Getting started
An interdisciplinary plan which shows how studying Egypt in different curriculum areas can support achievement in French.
Expressive arts
Use drama to explore the moment when a French historian discovered how to read hieroglyphics.
Religious and moral education
Learners can explore a creation myth to discover a key ancient belief from Egypt about how the world was created.
Social studies
Use the image of a shabti figure from the collection in the National Museums of Scotland as a context for the challenges.
Mathematics and numeracy
Explore different mathematical concepts with the ancient Egyptian numbering system, patterns in Islamic art and creating a scale model of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Technologies
Learners examine the differences between streets in Egypt and Scotland and create their own Yacoubian Street shops