Ancient Egypt KS2 Lesson Planning and Resources

Complete Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans for KS2

Our ready-to-teach Ancient Egypt lesson plans KS2 are perfect for Year 3 and above. Each pack includes:

• A clear, detailed lesson plan

• Engaging presentations to help in your teaching

• Fun, hands-on activities and printable worksheets

• Assessment opportunities
  
  

These resources save you time while helping your class explore one of history’s most captivating civilisations in a meaningful way.

What’s Covered in Our KS2 Ancient Egypt Lessons?

Our KS2 Ancient Egypt lessons introduce children to all the major themes and questions around ancient Egyptian life. Topics include:

• The River Nile

• Pharaohs, tombs and daily life

• Who were the Ancient Egyptians?

• Mummification and burial practices

• Key artefacts and archaeological discoveries

• A clear Ancient Egypt timeline KS2 learners can follow
  
  

All content is designed with Year 3 and Year 4 in mind – especially useful for teaching Ancient Egypt Year 3 as part of a broader history topic.

Ancient Egypt Project Ideas KS2

If you want to make your lessons even more exciting, try some of our Ancient Egypt project ideas KS2 students love:

• Build a model of a pyramid using sugar cubes or Lego

• Create an Egyptian-style scroll using tea-stained paper

• Act out a day in the life of an Egyptian child

• Create some Ancient Egypt vase Design

• Ancient Egyptians Brain Teasers

These fun projects help children connect with the past and apply what they’ve learned in a creative way.

Explore the Ancient Egyptian Timeline for KS2 Students

We also include a simple, clear Ancient Egyptian timeline KS2 learners can use to:

• Understand how long the Ancient Egyptian civilisation lasted

• See how it fits into a wider world history timeline

• Spot major events, such as the construction of the pyramids or the reign of key pharaohs

• Develop sequencing and chronological awareness

Timelines are also great tools for display and revision!

Why Choose Our Ancient Egypt Resources?

Our Ancient Egypt resources are written by experienced primary teachers, so they’re:

• Aligned with the National Curriculum

• Easy to teach, even with limited prep time

• Flexible enough to suit different year groups and abilities

• Designed to support knowledge-rich and enquiry-based learning

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• Ancient Greece

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• The Early Islamic Civilisation

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Ancient Egypt for KS2 Lesson Plans FAQs

What does the Ancient Egyptian timeline include?

Using our Ancient Egyptian Timeline lesson or free Ancient Egypt Timeline Cards will help give your Year 3 or Year 4 children a clear chronological understanding of the key events in the ancient Egyptian civilisation. This will also help them to place ancient Egypt in the context of early civilisations around the world.

Can I use these Ancient Egypt lesson plans without much prep?

Absolutely! All our lesson packs are designed to be able to be picked up and taught with very little (if any!) prep time needed by you. Each lesson comes fully prepared with an easy-to-follow lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input and a range of printable activities. Each lesson also comes with differentiated activity ideas for adaptive learning, meaning you can easily match the activities to different levels and styles of learners within your class.

What kinds of activities are included?

Our Ancient Egyptian lessons come with a wide range of activities, from ordering timeline cards to mummifying a tomato! Other activities include exploring pictures of artefacts and matching them to descriptions, creating a time capsule, and creating a comic strip for an ancient Egyptian myth. We also have reading or listening to the diaries of different people in the ancient Egyptian social pyramid to explore what everyday life was like, and many more!

Do you have assessments included?

Each of our ready-to-teach schemes of work comes with a free assessment grid to track learning. Our Ancient Egyptian lesson pack also come with a fun End of Unit Quiz, which acts as an informal tool to assess how well your children have retained the learning from the lessons.