Starter quiz
- What is a 'king'?
- a man who has lots of children
- a man who rules a country ✓
- a man who lives in a castle
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- The purpose of an information text is to ______ the reader about a subject, person or event.
- 'inform' ✓
- What is an 'ancient civilisation'?
- a community that exists today
- the first settled community in a country many years ago ✓
- a community that started recently
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- Which of the following are true about Egypt?
- It is a city.
- It is a country. ✓
- It is a town.
- It is in North Africa. ✓
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- What does 'preserved' mean?
- an object that has fallen apart
- an object that has stayed in its original state without changing ✓
- an object that has decayed
- an object that has begun to rot
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- If you are 'heir to the throne', what does that mean?
- You have long hair.
- You are the next person to become king or queen when the current one dies. ✓
- You are never going to be king or queen.
- You want to be king or queen.
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following statements is true?
- King Tut ruled Egypt around 30 years ago.
- King Tut ruled Egypt around 300 years ago.
- King Tut ruled Egypt around 3,000 years ago. ✓
- King Tut ruled Egypt around 3,000,000 years ago.
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- Is this statement true or false? 'King Tut was know as the 'Man King'.'
- 'false' ✓
- What was Tutankhamun's original name?
- Tutan
- Khaten
- Tutankhaten ✓
- King Tut
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- What did King Tut change the religious belief in Ancient Egypt back to?
- monotheism (belief in one god)
- atheism (belief in no god)
- polytheism (belief in many gods) ✓
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- Is this statement true or false? 'King Tut made all decisions by himself as pharaoh.'
- 'false' ✓
- How long ago was King Tut's tomb discovered?
- over 10 years ago
- 50 years ago
- over 100 years ago ✓
- 1,000 years ago
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- King Tut was nine years old when he began ruling Egypt 3000 years ago.
- King Tut changed the religion of Ancient Egypt when he ruled.
- King Tut died aged 19 after ruling for 10 years. He was mummified so his body was preserved for 3000 years.
- The archaeologist Howard Carter discovered his body surrounded by artefacts in 1922.
- Two unborn mummified babies were found in the tomb so King Tut never passed the throne to his family.
Common misconception
Pupils may not be aware of the dates and chronology within global history of Ancient Egypt.
Show pupils where Ancient Egypt fits into a broader timeline of global history.
Keywords
Pharoah - a ruler of Ancient Egypt
Mummification - an old-fashioned method of preparing a dead body so that it doesn't decay
Archaeologist - a scientist who studies the history of humans by looking at what man-made objects were left behind
Artefacts - objects made by humans that provide evidence of past human activity
Tomb - a place in which a person may be buried when they die
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