Purpose:
The children become acquainted with the history and architecture of Egypt.

Materials:
Various books on Egypt: history and architecture
A questionnaire on the history of Egypt.

Introduction:
The teacher shows the children various pictures of Egypt (pyramids, houses and the Nile).

Main part:
- The teacher reads with the children a text on the history of Egypt with special attention to pyramids and other forms of architecture.
- The children answer questions on the history of Egypt.

Purpose:
Children learn to recognise the map of a cube and a pyramid.
Children learn to make a cube or pyramid
Children learn how geometrical forms appear in daily reality (e.g. buildings)

Materials:
Pictures of buildings: houses and pyramids
Pictures of landscapes from bird’s-eye view
An example of a map of a pyramid and of a house (cube)
Draft paper
Paint
Colored paper or cardboard

Introduction:
The teacher reminds the children of the former lesson. He or she introduces the map of a pyramid and one of a cube and explains the purpose of this lesson: The children will make their own Egyptian landscape with houses, pyramids and the Nile.

Main part:
Children design maps for pyramids and cubes. The cubes are transformed into Egyptian houses. If they are finished they paint the Nile from a bird’s-eye view.