Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

164 Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 9 | The Sphinx

Exercise Materials Details

Extensions (20 minutes)

Pyramids and the Sphinx Image Cards 11, 12; Instructional

Master 9B-1 (optional); chart

paper; additional images of

pyramids and the Sphinx

Domain-Related Trade Book Trade book about the pyramids or

the Sphinx.

Advance Preparation

You may wish to fi nd pictures and videos of pyramids, in particular

the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx.

You may wish to create a timeline of Egyptian pharaohs to help

students understand that the pharaohs ruled long ago and to

help them keep track of which pharaoh ruled fi rst. Write “Djoser”

or place a picture of Djoser on the far left (around 2668 BCE);

write “Khufu” or place a picture of Khufu a little to the right (80

years later, around 2589 BCE); write “Khafre” or place a picture of

Khafre right next to Khufu (30 years later, around 2558 BCE). Write

“Present Day” on the far right.

Djoser

Khufu

Khafre Present Day

For Pyramids and the Sphinx, you may wish to create a large Venn

diagram on chart paper to compare and contrast pyramids and the

Sphinx.

Find a book related to the pyramids or the Sphinx to read aloud to

the class.

Notes to Teacher

For background information and to fi nd images and videos related

to Egyptian pyramids and the Sphinx, you may wish to refer to this

web resource:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/explore-ancient-egypt.html