October 31, 2018 : Who’s Your Mummy?

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers

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Activities:

1. Draw a mummy that can stand and walk. Paste five newspaper words or pictures for items to bring luck to your mummy on your drawing – items that would have great meaning for your mummy.

2. Now write a brief story about the mummy your drew. Share your story with friends .

3. Look for movies in the entertainment section of the newspaper. Rewrite five titles including the word “mummy.”

4. How are these related to mummies: (a) resin, (b) King Tut, (c) natron and (d) sarcophagus?

5. Pretend you are in charge of designing a room in a tomb for a modern “King Tut.” Paste newspaper pictures in your room – what would the modern king need for furniture, foods and entertainment?

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.

This week's standard:
Students understand the beginnings of human society . (History)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)