Life in Ancient Egypt

1 Life in Ancient EgyptCV ANGL S 1r ESOIES JULIO ANTONIOL oreto Meix BoiraKEY SYMBOLSPair workWriteWh-questionsReadingTickAncient EgyptCLILC ontents1. The pharaoh32. Tutankhamen83. Cleopatra: the last Pharaoh134. The River Nile175. Economy226. Food237. Society298. Clothes and make up329. Death and mummification 3610. Tombs and pyramids4411. Temples and beliefs4812. The Rosetta Stone52 Final Activities58 Glossary61 Key62 Bibliography63 Timeline64 Loreto Meix Social Science2 Ancient EgyptCLIL1 The PharaohLook at the Egypt map and at Tutankhamen s tomb plan. a)Answer the questions below with the writing frame. 1. Egypt map. 2. Tutankhamen s tomb plant. Questionsa)Where is Egypt ?b)Where is the river Nile?

2 C)How many doors are there in Tutankhamen s tomb?d)Where is the treasury? e)What is the burial chamber? d) What is the antechamber?Word bankPharaoh four North Nile room lastEgypt is in the _____ of _____is in Egypt . There are_____ doors in Tutankhamen s tomb. The treasure chamber is in the _____room. The burial chamber is in the room where the _____ was buried. The antechamber is the _____before the treasury chamber. Loreto Meix Social Science3 Ancient EgyptCLILA discoveryIn 1922 a British archaeologist, Howard Carter, was working in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt . One day he asked his workers to pull down a small hut. Carter noticed some steps under the hut and asked his men to clear them.

3 The steps led to a stone wall and Carter told his men to cut through it. There was a passage behind the wall which led to yet another wall. They cut through this one with care and suddenly came into a room full of household furniture and treasure. Carter spent several months making a list of every article in the room. When he finished, he decided to cut through the opposite wall. He found another chamber full of valuable things. He saw two statues which looked like guardians and Carter made a hole in the middle. There, he discovered three boxes made of wood which fitted one inside the other. There was a fourth box which was actually a coffin. Inside there was a mummy. Carter had discovered Tutankhamen s tomb, an Egyptian pharaoh who lived 3000 years ago.

4 Lord Carnavon, who financed the expedition, died several weeks after visiting Tutankhamen s tomb. Rumours started about a curse upon the men who entered the tomb. The most powerful person in Ancient Egypt was the pharaoh. The pharaoh was the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people. He owned the land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners. He was a god on Earth. Read the text and check the words you don t understand. GRAMMAR POINTPRESENT TO BEPAST TO BEI amyou arehe iswe areyou arethey areI wasyou werehe waswe wereyou werethey were Is the verb to be regular or irregular? Why? You can answer in Catalan. Do you know other irregular verbs in English?

5 Write them down. Loreto Meix Social Science4 Ancient EgyptCLIL EXERCISES1. These are regular verbs. Write the past: AskAskednoticediepulldiscoverstartlivefi nishlookfinance2. These are irregular verbs. Fill in the chart: (cut, found, spend, became, came, have and saw)beWastoldmakemadefindcutspentcomesee becomehad3. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. An Egyptologist has scrambled some words in the word DPSYARIM IVRRE LIEN MMMUYa)The 1st picture is a b)The 2nd picture c)The 3rd picture Loreto Meix Social Science5 Ancient EgyptCLIL 4.

6 A journalist is interviewing Howard Carter. Write the words in the correct order to make / in /you / were/ 1922/? Where were you in 1922?1 discoverer / who / the /Tutankhamen s / was / tomb / of/?2 Tutankhamen s / mummy / where / was /?3 was / who / father / Tutankhamen s/?4 mother / who / was / Tutankhamen s /?Now look at the text and answer the questions for Howard were you in 1922?I was at the Valley of the Kings in Egypt . 1 2 3 4 5.

7 Write a short summary about Carter. Use the following words: archaeologisttombkingmummypharaohEgyptCa rter was He discovered In the tomb The pharaoh was 6. Read the texts and check the words you don t understand. More about the discoverersHoward Carter was a British Egyptologist. He excavated in Egypt , mainly the King s Valley.

8 In 1922 he became famous because he discovered Tutankhamen s tomb. He worked with Lord Carnavon, his sponsor. Carter died in 1929. Richard Bethell, Carter's personal secretary, and other persons related to the discovery died. These facts led to rumours about the mummy s curse. The press followed the incidents and lots of films were made. Lord Carnavon was the sponsor of the expedition in Egypt . He died six weeks after entering the tomb of Tutankhamen. A new legend started: thePharaohs and their gods had laid a curse upon those who dared to disturb their resting Meix Social Science6 Ancient EgyptCLIL Write down 3 sentences about Carter, Bethell and Carnavon. Use the substitution table CarterRichard BethellLord Carnavonwasa/anArchaeologistEgyptologist XCarter s secretaryCarter s sponsorAnddiedin192319391929a) b) c)

9 7. Unscramble the letters to find 10 words connected with Tutankhamen. Loreto Meix Social Science7 Ancient EgyptCLIL2 Tutankhamen Sentence maker Left Tutankhamen

10 Mannequin and mask. AboveTutankhamen's tomb. Gold throne Gold sandals. Boat. All the objects belong to Tutankhamen s tomb. Pair work. Write 6 true sentences in your notebook. The Pharaoh sTutankhamen s The boy King smask model boatmannequintombthronesandalsisaremade of goldstonewoodLoreto Meix Social Science8 Ancient EgyptCLILRead the text. Check the words you don t understand. Tutankhamen (ca. 1341-1323), the boy-king, reigned from 1334 to 1323 BC. He became world famous because of the rich and varied contents of his tomb. Tutankhamen inherited the throne when he was nine years old. He was the son of Akhenaton and Nefertiti, his step-mother. During his reign he moved the capital back to Thebes and restored the traditional religion, the cult of Amun, which his father had removed.