The Gift of the Nile

This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Ancient Egypt and Greece

Grade Level: Upper Elementary (4-6)
Subjects: History
Produced By: Channel Four Learning
Year: 1994
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Running Time: 15m

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In this video we meet Jimmy and Diane, and see how they get a box of sawdust and find out there are ancient Egyptian artifacts inside. When they open it up they find a spell that brings a cat statue back to life after three thousand years. It teaches the kids about the Nile, the flooding, and the farming and about Osiris.

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