity stations related to ancient Greece
• Compare Three Goddesses by Joseph Nollekens to original myth