This Track is designed for the use of students. The goal is for students to learn more about some aspects of Ancient Egypt and to contrast these to similar aspects of today's society. The student's learning could be illustrated through written reports, web pages, HyperStudio stacks, oral reports, or enactments. All members of the class could study all aspects, but it would be more ideal to have groups of students select a topic for study. This latter method will stimulate more discussion and comparison of ideas.

Four topics are covered in this Track: 1) Comparison of the Great Pyramid at Giza with the Empire State Building and the Transamerica Pyramid; 2) Comparison of the Sphinx with the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore; 3) Comparison of Mummification with current burial practices and cryonics; and 4) Papermaking today and yesterday. I hope some of you will expand this Track to include other comparisons. Having older students develop and search for web materials to support other comparisons could be an interesting learning experience.
Since students cannot see the URLs of the sites in the Track, it is important to know that if you hold the mouse button down over the informational frame and choose New Window for Frame, the frame will be converted to a separate window where the URL of the site can be seen. This will simplify bibliographies.

KEYWORDS: world history, ancient civilization; ancient Egypt, project-based, top track