Change and continuity in Ancient Egypt | History | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Rearrange the letters to make the name of a river in Egypt.
- 1
  
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  N
- 2
  
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  i
- 3
  
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  l
- 4
  
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  e
What title was given to the rulers of Ancient Egypt?
- kings
- emperors
- sultans
- pharaohs ✓
Which of these images shows a scribe in Ancient Egypt?
What name was given to the process used in Ancient Egypt to protect dead bodies from decay?
- preservation
- entombing
- mummification ✓
- burying
Match the words to the definitions.
- embalming
  
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  treating a dead body with oils and herbs to preserve it ✓
- religion
  
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  a set of beliefs about gods ✓
- ba
  
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  the Ancient Egyptian word for the soul ✓
- tomb
  
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  a sealed room for holding a dead body ✓
What is the name of the Ancient Egyptian writing that used pictures and symbols?
- 'hieroglyphs' ✓

Exit quiz

What does continuity refer to?
- things that change over a long period of time
- things that stay the same over a long period of time ✓
- things that decay over a long period of time
- things that develop over a long period of time
How did hieroglyphs change across 3000 years of Ancient Egyptian civilisation?
- They became more detailed.
- They became less detailed. ✓
- More hieroglyphs were added.
- Some hieroglyphs were removed.
In the ______ Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, pharaohs were buried in pyramids; in the New Kingdom they were buried in the Valley of the Kings.
- 'Old' ✓
For how long approximately did the Ancient Egyptian civilisation exist?
- 3 years
- 30 years
- 300 years
- 3000 years ✓
Why did the River Nile continue to be important in Ancient Egypt?
- It made the land fertile. ✓
- It was good for washing clothes.
- It was a transport route. ✓
- It was good for swimming.
Across the 3000 years civilisation, Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaohs were the human forms of their ______.
- 'gods' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

The River Nile remained the heart of the civilisation and was always highly important for the fertility it brought.
The pharaohs ruled throughout this time, but where and how they were buried changed over time.
While beliefs about the afterlife stayed the same, the methods of preserving bodies became very advanced over time.
Detailed hieroglyphs were used throughout, but gradually were used less and usually just for religious writings.
A good description of how much things stayed the same will use knowledge from throughout this unit.

Common misconception

It can be difficult for young learners to grasp how long 3000 years actually is and therefore appreciate just how long standing and important the Ancient Egyptian civilisation was.

Draw a timeline with 1AD in the middle, 2086 BCE on the left end and 2024 on the right end. Use this to demonstrate that the Ancient Egyptians existed for even longer than the time that has passed since 1 AD to today.

Keywords

Continuity - continuity is when things stay the same over a long period of time