Subject: Math, Social Studies
Lesson Length: 45 mins
Topic: Measurement
Brief Description: Practice math skills and learn about Egyptian history at the same time with this activity.
Know Before You Start: Students should have an understanding of how to convert measurements.
Hook:
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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Have students measure the classroom and convert that measurement into Egyptian cubits. (The measure from your elbow to the tip of your longest finger.)
Activity:
- Have students compare their classroom size to that of three famous Egyptian monuments and make a comic about it.
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Panel 1: Should include the size of their classroom in Egyptian cubits and either feet or meters.
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Panels 2-4: Should include a famous monument and its size in either feet or meters, and its size in Egyptian cubits.
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Closure:
- Compare answers as a class.
Differentiation:
- Allow students to use speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Provide a printed copy of the sample comic.
Ancient Egypt
