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Ancient Egypt (KS2)

Letโ€™s travel back 5000 years to ancient Egypt, cruising along the Nile and entering a world of mysteries, mummies, hieroglyphics, pharaohs and gods. Discover the hierarchy, daily life, and rituals surrounding death in this fascinating ancient civilisation. Learn about the discovery of the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun with its wondrous treasures and artefacts, then debate the rights and wrongs of disturbing his final resting place. All fully aligned to the national curriculum to give you confidence in the classroom.

These lessons and resources are available either as part of a topic-related whole project within the broader Cornerstones History Curriculum, or as individual stand-alone lessons!

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Ancient Civilisations

This project teaches children about the history of three of the worldโ€™s first ancient civilisations: ancient Sumer, ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley civilisation. Children will learn about the rise, life, achievements and eventual end of each civilisation.

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Pharaohs

Develop childrenโ€™s knowledge of ancient Egypt with our pre-planned and comprehensively resourced history project, Pharaohs. This Year 5 project and accompanying resources teach children about life on the Nile, the great pyramids and the powerful rule of the ancient pharaohs.

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Looking for a full history curriculum?

If you’re looking for inspiring lessons and resources across the whole history curriculum, then the Cornerstones History Curriculum offers everything you need for single or multi-year groups, with a collection of projects designed by subject experts to support teachers and subject leaders at every level of subject knowledge.

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Quick Teach

Not everyone needs a whole subject curriculum. If you’re only looking for some extra ideas and resources to add to what you’re already doing, we can help with that, too. Quick Teach gives you precisely that and is available to individual teachers as part of a low-cost monthly subscription or to whole schools as part of an annual subscription. Packed with age-appropriate lesson ideas, plans and resources, we can help you across various subjects and topics.

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  • History
  • Ancient Civilisations
  • Ancient Egypt
  • World history
  • Key Stage 2