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# Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt

Describe what everyday life was like for ordinary people in ancient Egypt: farmers grew wheat and barley near the Nile, families lived in mud-brick houses, children played games and had pets, and people ate bread, fish, fruit, and vegetables

Subject: History · Area: Ancient Egypt · Ages 5 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/everyday-life-in-ancient-egypt-mt_P0HBNfp46z

## Ready when they can

- Describe at least two things ordinary Egyptian families did in their daily lives
- Name foods that ancient Egyptians ate or crops they grew
- Identify at least one similarity and one difference between life in ancient Egypt and life today

## Lesson: Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt

Long ago, families lived by the Nile River in Egypt. Many mothers and fathers worked as farmers. They grew wheat and barley in the fields. Families lived in houses made of mud bricks.

Egyptian families ate bread, fish, fruit, and vegetables. Farmers grew wheat and barley to make bread. The Nile River gave them fish to eat. Fruit and vegetables grew well in the rich soil.

**Example.** Neferet wakes up in her mud-brick house. She helps her mother bake bread. Then she plays a game with a ball. Her pet cat naps in the sun.

*(drawing: Follow Neferet through one day long ago: wake up in a mud-brick house, help bake bread, play with a ball, and watch her cat nap in the sun.)*

**Tip.** Egyptian children played games and had pets, just like you. But they had no cars, phones, or television. Some things stay the same. Some things change a lot.

**Recap.** Egyptian families farmed, ate bread and fish, and lived much like us.

## Practice

24 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/egypt-the-nile-and-the-desert-mt_8UL1opbJEt)

## Opens up

- [Ancient life vs today](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/ancient-life-vs-today-mt_19qy2uuaKp)
- [Egyptian Social Hierarchy](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/egyptian-social-hierarchy-mt_bEvMBUv4eG)
- [Hieroglyphs and Papyrus](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/hieroglyphs-and-papyrus-mt_iFkd0CTwlA)
- [Upper and Lower Egypt](https://lightmysky.com/learn/history/upper-and-lower-egypt-mt_lSFwVU7V9g)