{"id":1928,"date":"2009-10-30T00:09:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T05:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1928"},"modified":"2009-10-30T00:09:09","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T05:09:09","slug":"teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-adventures-in-ancient-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/30\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-adventures-in-ancient-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children&#8217;s Literature: Adventures in Ancient Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/night-worker.jpg\" title=\"night-worker.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/adventuresinancientegypt.jpg\" title=\"adventuresinancientegypt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/adventuresinancientegypt.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"adventuresinancientegypt.jpg\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Adventures-Ancient-Egypt-Travel-Agency\/dp\/1550745484\">Adventures in Ancient Egypt <\/a>written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindabaileybooks.com\/home.html\">Linda Bailey<\/a>\u00a0and illustrated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millbrookgallery.com\/slavin.htm\">Bill Slavin <\/a>is a developmentally appropriate, text within a text approach to teaching children about the geographic\u00a0and cultural history of ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindabaileybooks.com\/home.html\">Linda Bailey<\/a>\u00a0does an excellent job of presenting the factual information alongside a kid-friendly and engaging story line by using a text within a text approach. She begins by instantly engaging students using a comic book-like format and three bored children with nothing to do on a summer day.\u00a0They end up in a run down travel agency which eventually leads to a trip back in time to ancient Egypt. &#8220;There was a terrible, wonderful flash and . . . in one brief moment, everything\u00a0changed!&#8221;\u00a0The book continues by following the kids&#8217; adventures along the Nile River, visiting an Egyptian town, school, and pyramid along with experiencing other culturally important Egyptian concepts. <u><font color=\"#810081\">Bailey <\/font><\/u>pairs this adventure\u00a0with detailed historical commentary about the locations and cultural features the kids are\u00a0experiencing\u00a0along the bottom of each page.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting the information and concepts by using these methods simultaneously allows students to learn about ancient Egypt\u00a0on two distinct and effective levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Adventures-Ancient-Egypt-Travel-Agency\/dp\/1550745484\">Adventures in Ancient Egypt\u00a0<\/a>effectively introduces second or third grade students to the relationship between ancient Egypt&#8217;s environment and culture (VA SOL 2.4b).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dia.org\/education\/egypt-teachers\/langarts\/bouler\/activity.htm\">lesson plan <\/a>is a great hands-on way for students to interact with hieroglyphs.<\/li>\n<li>Teachers can use this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeschoolhelperonline.com\/worksheets\/coloring\/pyramid.htm\">coloring sheet <\/a>to stimulate discussion on pyramids and their importance in ancient Egyptian culture.<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/pyramids\/pyramids.html\">website<\/a> provides extra background material and visuals on ancient Egypt.<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/egypt.mrdonn.org\/games.html\">website<\/a> is a conglomeration of on-line ancient Egyptian games and activities to further re-inforce the concepts students are learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Adventures-Ancient-Egypt-Travel-Agency\/dp\/1550745484\">Adventures in Ancient Egypt<br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Author: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindabaileybooks.com\/home.html\">Linda Bailey<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.millbrookgallery.com\/slavin.htm\">Bill Slavin<br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Kids Can Press<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong>\u00a0September, 1\u00a02000<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong>\u00a048 pages<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range: <\/strong>2-3<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN: <\/strong>978-1550745481<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Adventures in Ancient Egypt written by Linda Bailey\u00a0and illustrated by Bill Slavin is a developmentally appropriate, text within a text approach to teaching children about the geographic\u00a0and cultural history of ancient Egypt. Linda Bailey\u00a0does an excellent job of presenting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/30\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-adventures-in-ancient-egypt\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-geography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}