Members of Pack 28 spent 3 hours together learning about Egypt, past and present. Special thanks to parent leaders Gina Schilling, Art Wallace and Yvonne Stoffer who made this event possible. - Cubmaster Alfia Wallace

We covered:

Ancient Egypt: Geography (location in Africa, importance of the Nile's annual flood, important cities of Memphis and Luxor), History (dates of dynasties, place of monarchy and slavery), Architecture (pyramids, obelisks, the Sphinx), Religion (polytheism, names of some gods, mummification), Writing system (hieroglyphics, the cartouche, demotic, the Rosetta Stone)

Modern Egypt: Geography (location on map, Cairo as capital, Aswan Dam), Religion (Islam, Coptic Christianity), Language (Arabic, writing)

Arrival Activities:

· Name tags with names of ancient Egyptian pharoahs and queens
· Every kid gets pad and pencil for notes
· Paint the Papyrus (paint, newspaper, water)
· Mummify beanie babies with strips of old white towels. Mummy box project.

Webelos Leader Art Wallace and scouts from Pack 28 learn about ancient and modern Egypt.

A perfectly mummified cat!

Mummified dog and tomb.

Pyramids

Mom watches her scout work on his tomb design.

Egypt Links for Kids:

Draw Like an Egyptian: Learn about Egyptian art and try your hand at doing a portrait of a friend or family member, ancient-Egyptian style!

Ancient Egypt Coloring Book: Print and color pages

Ancient Egypt Kid Connection: Lots of great links including the mummy quiz and webquests!

Egyptian Museum in Cairo (official site is down)

British Museum's Egypt for Children site