Ancient Egypt Unit Study, Coming Summer 2025

Are you looking to bring history to life with your children? Would you like your history to dovetail with subjects that bring goodness, truth, and beauty to your family’s education? Do you want a curriculum that is plug-and-play but also easily customizable to your family’s particular interest and needs? This five week History Guide by Cedar Tree Schoolhouse fits the bill! The Ancient Egypt History Guide is a wealth of learning and is geared towards children aged 5-12, although this is a family-style curriculum and can easily incorporate younger and older children as well. 

This Ancient Egypt guide relies on rich literature and fun hands-on projects, crafts and recipes to bring history to life and create meaningful connections and lasting memories for your family. Alongside exploring Ancient Egypt, this guide also incorporates multiple other subjects such as Bible, poetry, geography, art and music. Journey through the book of Exodus as the Israelites find themselves in slavery in Egypt. Soak in beautiful poetry reflecting on Ancient Egypt. Listen to the delightful Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saints-Saëns; Marvel together over incredible art pieces created both by Ancient Egyptians and by famous artists depicting this period. Label major waterways, cities, and landmarks on a map of Ancient Egypt. Watch what happens when you mummify carrots. And step back in time as you create cartouches, sarcophagi, pyramids, papyrus paper, and so much more!

The Ancient Egypt History Guide includes: 

• History reading plan

• Bible Reading plan

• Poetry

• Art study (including a portfolio of art pieces to print out)

• Composer study

• Geography 

• Hands-on Projects with detailed instructions, supply lists, and pictures

• Narration notebook prompt suggestions

• Book of Centuries time-line suggestions

• Carefully vetted additional reading book list

• Chapter book suggested reading plan for younger and older students 

• Video links for weekly history topics 

• Teacher Guide with helpful tips on how to use this curriculum

When using the Ancient Egypt History Guide, your family will experience a robust and beauty-filled educational curriculum in a plan that is easy to use and implement. The weekly and daily plans make this guide open-and-go for busy home educators, and you can easily pick and choose which elements of this curriculum you want to implement for your family. This curriculum spreads a wide feast and seamlessly combines history, Bible, art study, poetry, music, narration, cooking, and so much more! For your elementary aged students, simply add a math and science or nature curriculum into their days and your child will receive a full and delight-filled education.