Egyptians worshiped a lot of gods. The link below is a great way to explore the different gods and their names and attributes. It is a website by a famous writer Rick Riordan, when you get older you may enjoy some of his books :)
Moses was born in Egypt. Some historians say he was found by the queen Hatshepsut. It is still disputed into what dynasty exactly does Moses' lifetime fall. His life was a life of a privileged noble until he saw the pharaoh's overseer beat a Hebrew slave. Moses killed him and had to flee and hide from the pharaoh's wrath. God called him to bring Hebrews (Israelites - the descendants of Jacob) out of slavery in Egypt and lead them to the Promised Land (God promised Abraham that he will give the land of Canaan to his sons and their sons). Book of Exodus in the Bible talks about Moses, his life and the Israelites in Egypt and later in the wilderness.
Here is a song about the Book of Exodus:
God send plaques on Egyptians because Pharaoh didn't want to let them go. The last plaque was the night when the Israelites finally left Egypt. God killed all firstborn in Egypt, but protected Israelites. Until this day, Jewish people celebrate this as "Passover". Jesus died on the Passover and now we're protected and saved by his blood. This video talks about the first Passover.
The Egyptians were among the earliest people to use writing. They used pictures to write with, we call those hieroglyphs. Each picture stood for a certain word. Egyptians used to carve these into stone tablets but couple of hundred years later they learned how to make paper out of reeds (what's a "reed"? - look it up!). We called this special paper papyrus. Hieroglyphics song:
Abraham is the father of our faith. He believed God and obeyed him.
Do you know what city he came out of?
It was the city of UR. Watch this video (it's Minecraft again, yay :) to get an idea what the ancient city looked like:
Phil Vischer's "What's in the Bible" sings about Abraham and God's covenant with Abraham:
And here is an explanation of the word "patriarch" - tell me in class for a prize!!
Below is a link to a fantastic online game "Terrible Treasures".
Click on "The Awful Egyptians" to play. When you discover what the treasure is, come tell me (discretely - not in front of the whole class so you don't spoil it for everyone) and if you remember (you may write them down) 5 interesting facts you learned about ancient Egypt I'll give you a prize!
Pyramids were huge tombs for the pharaohs, built by many many slaves. One pyramid took over 20 years to build! No wonder pharaohs started building their own pyramid as soon as they became rulers, they wanted their tomb to be finished before they died.
Pyramids still stand in Egypt today. They were discovered by archaeologists about a hundred years ago, this video shows you a real "tomb raider"
Horrible Histories website has couple of ancient Egyptian games, clink on the link below and select two games called "Mummy Madness" and "Tomb of Terror" to play!
