You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy! Disgusting Things You'd Rather Not Know (Non- Fiction)

You wouldn't want to be an Egyptian mummy and this book tells you why! The Egyptians believe in life after death and they are prepared for it through mummification. You will be walked through every step of the process and will become an expert (especially after learning how to pull a brain out through the nostril and how to take out the intestines for preservation). Be prepared to learn things that you probably wouldn't want to know!

This book is filled with pictures and examples of the Egyptian culture and the mummification process.  To incorporate art and literacy, and as a type of informal assessment, I would ask the students to use help from the book to create their own sarcophagus and explain what steps they had to take.