Log in to this ppt: 5.1 Egyptian Writing on my website

pp. 104-105

Standard 6.19: Evolution of writing – hieroglyphics and the invention of papyrus

Success Criteria:

• I can list the evolution of writing

1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4?

• I can translate 3 hieroglyphic sentences

Evolution of Writing

1 Cave paintings of images of hunting scenes and animals

2 Cuneiform script on clay tablets with wedge shapes

3. Hieroglyphic symbols on papyrus and on walls

What’s next?

• Egyptian writing is thought to have come from the god Thoth who provides all knowledge to Egyptians

Papyrus – wild reed plant

1. It grew in the water.2. It could reach 15 to 25

feet high.3. It is now extinct in

Egypt.

Papyrus

1. Papyrus had many uses in ancient Egypt.

2. The flowers decorated shrines to the gods.

3. The roots were used for fuel and to make utensils.

4. Boats, baskets, mats, sandals, rope, and paper were made from the stem.

5. People even ate papyrus.6. It grew year-round and was

harvested in the “drought” or dry season.

How to make papyrus

Harvest the papyrus

Stalks were peeled, cut and layered

How to make papyrus

Harvest the papyrus

Stalks were peeled, cut and layered

Wet the layers, press, and seal together

Dry the sheets & bleached by the sun

How to make papyrus

Harvest the papyrus

Stalks were peeled, cut and layered

Wet the layers, press, and seal together

Dry the sheets & bleached by the sun

Sheets are pressed together to make a papyrus roll

Artists & scribes illustrate & write on it

Hieroglyphics

Book of the Dead on papyrus

Hieroglyphics • Online Activity Click here:

http://www.internal.schools.net.au/edu/lesson_ideas/egypt/src/mockup/egypt_actsht1_p1.html

Statue of a Scribe Amenemhet

The Rosetta Stone at the British Museum.

Success Criteria:

• I can list the evolution of writing

1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4?

• I can translate 3 hieroglyphic sentences

Read “The Seeker of Knowledge” by James Rumford

• On Nook

• About the Rosetta Stone

Read Croco-Nile by Roy Gerrard

Picture book

Decode the hieroglyphics