The Bonus Features below are related to our book Genesis through Deuteronomy and Ancient Egypt. This study combines all your students, grades 1–12, for a full year of Bible, history, and geography. Be sure to check back here from time to time because we will be adding new and updated resources related to the book as we get them. If you have some resources that you’d like to recommend, let us know!
More about Ancient Egypt
Visit this great interactive, living site to help you learn more about Ancient Egypt.
Lesson 48: Salt Dough Map
Here is the recipe: 1 part salt; 2 parts flour; add water a tablespoon at a time until the dough takes on a stiff cookie-dough-like consistency. Shape and let dry. Usually 2 cups flour and 1 cup salt works well to make a decent-sized map.
Storage: An easy way to store your salt dough map is to ask a local pizza shop for a clean pizza box. Build the map on the flat cardboard bottom inside the pizza box. When the map is complete, just close the lid and your salt dough map is protected and stackable on a shelf. You can even label the box.
Geography of Egypt
- This relief map of Egypt will help you shape the dough for your own map.
- Your children are sure to enjoy this living geography story of Ancient Egypt.
Lessons 52–62: Boy of the Pyramids
This wonderful book had been out of print for years. We’re thrilled to bring it back and make it available for a new generation of students to enjoy!
Lesson 64: Make a Shaduf
Take a look at these pictures that show you what a shaduf looks like. You can use a swing set and a long branch or pole, rope, and bucket to make a large working model, or you can use craft sticks and a small dowel rod, string, and a plastic bottle cap to make a table-top working model.
Lesson 76: Senet, an Egyptian board game
Play this online version to learn the rules. You can also use the information on that Web site to make your own Senet game board if you’d like to, using a small sheet of poster board or paper.
Lesson 84: Paper Maché Pharaoh Death Mask
Paper Maché Recipes
- Basic flour and water recipe
- Some variations using wallpaper paste or glue
- A variation using dryer lint!
Mask Instructions: Follow these instructions for making a pharaoh mask. You can use a plastic mask as described or just use a balloon to give the mask shape and pop it when the paper maché is dry. A toilet-paper tube works well for the false beard. Just tape it to the face piece then cover it and the tape with paper maché. Be sure to take pictures of your project! Paper maché doesn’t last forever.
Lesson 88: More on Mary Kingsley
If your older children are interested in learning more about Mary Kingsley’s travels and adventures in Africa, they might want to read her account in her own words.
Lessons 117 and 118: Tabernacle
Your diagram can be as simple as a sketch on a piece of paper, or you can order a detailed replica model. Check out these sources for models, diagrams, and videos.
Backup
If you bought the e-book, we encourage you to make a backup of your book file for safekeeping. Feel free to copy your file onto a CD, an external hard drive, or another type of media, and store it away from your computer. If something happens to your computer or the files on it, you’ll still have a copy of your book in a safe place.