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Osiris, Isis, Seth and Horus

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Ancient Egyptians Mythology

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Objectives

History

  • Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations.
  • Characteristic features of past non-European societies.
  • Gain historical perspective by understanding the connections between cultural, religious and social history.

English

  • Increase their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths from other cultures.
  • Read books that are structured in different ways.
  • Summarise the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph.
  • Use further organisational and presentational devices to structure text.
  • Participate in role play.

Art

  • Improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing.

Lesson Planning

Explain why Ancient Egyptians told their myths; retell the story of Isis, Osiris, Seth and Horus using role-play and a comic strip in the style of Marcia Williams.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To learn another myth of Ancient Egypt and appreciate the fact that the Ancient Egyptians used these myths to try to explain the world around them.
  • To compare different versions of the story of Isis, Osiris, Horus and Seth and retell the story in different ways.
  • To draw scenes from the story of Isis, Osiris, Horus and Seth in the style of the Ancient Egyptians.

Children will:

  • Explain why Ancient Egyptians told their myths.
  • Retell the story of Isis, Osiris, Seth and Horus using role play.
  • Retell the story in the form of a comic strip in the style of Marcia Williams.
  • Draw figures in the Ancient Egyptian style.

Provided Resources

  • The Story of Osiris, Isis and Seth
  • Additional god images

You Will Need

  • Stories from Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley
  • Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs retold by Marcia Williams
  • Digital camera
  • Sketching pencils
  • Watercolour crayons/crayons/pastels

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