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This week, 1st grade artists "visited" Egypt! What I wanted them to learn from this week's lesson was that Egypt is a very old civilization, and that while we can learn a lot about its history, we can also find common ground with the country today. We started our lesson with this super-cute video full of interesting facts: One of the main points I wanted my kids to learn from the video was the huge change that the development of farming brought to the early Egyptians- since they no longer had to spend all their time gathering food, and could grow it instead, the people now had time to make art!! Though there are TONS of examples of Egyptian art, we focused our study on jewelry. Students learned that the early Egyptians placed a great deal of value on jewelry, even going so far as to bury people with it! They also believed that different types of precious gems would bring healing or prosperity- sort of like a good-luck charm. Students then made their very own Egyptian bracelet from cardstock, ribbon, gold paint, and plastic gems. They were so proud to wear their creations!
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