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Where can you find a good mummy?

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A lesson plan for grades 9–12 Social Studies

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore places where mummies have been found and the reasons why some cultures mummified their dead. Activities in this lesson engage students in online learning, whole class discussion, and development of critical thinking skills.

Students will:

  • define the word “mummy”;
  • read and answer questions about a news article on mummies;
  • read and answer questions about a web page with information about an early mummy; and
  • list five questions they would ask about a place to determine if it might hold undiscovered mummies.

Xpeditions provides detailed directions for completing the lesson, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, discussion questions, and links to helpful web resources.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 11–12 — Advanced Placement World History

  • Goal 2: Emerging Civilizations – The learner will analyze the development of early civilizations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, c. 8000 BCE to 600 CE.
    • Objective 2.01: Examine the indicators of civilization, including writing, labor specialization, cities, technology, trade, and political and cultural institutions in early civilizations.
    • Objective 2.02: Trace the development and assess the achievements in the arts, sciences, and technology of early river civilizations, including but not limited to those around the Huang-He (China), Indus (India), Nile (Egypt), and Tigris-Euphrates (Mesopotamia) rivers.
    • Objective 2.08: Describe the rise and achievements in the arts, sciences, and technology of African civilizations, including, but not limited to, Axum, Ghana, Kush, Mali, Nubia, and Songhai and analyze the reasons for their decline.