Go to Egypt | Week Two

Week Two Pharaohs and Pyramids

Learn about the glory and reign of Egypt, the kingdom that stood powerfully for a millennium. The apex of human achievement in the ancient Mediterranean world, its government and art were unparalleled in its time. This week, use Tapestry's integrated approach to study the integrated relationship between pharaohs, pyramid construction, mummification, and beliefs about the afterlife. Learn about the Pharaohs who built monuments to their own glory, still standing today. This was Egypt at its zenith - go there with Tapestry of Grace.

In this sample week, our sticky note comments serve a new purpose. We've color-coded them to show you how Tapestry can meet the specific needs of various students in your home. For lower grammar students (approximately grades 1-3), look at red notes; for upper grammar students (approximately grades 4-6), read yellow ones. Green notes apply to dialectic level students (6-9), and blue are for rhetoric level students (9-12). Is your child a delayed, or gifted learner? Read the track below or above his "grade level" and consider whether or not this track would serve him. If you want to print out the week-plan before going through the tutorial below, simply click here!


Tapestry week-plan: Right for each student at any level at the same time! Let us show you how.	Support Products: Making your job easier as you teach each student at their own level.

Threads show you your weekly teaching objectives. In this sample, we show you that you don't need to do everything! Just cover what you choose from the appropriate level for your student. Reading Assignments in this sample week are annotated to show you how to use them with various learning levels. Overview shows your student his week at a glance. We've got color-coded comments waiting to help you see how to assign work to your student! Writing tells your student exactly what they'll be putting on paper this week. Learning level coding means that remedial work can be quick and simple! Student Activity pages apply about three pages of material to each learning level. Our comments show you how you'll divide up these pages week to week. Pageant of Philosophy is introduced in this week-plan. It's only for rhetoric level students, though, so if your child is younger you won't be using it yet - except maybe for yourself! Teacher's Notes will give you all the background information you need to skillfully teach your child, no matter what their level, without having to wade through their assignments yourself.	Map Aids supply every outline and source map you need for each level's geography work. Writing Aids is a one-time purchase that guides you through teaching all writing assignments in Tapestry on all levels for your student's entire K-12 education. Lap Books are geared towards lower-level students. If the child you're teaching is a hands-on learner, lap books are the perfect choice for assessing knowledge, review, or just plain educational fun. Evaluations are so much more than just tests! Great material for any level, Evaluations can be used to learn, discuss, review, and - yes - evaluate! Pop Quiz is the ideal tool for learning the material to be covered with any level quickly! This brief disc, written and narrated by Tapestry co-author Scott Somerville, explains the week's material and asks level-appropriate questions that make dialoguing with your student simple.

Click below to find sample lesson plans, showing how you might break up the assignments listed above throughout the week! Please note that Tapestry does not provide similar lesson plans for other weeks ... these are just for you to see how you might do it.