Activity
Write a Postcard from Ancient Egypt
A tiny writing task with a big research payoff: to fill a postcard you have to know what people ate, wore and worried about.
Ages
7-9, 9-11
Level
Lower KS2, Upper KS2
Subject
History
Duration
30 min
What you'll need
- Card
- Pens
- A reference book or two
What the learner will explore
- Daily life in Ancient Egypt
- Writing for an audience
- Historical detail
How to do it
- 1
Choose who you are: farmer, scribe, builder or child.
- 2
Find three true details about their day.
- 3
Write the postcard home.
- 4
Draw the picture side.
Make it easier
Dictate the postcard and draw the picture side first.
Make it harder
Write two postcards from people of different status and compare.
Try it differently
Record it as a voice note from the past.
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