Egyptian Unit - Final pictures

Even though today was officially a snow day (we plan to follow the regular school schedule, for now), we finished up our Egypt books today and did some more reading.  I am very pleased with how well the file books turned out.  And the best part?  The Boys both kept talking about how proud they were of the work they did.  Having them do something they were proud of, rather than the minimum required for the assignment, was one of my major goals.

Here are the Boys with all of their projects: the mummy mask, mini sarcophagi w/mummies, pharaoh portraits, clay ankhs and Eyes of Horace and their Egypt books (and the 3D pyramid puzzle we did over the holidays).

 Boy1's book:

Boy2's book:

OK - I can't figure out why one of those loaded sideways or how to fix it.  So just turn your head, ok?

Even though we used a double file book, which gave them 10 panels to work with inside, both Boys had topics left over they wanted to include.  I think they liked these so much because of how much they enjoy the "-ology" books.  We must have about 10 or 12 of them (Oceanology, Pirateology, Mythology, etc.).  They love opening the flaps, pulling things out of the little envelopes, flipping through the mini-books.  This was their own version of Egyptology, and a great final project for our unit.