Ancient Egypt WebQuest

Introduction:

Local archeologists have come and asked you to take a trip back to Ancient Egypt.  This is of course a job, and not just a site seeing trip, so you have a few tasks to accomplish.  

Tasks:

1. Research about ancient Egypt, using the resources given below. . 

2. Plan 4 places/things to visit while in Egypt. 

3. Using a planner, plan a 6 slide slide show presentation about what you would visit in Egypt. 

4. Create your slide show in PowerPoint. 

Resources:

• **Ancient Egypt - http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html 

• **Mysteries of the Nile - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/ 

• Egypt, Pyramids, Pharaohs, and Hieroglyphics - http://www.eyelid.co.uk/ 

• Pyramids - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ 

• Egyptian Kings - http://www.touregypt.net/kings.htm 

• Land of the Pharaohs - http://www.egypt.com/history/index.html 

• Mummies Unmasked - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/9906/mummies/index.html 

• Ancient Egypt Museum - http://carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/EGYPT/ 

• Ancient Egypt ThinkQuest - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4368/ 

• Mysteries of Egypt - http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egypt_e.html 

• Ancient Egypt Virtual Tour - http://showcase.netins.net/web/ankh/

• Ancient Egypt Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=10%0D 

• Egyptian Temples - http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/dbishop/egypt/temple.html 

• Rosetta Stone - http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/home.html 

• Egyptian Art - http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat1/frameset?pg=egypte&ref=First_egypt1%0D%0D 

• MPS - Egyptian Portal - http://www.mpsaz.org/highland/egyptportal.htm

• Egyptian Portal - http://www.portals2learning.com/egypt.html 

Or do your own search: 

• Yahooligans - www.yahooligans.com

• Google - www.google.com 

• Yahoo - www.yahoo.com

Process:

1. Plan the following slide show on your slide show planner. 

2. Important information about your slide show:

   • Slide 1 is for your title slide, and slide 6 is for a bibliography of where you got your information from. 

   • Slide 2-5 are for you to decide of 4 places/things you want to visit. 

   • Each of the 4 visiting slides needs to describe:

     • Where or what are you going to visit? (Possibly part of the title)

     • What do you already know about this place/subject?

     • What do you hope to learn from this visit?

   • Each slide must have a picture or graphic, except slide 6. 

   • Each slide must have a slide transition (no timings)

   • Each slide show must have building effects.  Effects that build the pictures, lists, or whatever objects you have in your slides.

   • Each slide must have a background or design template. 

3. Check that your slide show meets the following rubric

Conclusion:

Enjoy you trip to Egypt!!!