Egyptian Art Lesson Examples

An Egyptian Unit can be really fun for students!

Here are a few examples of an Art projects that was left behind by a retired educator from one of my old schools. I believe she did an Egyptian Unit each year.

Kids love weaving and sewing because it is so tangible! I love the idea behind this 16"x8" project because it includes several sewing stitches along with some Egyptian background. Also, notice how the teacher glues tagboard to add stability to the back of the project which ends up being a great place for the student's name! We can tell that the project is done by a fourth grader because of the organizational method of the "4V" on the back of the project.

Egyptian Canopic jars using stamping and form.

Egyptian Cartouche

Egyptian Money Designs

Egyptians

Egyptian Sarcophagi

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