Making Papyrus!

Hello Taylor Families-

In Social Studies we have been learning all about Ancient Egypt. We started with the geography of Egypt and how the geography affected the Egyptians' lives. We learned about the desserts, the Nile, the Delta etc. We then moved on to discuss the daily lives of ancient Egyptians and how their social class effected their lives more than anything else. One of the classes we learned about was scribes and so as a special project after the students took their test was making and painting papyrus. The students were really excited about the opportunity to make their own papyrus. They took paper towels and cut them into strips. Then the students soaked them in watery glue and wove the pieces to create paper. After they dried over the weekend, the students painted images as well as wrote something in code, which was to symbolize hieroglyphics. They had a ton of fun doing this project and they were able to connect their learning about ancient Egypt as well.

~Miss Waks