F.+Literature+Tie


 * Literature Ties for Ancient Egypt **

 This is a biography of the man Jean-Francois Champollion who is credited to finding the secrets of how to read Egyptian hieroglyphics. The book tells Champollion story of why he wanted to read hieroglyphics and the long process of decoding the symbols, their sounds and meanings.  The use of this book during the unit will help students understand the time frame it took to translate the writings and the determination of one man to unlock the secrets. Students will be interested in knowing the importance of hieroglyphics in the unit and how to read them.  The book will be used in the unit when hieroglyphs are introduced in a lesson. During this lesson students will be given a page of ancient writing to translate. We will discuss in class the value of Champollion’s work in order to be able to do social studies assignment.
 *  Seeker of Knowledge: The Man who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs **
 *  by James Rumford. **



 This is a picture book that describes all the different jobs that were required to build the pyramids and the hazardous conditions that went with those jobs. The pictures are illustrated great and kids of all ages will enjoy the silly jokes that go with.  This book will used in our unit with a Language Arts lesson by writing letters to the editors to complain about their jobs or about the people whining about their jobs. The book gives good details about what was hazardous about each of the pyramids builders jobs. It will give the students enough information to be able to portray themselves as one of the builders and be able to form a complaint to the Ancient Egyptian News editor.  The book gives a clear yet entertaining view of the hard labor that went into the building of the pyramids that students will enjoy and learn from.
 *  You Wouldn’t Want to be a Pyramid Builder! A Hazardous Job You’d Rather Not Have by: Jacqueline Morley **

