Egyptian Sand Art Drawings
Mrs. Primmerman, 5th and 6th grade, Cornville Elementary School
And Mrs. Conway, 6th grade, Norridgewock Central Grade School

This unit integrated History/Social Studies of Ancient Egypt with visual art.  Both classes studied Social Class, mummification, pyramids and pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.  See diagram below: source: http://www.crystalinks.com/egyptsocialsystems.html 

Mrs. Primmerman and Mrs. Conway’s student’s visual interpretation drew tombs, scribes, animal symbolism, nobles, vizier (advisor to the Pharaoh), Pharaohs and Queens.  Using fine grain colored sand, and specially prepared paper, students focused on some of the elements of art;  line, shape, color, texture, space.  Unity, emphasis, movement, balance, pattern were some of the principles of art used to organize and compose each scene.