Hieroglyphics Activity

Ages 8 10 11 14 14 desk or flat workspace.

Hieroglyphics activity. There were over 500 commonly used hieroglyphs. This activity helps students understand the concept of the rosetta stone and how it was used to translate hieroglyphics. Egyptian hieroglyphs weren t quite the same as the letters of the english alphabet. There are 1000s of hieroglyphic symbols.

Children will find reading and creating hieroglyphics entertaining and interesting. The stone came to be known as the rosetta stone because of where it was found. Write two to three paragraphs that address the following. Not everyone learned to read and write in ancient egypt.

Only one group of people called scribes was allowed to have this knowledge. Egyptian figures and symbols lesson plan. Although experts believe that most scribes were men there is evidence of some female doctors. Ancient egyptian hieroglyphics included over 2 000 different pictorial symbols to represent words thoughts and ideas.

Egypt hieroglyphics the rosetta stone. In today s technologically advanced world the use of hieroglyphs to record history and send messages from place to place seems ineffective and cumbersome yet egyptians were considered a very advanced society at the time. Discuss the historical. This activity is best done in small groups of 2 3 students but could be done solo.

Most scribes therefore were men. Alex lesson plan back in time hieroglyphics in ancient egypt. So how do we know how to read the characters. If you have a children s university passport to learning.

Print out the certificate to hand to your teacher to receive a stamp. To close the lesson have students complete the written response activity below. In 1799 in a town in egypt called rosetta a soldier unearthed a large black stone. Ancient egyptian hieroglyphics with free download of art.

Hieroglyphics means sacred writing. Grades 3 12. Write your name in egyptian hieroglyphs. On the stone there were three different types of writing that seemed to say the same thing and one was definitely greek.

In ancient egypt it was usually men who learned to read and write. Even though people could read the. Hieroglyphics were used by the ancient egyptians as a writing system as far back as 3200 b c. Hieroglyphics rom the royal ontario museum ancient egyptian hieroglypics lesson plan and activity tes overviews units with lesson plans on hieroglyphics as part of most units.

Learn how to sound out your name in hieroglyphs just like a scribe in ancient egypt. The activity takes about 3 5 minutes of explanation and 3 5 minutes to complete plus 5 10 min.