Egypt Day

The sixth grade has been studying Egypt for the past month. We have been reading novels set in ancient Egypt, built a pyramid, and painted a map of the Nile River. On Thursday, December 17, 2009, the sixth graders will participate in Egypt Day. Each student has been assigned a place in the Egyptian social pyramid. He/she will spend the day as a slave, a farmer, a merchant/artisan, a soldier, a scribe, a priest, or a pharaoh. The students will earn wages and even pay taxes(something that's not fun in any culture).