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Make Your Room Into an Ancient Egyptian Tomb
Ilene Sennuwy Springer
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(179)
(For Older Students) See what different ancient Egyptian rooms looked like and then learn about the resources you can use to create an Egyptian room for yourself. You'll feel like you're living like an ancient Egyptian in your own home!
Class Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
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In this two-week course, connoisseurs of ancient Egypt will learn what ancient Egyptian rooms looked like - for the rich and poor - and what's out there in shops, online and maybe in their own house that they can turn into ancient Egyptian decor. We'll look at relatively inexpensive items to possibly choose from. (You don't have to buy anything.) We'll start with a tour of my ancient Egyptian room - a...2 lessons//2 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Find Space For Your Egyptian RoomLook at different ancient Egyptian rooms - bedrooms, kitchens, and spaces for entertaining - through artwork, models and exhibits. Then: 1. Ask permission from your parents or caretakers to change your room or any other space in your home. 2. Think about the places besides bedrooms you can "Egytomize." 3. Decide how you'll use your Egyptiroom - just for show, as a getaway, a place for friends. 3. Find Egyptian-style drapes, wallpaper and tapestries.Week 2Lesson 2Fill Your Space!See how the ancient Egyptians decorated their rooms with tables, beds, murals, pottery and trunks. Then: 1. Where you can find reasonably priced Egyptian-style statuettes from museum shops and online. 2. How you can make things yourself from old tables and trunks and similar finds in antique shops. 3. How you don't need objects from Egypt to make them look Egyptian. 4. Warning: be careful about anything claimed as authentic ancient Egyptian objects.
- * Use space creatively. * Discover they can use the items they find, like baskets, for their clothes just as the ancient Egyptians did. * Tell the difference between mere Egyptomania nik- knacks and authentic-looking antiquities.
I hold a Diploma in Egyptology from Oxford College in England and a Certificate of Museum Studies from Harvard University. I’ve been to Egypt three times on personalized, educational tours. I've been captivated by ancient Egypt since I was 10 years old. And I feel it's my destiny to share my enthusiasm for and expertise on this beautiful and brilliant 5000-year-old civilization with all of you. I hope to see you soon in this class. I think you'll agree that The Egyptian Room is an attractive, fun and inspiring place to learn. And, please, if you like, call me Ms. Sennuwy - my chosen ancient Egyptian name.
0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Homework
Frequency: Available upon requestFeedback: Available upon requestDetails: The only homework requested (but not required) of students is to consider what space or objects they could use to create a personal, ancient Egyptian place for themselves. During the course of the class, students are not expected or encouraged to actually create the space, but to think about it.Assessment
Frequency: Available upon requestDetails: Since this class is all about making choices for a personal ancient Egyptian-style room or space, there will be no formal assessment.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
- Example of room decorated in ancient Egyptian style
- Egyptian Tomb Home Theater Photos - AVS Forum
- Etsy Egyptian Wallpaper
- Etsy Wallpaper
- Etsy Wallpaper - Instructions on Room Dimensions
- Search results for Amazon ancient Egyptian Wall tapestries
- Miniature Worlds (Egyptian Dioramas)
- Google Search Results for Egyptian Wallpaper
- Google Search Results for Egyptian Tapestries
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift Shop
- Amazon Images for Ancient Egyptian Statues
- Amazon Ancient Egyptian-Style Pottery
- Michael's Online for Baskets
- Video: How to Build a Sarcophagus
- Video: Ancient Egyptian Furniture
We will look at various websites that sell ancient Egyptian-style objects and furnishings. There are no students under 13 years of age in this class. Parents and caretakers will be informed that students will be looking at websites that sell products. (Students will not be allowed to purchase any products during class, and will not be encouraged to buy the products they see.)
Joined April, 2020
4.9
179reviews
Welcome to "The Ancient Egyptian Room!" You never know what's going to happen in here. One time during a class, I asked a question about Cleopatra, and a surreal voice from somewhere inside the room answered it. Turned out it was "Siri" who...
Group Class
$20
weekly or $40 for 2 classes1x per week, 2 weeks
55 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
1-4 learners per class
