On Screen 1. Unit 5

The Ancient Egyptians lived in Egypt around 3000 BC. Their towns and villages were along the banks of the River Nile. Thanks to the river they … fresh water, food and transportation.

The Pharaohs       the kings and queens of Egypt. The pharaoh      the head of the government and the most important person in Egypt.

The Ancient Egyptians had brick houses. The bricks       from mud and straw and were hard because of the hot sun. The houses did not have big windows. The roofs of the houses were flat. The rich      villas along the Nile. Some of these villas had 25 or 30 rooms.

Family, friends and especially children       important to the Ancient Egyptians. Swimming, fishing, sailing and hunting       their favourite free-time activities.

The Ancient Egyptians were hard-working people. Most of them       farmers. They were also traders and builders. They were great craftsmen, too. Their paintings were very special. The paintings were on temple walls and inside the Pyramids and      about the life of the dead pharaohs.

The Ancient Egyptians      writing, but the writing didn't have letters. Instead, it had pictures. We call these pictures hieroglyphics.

Ancient Inca children      wooden toys. They didn’t have books made of paper. They        (can) cook, farm and fish.

Inca children            (not can) read or write because Inca writing          exist.

Their favorite toys       spinning tops. Their favorite food      🌽 corn.

Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut. He … on the moon in 1969.

Marie Curie was born in 1867. She … the Sorbonne University in Paris.

She married Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre Curie … radium.

Mary Curie … two Nobel Prizes.

She … nurses to X-ray people. She died in Paris in 1934.