Curriculum Visions Overview

Featured video: introduction to Ancient Egyptian times Introduction, showing the main features of Ancient Egypt Matches: page 4 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 14 min (V144)
Video playlist
Introduction: classroom cinema Introduction, showing the main features of Ancient Egypt Matches: page 4 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 14 min (V144)
Egyptian times Explains some of the achievements of the Egyptians. Provides a time line. Matches: pages 4, 6, 10 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 12 min (V145)
The Nile Explains the importance of the Nile to Egypt, including flooding and crops. Matches: page 12 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 4 min (V146)
Hieroglyphs Explains hieroglyphs. Matches: page 22 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 7 min (V147)
Pyramids Describes the Great Pyramids and what they may have represented. Matches: page 36 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 7 min (V148)
Temples Explains the structure of Egyptian temples. Matches: page 40 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 8 min (V149)
Pharaoh approaches Describes society, clothes and status of Egyptian classes including children. Matches: page 26, 42 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 7 min (V150)
Famous pharaohs Describes some of the more important pharaohs Matches: pages 26, 44 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 8 min (V151)
Tutankhamun The life of Tutankhamun (in more detail than famous pharaohs video) Matches: pages 14, 46 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 8 min (V122)
Ramesses II Explains 'in Ramesses' own words' how important he thinks he is. Matches: pages 20, 46 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 3 min (V152)
The gods Describes the importance of the gods and lists some of the most important. Matches: page 28 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 3 min (V153)
Tour of Ancient Egypt Makes a journey down the Nile to identify each of the main sites of Ancient Egypt Matches: page 8 of textbook 'The ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 5 min (V154)
Making a basic meal A video showing a basic stew being cooked. It uses modern tools but explains what it was, why it was made, and how it lasted as a key meal even to the present day. This example is using UK ingredients, but stews/pottages such as this were common in Ancient Egypt, and the rest of the world through the ages. Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 8 min (V1040)
Making flour by hand This video shows grain being ground by hand using a pestle and mortar to produce flour. People in the past had to grind corn manually like this to make the flour needed to make bread. Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 4 min (V970)