Lesson plan based on Amenemhet
Analyze the diet of an ancient Egyptian man to determine whether he had a balanced diet.
Skills and Focus: Life Science
Subject Area: Science
Thematic Connection: Connecting Past and Present
Grade Level: Elementary School
Time Needed: 30 minutes
Objectives
• Understand the food groups that make up the food pyramid.
• Understand the components of a healthy diet.
• Understand that healthy dietary principles are universal and unchanging.
Instructional Materials Needed
Story: What Does This Show?
Activity
Step 1: After watching What Does This Show? (or summarizing the story using images and details from the relief of Amenemhet), show students the USDA food pyramid.
Step 2: Ask students to identify the different kinds of food shown on the relief. Then have them assign each food shown to its appropriate place on the food pyramid.
Critical Thinking Ask students to
• compare the food shown on the relief to the foods shown on the food pyramid.
• describe which foods Amenemhet should have added to his diet to achieve a healthy nutritional balance.
Goals
This activity meets Illinois State Goal 12: Have a working knowledge of the fundamental concepts and principles of the life, physical, and earth/space sciences and their connections.
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