Egyptian Cartouche Hieroglyphics Construction Kit

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I made this project for a 4th grade history unit on Ancient Egypt. The students can spell out their names in hieroglyphics in the style of a cartouche. Easiest way to do this is to open the construction kit on Tinkercad.com and then just drag and drop the correct letters into position and delete the extra pieces. This is a very easy project suitable for beginners.https://tinkercad.com/things/jc2XaoHVt13 Or assemble the parts in you preferred cad program. Standards NGSS Overview and Background I made this project for a 4th grade history unit on Ancient Egypt. The students can spell out their names in hieroglyphics in the style of a cartouche. Easiest way to do this is to open the construction kit on Tinkercad.com and then just drag and drop the correct letters into position and delete the extra pieces. This is a very easy project suitable for beginners.https://tinkercad.com/things/jc2XaoHVt13 Or assemble the parts in you preferred cad program. Lesson Plan and Activity Open the construction kit on Tinkercad.com https://tinkercad.com/things/jc2XaoHVt13 it may take some time to load. Choose the cartouche shape you want, delete the other one. It may make things easier if you lock the cartouche before moving the hieroglyphics onto it. Drag and drop the hieroglyphics onto the cartouche. Use Edit --> Duplicate if you need extra copies of a symbol. The arrow keys can be helpful in positioning the symbols correctly. You can use Adjust --> Align to center the symbols. Lengthen or shorten the cartouche if necessary Delete all the extra pieces Download your completed model and print If you don't use the Construction Kit on Tinkercad you can import the cartouche and hieroglyphs you want to use into your favorite CAD program and assemble it there. It is more authentic if you inscribe (negative space) the hieroglyphs instead of embossing them (raised positive space). Project: Egyptian Cartouche Hieroglyphics Objective Students will create a cartouche by spelling out their names in hieroglyphics. Audience This is a 4th grade project that is easy enough for beginners to complete. Preparation This project is intended to be used as part of a lesson on ancient Egypt. Steps Open the construction kit on Tinkercad.com https://tinkercad.com/things/jc2XaoHVt13 it may take some time to load. Choose the cartouche shape you want, delete the other one. It may make things easier if you lock the cartouche before moving the hieroglyphics onto it. Drag and drop the hieroglyphics onto the cartouche. Use Edit --> Duplicate if you need extra copies of a symbol. The arrow keys can be helpful in positioning the symbols correctly. You can use Adjust --> Align to center the symbols. Lengthen or shorten the cartouche if necessary Delete all the extra pieces Download your completed model and print If you don't use the Construction Kit on Tinkercad you can import the cartouche and hieroglyphs you want to use into your favorite CAD program and assemble it there. It is more authentic if you inscribe (negative space) the hieroglyphs instead of embossing them (raised positive space). Extensions This project simplifies things by assigning a symbol to each letter of the alphabet. The Egyptians used hieroglyphs to represent sounds, so it would be more accurate to spell out a name phonetically. Older or more skilled students can engraved their names on other objects, such as an obelisk. Additional hieroglyphics can be created and included in the project. These can be drawn then converted to SVG format and imported into Tinkercad. Or images of the hieroglyphics can be found on the Internet and converted to SVG format and imported. Results This project hasn't been tested with students yet, but sample models were created and included in here.