EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
6-12 Activities
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Levant 6-12 Activities:
Mesopotamia 6-12 Activities:
- Crossword puzzle and review of ancient Mesopotamia
- Bronze-age collapse and the Aramaean Expansion – word search puzzle
- Geography and settlement of Mesopotamia – crossword puzzle
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:
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
- Compound creature fill-in-the blank
- 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