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Lesson Plan - Secrets of the Mummy's Tomb
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Learning Objective
Students will understand why the discovery of King Tut’s tomb 100 years ago this fall was a historic event.
Text Structure
Description, Chronology
Content-Area Connections
Ancient Civilizations
Standards Correlations
CCSS: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.7, RI.4.8, RI.4.10, L.4.4, SL.4.1
NCSS: Culture
TEKS: Social Studies 4.21
1. Preparing to Read
Watch a Video: The Life and Death of the Boy King
Discuss: According to the video, what are some ways that experts have learned details about King Tut’s life and death?
Preview Words to Know
Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce the Words to Know.
Set a Purpose for Reading
Point out the As You Read question. Have students look for details explaining why many people are interested in King Tut.
2. Close-Reading Questions
1. What do you think an archaeologist does? What clues in the text help you know? The phrases “had spent years digging” and “searching for the lost tomb of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamen” help show that an archaeologist studies the past by looking for objects from long ago.(RI.4.4 VOCABULARY)
2. Why were ancient Egyptian rulers buried with many items, according to the article? The article explains that ancient Egyptians believed in life after death and buried their rulers with items they thought the rulers might need in the afterlife.(RI.4.5 CAUSE AND EFFECT)
3. What is the purpose of the diagram, “Buried Treasures”? The purpose is to show the four parts of King Tut’s tomb and some items found in each.(RI.4.7 TEXT FEATURES)
3. Skill Building
FEATURED SKILL: Reading a Chart
Use the Skill Builder “Tut’s Treasures” to have students learn more about some of the artifacts buried with Tut.
(RI.4.7 TEXT FEATURES)
Multilingual Learners Explain that the expression “time was running out” means that there was little time left to do or complete something.
Striving Readers The suffix -ing shows that a word names an action or process. Example: When a person runs, the action is running. Explain this as students decode the words running, digging, searching, paying, and leading.
Map Skill Builder Have students practice identifying relative location with Tour the Tombs, an interactive slideshow mapping the Valley of the Kings. Find it online under Teaching Resources.