The Egypt Game

A WebQuest for 6th Graders

Introduction

You and two of your friends have decided to play The Egypt Game like April, Melanie, Marshall, Elizabeth, Toby and Ken. There is an antique shop in your neighborhood, much like the A-Z Antique Shop in the story. You and your friends go inside, hoping to find some piece of Ancient Egypt to decorate your new temple. The shop is crowded and dusty. As you peer through the dirty glass, you suddenly see a small Egyptian statue that looks like a dog. You call your friends over to see your new find and you all agree that it would be perfect for the temple. The store clerk sells you the statue and you and your friends return to your temple.

The temple is really a storage shed in your back yard, but with the columns you found in the garage draped with old curtains one of your friends brought and the new statue to place on top, it is starting to look more like an ancient Egyptian temple. Just as you step back to admire what you have done, you are suddenly blinded by a bright light. You and your friends hear a deep voice that seems like it is coming from the statue! The voice says “You have awakened my powers! Now I need your help! I was once a very powerful deity in ancient Egypt. I was put under a terrible curse that has entombed me in this statue. If you can figure out who I represent and what I did, it will set me free. Can I send you three on this very important mission?”

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The Task

The statue tells each of you what your task will be. He needs one of you to become a Scribe, one a Priest/Priestess and one a Pharaoh/Queen. Each of you will become the expert in your field. At the end of the webquest you will come together to share what you have learned. If you are able to complete the webquest successfully, the deity will be freed and will give each of you a reward!

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The Process

1. Decide who will be the scribe, priest/priestess and pharaoh/queen

2. Follow the route in this webquest designed for your job

3. Scribes, click here

4. Priest/Priestesses, click here

5. Pharaoh/Queens, click here

6. When you have gone through your respective tasks, come back to the home page

7. Share with the others in your group what you have learned

8. When you are all experts in ancient Egypt, click here for the final task

9. Congratulations! You have completed the webquest!

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Evaluation

You will be graded using this rubric. Half of your grade will be from your individual work and half from your final group project.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4		Score
Writes 3 paragraph summary of their area of expertise	Doesn’t have 3 paragraphs, bad grammar and spelling, no summarization.	Has three short paragraphs, did not summarize, some grammar and spelling mistakes	Has three solid paragraphs, included some summarized material, few mistakes in spelling and grammar		Has three excellent paragraphs, summarized lots of the information found, very few or no spelling, grammar mistakes
Writes 3 paragraph summary as a group over the entire project	Doesn’t have 3 paragraphs, bad grammar and spelling, no summarization.	Has three short paragraphs, did not summarize, some grammar and spelling mistakes	Has three solid paragraphs, included some summarized material, few mistakes in spelling and grammar	Has three excellent paragraphs, summarized lots of the information found, very few or no spelling, grammar mistakes
Turns in all extra items in as a group (drawings, hieroglyphics, etc.)	Does not turn in any extra items.	Turns in one of the extra items	Turns in all but one of the extra items	Turns in every extra item

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Conclusion

Congratulations! Your Egypt Game webquest is finished! You have set the god trapped in the statue free by learning about ancient Egypt and received your reward. As you and your friends continue to play the Egypt Game, what other aspects of ancient Egypt would you like to learn? Consider learning more about the pyramids and tombs of the pharaohs, the Sphinx or maybe what boys and girls your age did in ancient Egyptian days. There’s so much to learn about ancient Egypt, don’t give up now!

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Credits & References

Scribe information courtesy of www.kingtutshop.com

provided hieroglyphic clip art

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Teacher Page

Recipe for Egyptian Palace Bread at the bottom of this page

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Updated February 22, 2005 by Carol Smallwood

Based on a template from The WebQuest Page