Hieroglyphs and Papyrus
Know that the ancient Egyptians used a special writing system called hieroglyphs — pictures and symbols that stood for sounds and words — and that they wrote on a paper-like material called papyrus, which was made from a plant that grew along the Nile
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If your child sees hieroglyphs on a museum artefact, can they tell you what they are and explain that the Egyptians wrote on a special paper called papyrus?
Know that the ancient Egyptians used a special writing system called hieroglyphs — pictures and symbols that stood for sounds and words — and that they wrote on a paper-like material called papyrus, which was made from a plant that grew along the Nile
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- Describe hieroglyphs as a writing system that uses pictures and symbols
- Explain that papyrus was a material like paper made from a river plant
- Understand that only specially trained people called scribes could read and write hieroglyphs
“If your child sees hieroglyphs on a museum artefact, can they tell you what they are and explain that the Egyptians wrote on a special paper called papyrus?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- History
- Domain
- Ancient Egypt
- Age range
- Ages 5–7