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If you like to write and think about having a career as a writer, you'll enjoy hearing about the training and professional roles of the scribe in ancient Egypt.  

Class Highlights:

Students will gain a better appreciation for ancient Egyptian writing and for those, the scribes, who invented it.  The evidence that ancient Egypt DID have the first scribes in the world - and not the ancient Sumerians, as archaeologists once believed.  We'll cover the following:

• Why scribes were considered to be among the professional elite in ancient Egyptian society.
• Who was allowed to become a scribe?
• How hard it was it to attend scribe school (including physical punishment).
•  Why scribes were crucial in keeping ancient Egyptian society functioning.
•  How much scribes got paid.
•  What ancient Egyptian scribes have done for modern Egyptologists and archeologists. 

You'll also see what a scribal kit looked like (I've got a great copy of one) and the types of mediums (materials) they used to write on: stone, clay, wood and papyrus.   Through a brief, very relaxing video, we'll see how papyrus was made into paper.

How I teach:

- Classes with only four students.
- Lots of interaction.  
- Dramatic Keynote (PowerPoint) presentation with illustrations, 
   maps and photos of ancient artwork.
- Animated lecture and discussion.
- The showing of genuine antiquities from my collection.

I interact a lot with learners, encouraging kids to share their opinions, ideas, mistakes and triumphs.  I love it when kids laugh.  
After the class, I message parents/caretakers to tell them how their student did, and I include extra files for their interest.  


CLASS PRICE includes (in addition to the scheduled class):

1. Welcome message to both the student and enroller.
2. Quiz (actually, a learning tool) as a pre-lesson activity.
3. Personalized post-class message to the student and enroller, 
    detailing how the learner did in class and any recommendations.
4. Availability to answer a student's questions (by message) after  
    class.
                                             
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