8A -- The Israelites leave Egypt (Week Three)

 Week Three: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, King Tut

1.  Lesson Pages from Supplemental Materials:

·         Story of the World, vol. 1: p. 97-102 (additional activities for these pages are in the accompanying The Story of the World: Activity Book One)

2. Study material for family discussion (older students can read on their own, parents can read and summarize for younger students):

Remember Akhenaten was the son of Amenhotep III, the pharaoh we think ruled during the time of the Exodus. Akhenaten turned from the traditional gods of Egypt to worship one god, Aten. This was not a popular idea in his country. He was married to the beautiful Nefertiti.

 After Akhenaten, the ruler was King Tut, or Tutankhamun, who is technically really only famous because his tomb was found intact, a rarity for the Egyptian pharaohs. He began rule as a young boy, and died before he was twenty. But the treasure trove of artifacts he left helped shape our ideas of ancient Egypt.

In this same time period the Hittites had a fierce ruler raise them up out of a time of trouble. His name was Suppiluliuma I. King Tut’s widow contacted him to have one of his sons marry her and save her from the men who wanted to take over the kingdom. This request did not work out well for anyone involved. The son that was sent was killed at the border, the widow was forced to marry a man named Ay who was possibly her mother’s father, and Suppiluliuma attacked Egypt.

 3. Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kILvEa3cJdI (Suppiluliuma, from 50:58 to 1:07:25)  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgYe4a2ruS4 (Akhenaten)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKSqgLQNIeQ (Akhenaten)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3IDB_KimCQ (Akhenaten--from history summarized)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9KQyKPY2nI (Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s second wife, the grammar is not great, but the storyline is there)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULofBtBAJn4 (King Tut)

4. If you still have your salt dough map of Egypt, add Amarna (Akhenaten’s capital) and Valley of the Kings (where Tut was found).

5. On Amazon you can purchase Baker Ross sarcophagus shaped pencil boxes that can be decorated with paint, markers, etc. to look like a real Egyptian sarcophagus. Full instructions are here: https://www.bakerross.co.uk/craft-ideas/teachers/make-a-mummy/

6. World History Reading:

·         Who Was King Tut? By Roberta Edwards

·         Inside Out Egyptian Mummy by Lorraine Jean Hopping, turn the pages to see layer by layer what is inside an Egyptian sarcophagus

7. Discussion For Teens: You will research two opposing sides of a topic, and then discuss these with a parent or peers and come to an agreement on the topic. Your consensus may agree with one side or another, or may end up being some combination of the two. For this lesson, research Ramses II and Amenhotep III (and his son Akhenaten) and discuss which pharaoh you think was the one at the time of the Exodus. Remember, your opinion may not be the truth, but the actual truth will come to light at some point.