Story of the World-Week 15-chapter 13

This week we studied about the New Kingdom (Golden Age) of Egypt.  We learned about King Tut and Queen Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh that dressed like a boy and wore a fake beard.  We read:

We decided we would try our own beards for disguises!  

Story of the World-week 14-Chapter 12

This week we learned about the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.  The focus of this was the Hyksos people, (from Canaan) who conquered the Egyptians with new weapons (swords and bows) and chariots pulled by horses.

Story of the World-Week 13 Chapter 11

This week we studied Ancient Africa.  We made paper beads (and looked at some real paper beads that a friend brought me from Africa).  We also made a spider since we read about the trickster Anansi, the Spider.

I wonder which one was Lukes, and which one was Levi's!!  :-)

Story of the World-Week 12-Chapter 10

This week we painted a Ming Bowl with blue and white paint.

Story of the World-Week 10 Chapter 8

This week we studied about The Assyrians and Shamshi-Adad.  We answered questions, wrote narrations, and completed the map.  We also read the story of Gilgamesh.  The only project that we did this week was to talk about fairy tales and tell our own fairy tales.

Story of the World-Week 11 Chapter 9

This week we studied about The Assyrians and how they built out of clay.  We built our own Mohenjo-Daro.

Story of the World-week 9