Egypt Unit Study

We've been having fun studying Egypt the last few school days.  We've added in stories about Moses (several versions) as well.  In our history book the next section is about Sumer and the story of Sargon is told, so I wanted the kids to have the stories about Moses fresh in their minds before we read that so we can compare and contrast.  For those who aren't familiar, the story of Sargon as a baby is VERY similar (like almost exactly) the same as Moses being put into a basket.  Here's what we've been doing for this unit:

• Big Hugaboo really likes looking different maps and tracing the Nile river then drawing in pyramids.
• Right now the kids are watching a documentry from the library about ancient Egypt as I try to get them to rest before naptime. 
• We opted out of mummifying a real chicken. 
• We also wrote his name in hieroglyphics on clay. 
• He's journaled about putting treasure in his own pyramid and made a map with all the booby traps!
• Read a number of different nonfiction books and looked at lots of pictures.

He is VERY insistant that he wants to take a trip to Egypt so he can research the writing on the pyramids to see if real people did write inside them long ago.  He wants to see it for himself. I told him that when he's 10 if he still wants to go there we can go together.  I think that sounds like fun!