Amazing pop-up pull-out mummy book

By David Hawcock
Author Illustrated Claire Bampton
Dorling Kindersley Book, London, 2000
ISBN 9780789465078
Photographs, Acrylic
Annotation
A pop up book about Egyptian mummification with fold out three dimensional pictures with informational accompaniment.
Personal Reaction
Seeing a small mummy in a picture is OK, but imagine unfolding a 5-foot realistic illustration of Tutankhamen! This is what students will be able to do with this fabulous fold out pop-up book fit for older students. Perfect for supplementing 6th grade social studies this book gives students an exciting larger than textbook view of this abstract curriculum. The first page shows real photographs of mummies, folding this page out it shows sections including "Mummies of the world", "Beliefs and rituals", and "Tombs, Graves and caves" and two others. The "Natural Mummies" section educates the student on what a mummy is and how the dead can become mummified both purposefully and naturally. The center of the book is where the large mummy is laying regally in his golden 3 dimensional mask. Down the side of him there are photos and illustrations of different Egyptian artifacts and where and why they would be found in the tomb. The top of the page can be turned to view underneath the golden mask, a shocking but fascinating scene. This book can also be hung on the wall during a class lesson.

Egyptian civilizations are directly apart of the following California State Standards for the 6th grade:
6.2     Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.
6.2.2     Trace the development of agricultural techniques that permitted the production of economic surplus and the emergence of cities as centers of culture and power.
6.2.3     Understand the relationship between religion and the social and political order in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
6.2.5     Discuss the main features of Egyptian art and architecture.
6.2.6     Describe the role of Egyptian trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Nile valley.
6.2.8     Identify the location of the Kush civilization and describe its political, commercial, and cultural relations with Egypt