1. Homework review
1a: What were the religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians?
Believed in many gods
The gods controlled parts of nature
1b: In what ways did the ancient Egyptians use religion to understand nature?
They believed that the gods controlled nature
Which explains how nature works

2. Do Now Copy the definition for “afterlife” from page 80.
Good luck at the concert tonight!
FYI- check out HW for later this week

3. The Egyptian’s Journey to the Afterlife "Make a way for me, my soul, my spirit and my shadow, for I am equipped, I am a transfigured spirit." -Spell 91, Book of the Dead
Like many other civilizations, the ancient Egyptians believed in life after death.
Evidence of this belief is often found in the art and artifacts they left behind.

4. Two Videos Osiris and Isis
How does this myth impact the everyday lives of the Egyptians?
Gods and animals
Why did the Egyptians connect their gods to animals?

5. Journey to the Afterlife
With your group, read about the Egyptian’s journey to the afterlife.
You need to pick out 5 major steps to getting to the afterlife.
You may write/highlight along the way.
Using BOTH sources of information, create a storyboard showing the process of the Egyptians going to the afterlife.
Write a description explaining each step of the journey.

6. Journey to the Afterlife
Step one
They would mummify the body in order for the soul to recognize the body in the afterlife and return to it to receive food and drink.

7. Journey to the Afterlife
Step 2
Opening of the Mouth Ceremony
Prepared the dead for eating and drinking in the afterlife.

8. Journey to the Afterlife
Step 3
The souls could then begin their journey to the afterlife on heavenly boats. They had to face challenges and obstacles, like dangerous animals.

9. Journey to the Afterlife
Step 4
The weighing of the heart decided if the person was honest enough to go to the afterlife.

10. Journey to the Afterlife
Step 5
The person entered the afterlife and spent their days eating, drinking, and visiting with friends and family members who had died.
This Egyptian heaven was called "Aaru", or The Field of Reeds.
This perfect Egypt looked like the ancient Nile Delta did, with fields of reeds stretching on forever. These beautiful fields were abundant with food for the dead. The fishing and hunting were bountiful, and the farming was done either by the deceased or by magical workers called Shawabti.
Life in the Field of Reeds was a natural continuation of life in Egypt. The pharaohs remained pharaohs, the gods were the same, and the workers had to work. They ate, loved, married, and worshiped.

11. Closure
Why do you think some Egyptians were unable to have loved ones mummified?  

12. Do Now Copy the HW for tonight:
Page 85 #2a and 2b
WHIL due Friday
Copy the following definition for mummy onto your vocab sheet.
Page 80

13. Why did the Egyptians bury their dead with everyday objects and other things?

14. Mummy
Dead body preserved in lifelike condition.
The Egyptians went through huge efforts to preserve the bodies.
The Egyptians believed that the soul, or “ka,” would leave the body in the afterlife but return to the body to receive food and offerings.
But the ka needed to recognize its body, so the Egyptians did their best to preserve the body (to keep it from deteriorating).

15. Short Video
1. Egyptians think that when people die, they will ____________________________________.
2. What does natron do to the body? __________________________
3. In Egypt, they believed that the land of the setting sun is the land of the ______________.
4. So, most of our tombs are on the _____________ side of the Nile.
5. Before sealing the tomb, we perform the opening of the ___________ ceremony, which restores the power of ____________ and ________________ to the dead body.

16. Short Video
1. Egyptians think that when people die, they will come back to life again.
2. What does natron do to the body? Dry it out
3. In Egypt, they believed that the land of the setting sun is the land of the dead.
4. So, most of our tombs are on the west side of the Nile.
5. Before sealing the tomb, we perform the opening of the mouth ceremony, which restores the power of sight and speech to the dead body.

17. Preparing the Dead
Using the information on page 82 under “Preparing the Dead,” you are going to create a step-by-step manual for preparing the dead in ancient Egypt.
For each step, draw a symbol that helps explain what to do in that step
Hint: Begin where it says “Workers carefully removed….”

18. STEPS TO MUMMIFICATION
Workers carefully removed the organs.
The body was filled with natural salt and stored for about 40 days.
Once dry, the body was cleaned and bathed in spices.
It was then wrapped in long linen bandages.

19. What did we learn about today?
Who
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What
to Whom
When
Where
How
and Why?