Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans
King Tutankhamen,
the Boy King

For Teachers

Lesson Idea: The King Tut News Hour - All the latest from Tut's Tomb, reporter on site (creating news headlines), Group activity. Give each group a quick background of their newspaper, magazine, or radio show. For example, (1) Your newspaper has lost circulation. You need to increase readership or go out of business. (2) You have a radio show and a reputation for stretching the truth. (3) And so on. Only the group sees their background. After each group creates a headline and possibly a short news story, have the rest of the class give their opinion on the purpose and accuracy of the "news" they just heard. After a quick discussion, the group reads their assigned background to the class. The teacher asks: Did their headline match their instructions? Then ask for a show of hands, was this report accurate? Why or why not.

CSI King Tut - Murder or Natural Causes, small groups, with handout by role

Who was King Tut? Storyboard lesson plan

Tutankhamen's Treasures Kit - free download (National Geographic for kids)

Lesson Plans: Egyptian Tombs in grade 5

Overviews & Units

Free Presentations about King Tut, King Tut's Tomb, & Howard Carter

For Kids

King Tut (read, interactives, games)

Ancient Egypt for Kids

More Resources

Ancient Egypt Overviews -
Presentations in PowerPoint format

Free Games about Ancient Egypt

Interactive Quiz about Ancient Egypt (with answers)

Clipart for Ancient Egypt