The Life as a Peasant in Ancient Egypt

The Life as a Peasant in Ancient Egypt Click anywhere to start the presentation! Presentation by: Kevin Johnston, Jenna Hayes, Victoria Haaker, Nicholas Habel, and Daniel Parilo

You are a peasant in ancient Egypt named Menes. A peasant is the lowest class on the social pyramid. Women typically were housewives and men were farmers, builders, or laborers. Have fun on your adventure! Click anywhere to continue Start Over

You chose farming season! Farming season is the season when it is best to grow your crops. The Nile River floods right before farming season which makes the ground perfect! During that season, your family and you grow great crops. After the crops grow, you give them to the pharaoh in a form of taxes. Which choice do you choose? There is a flood OR You plant wheat Start Over

It is off season! In off season, off season is when the land is flooded or too wet to plant, peasants would build pyramids (pyramids are large triangular buildings). The pyramids are where the pharaohs (pharaohs were at the top of the social pyramid) are buried in a sarcophagus (a sarcophagus is a tomb where pharaohs were buried). You Can WORK ON PYRAMIDS BECOME HOUSE WIFE Start Over

The river over flooded! (a flood is when a river overflows more than it is supposed to) When this happens you usually don't have enough taxes to pay the Government Officials. (The second highest class in ancient Egypt) Do you Don't have enough food to pay taxes. Or You don't grow a lot of food Start Over

You choose to plant wheat, a crop which was common in ancient Egypt for it's source of food or payment taxes. Next would you like to make bread from the wheat or use it to pay taxes. Do you Make bread Or Pay taxes Start Over

You are a pyramid builder in ancient Egypt. A pyramid is a tall sand-made structure with four sides. Next, you hear that something tragic has happed at your house. Do you leave immediately and displease the pharaoh, or tough it through and please the pharaoh? Leave Immediately Tough it through Start Over

You choose to be a house wife (a house wife would take care off the kids or make dinner). Last night your pot broke so you went to town to buy a pot from an artisan so you can make dinner. You Can Click to add text Make dinner Take care of the kids Start Over

You chose to have the soil watered down too much. This was very bad for the land crops. Now would you like to not grow a lot of crops from the bad soil or get punished for not paying the taxes because of the bad land bad crops. Click to add text You get punished Or You don’t grow a lot Start Over

The ground is perfect for planting! In Ancient Egypt the a flood was usually good before farming season. The flooding this season was great! There will probably be a great farming ahead! You Can Grow a lot of food and give it as taxes Or Have a feast with your family Start Over

You choose to give wheat to the Pharaoh for taxes. During Ancient Egypt peasants would give there crops as payment for taxes. Next would you like to choose the pharaoh is happy or you still have to pay off taxes. Happy pharaoh OR Not enough Start Over

You choose to make bread, this food was common in all Ancient Egypt and in all classes. Next would you like to make your bread wrong or give it to a friend. You Can Make bread wrong OR Give to friend Start Over

You built the pyramids well and please the pharaoh. You heard that nothing actually happened at your home. He gives you the choice to have lower taxes (taxes are when the scribes come round to collect crops for the pharaoh) or he will give you nice tools. You Can Lower Taxes OR Nice Tools Start Over

You run home to see what happened. When you get home, you realize that nothing happened. It was a false alarm. You hear the pharaoh is very mad. Do you go back and face the consequence or run away? Face the Blame OR Apologize to the pharaoh Start Over

You chose to make dinner. The kids want to eat bread (bread was a common food source in ancient Egypt). You Can Eat bread Give your bread to the pharaoh Start Over

You decide to take care of the kids. They went to a friends house to play a board game( a board game in Ancient Egypt would be like Shoots and Ladders or Risk). You Can Take the kids home and let them sleep Or Take them home and have them work in the garden Start Over

You get punished! In ancient Egypt if you didn't pay your taxes it would be common to be beaten by the monarch. A monarch is another name for leader or pharaoh. You get badly hurt. You are now very sad. See your fate here Start Over

You don't grow a lot! In ancient Egypt the crops didn't always grow perfectly. This year the crops hardly grew. When this happens you cant pay your taxes. Click here to see your fate Start Over

You give your all your crops as taxes. Now you go into famine and don't live much longer. You know that your life is short. Then all of a sudden, one of your peasant friends grow extra and gives you food and you can eat and work harder. Now that you work more have enough food you make more so, the pharaoh is pleased and you get rewarded. Click here to see your fate Start Over

You have a mini-feast with your family! Today you want to celebrate a good harvest. At the feast you eat bread and fish, you are no longer hunger and exhausted. You and your family are happy. See what happens next Start Over

You choose that the pharaoh is happy! When you gave him the wheat he became very happy. See what you get! Click here to see your fate Start Over

You choose the option that your payment of taxes did not fill all your debt. In Ancient Egypt, peasants or other classes payed their taxes with what they grow or produce. Click to see your fate Start Over

You choose to make your bread wrong. This probably wasn’t uncommon in Ancient Egypt for peasants because they were usually the poorest and did not usually have the proper cooking tools. Click here to see your fate. Start Over

You choose to make bread, but give it to a friend of yours who is a artisan. An artisan in Ancient Egypt usually made pieces of art or things people could use in everyday life. Artisans made their living from selling there art pieces. Click to see your fate Start Over

You now get a lot less crops off of your taxes. Now, when the scribes come around to collect your crops, you give a lot less crops! A scribe is a designated person who has been taught to write. See Your Fate Start Over

The Pharaoh gives you very nice tools for farming. You are very cheerful because you know you will have plenty of crops. See Your Fate Start Over

The Pharaoh is displeased and decides that you should be beaten. A beating is a punishment where the victim is hit repeatedly. See Your Fate Start Over

You get a second chance! You are very happy because the Pharaoh has spared you. See Your Fate Start Over

You chose to put your children to bed, they are very tired and don’t argue. See your fate Start Over

You chose to have them work in the garden. They water the crops and plant new seeds. See your fate Start Over

You chose to have bread for dinner and no one complained. See your fate Start Over

You chose to give your bread to the Pharaoh and your kids want fish, they don’t want bread. See your fate Start Over

You survive the punishment! You survive your punishment and now you and your family are very happy. . You live a long healthy life with you and your family. Click here 2 go 2 the home page Start Over

Now, you go into famine because you gave all of your food to the Pharaoh so you dot get in trouble again. You have to eat boiled papyrus. All of your family starves and you survive. Now you are very lonely, but you work harder and produce more crops. Now, you have never gone into famine again! Click here 2 go 2 the home page

You get rewarded! In Ancient Egypt it was rare to be rewarded as a peasant. Because of that you have enough money to attend Scribe school. Now, you become a very healthy and a richer Egyptian! Congratulations! Start Over

You chose to have a mini feast because you had a great growing season. You have never had such a big feast! All of your family enjoys the feast, tells jokes, and laughs. All of you are very cheerful and get a great good night's rest! The next morning your family is energized and gets right to work. You harvested even more because you have a lot more food in your stomach. Click here to go to the home page

The Pharaoh rewarded your hard work with a tool. He gives you a hoe, a tool used in Ancient Egypt for farming. This will help you with your farm and make the time shorter during farming. Go back to the start Start over

You tried to pay your taxes to the Pharaoh, but it wasn't enough. Taxes are a payment to the Pharaoh but in the form of food. Because you couldn't pay your taxes, you loose your land are now a slave. Your whole family gets separated to different houses. As a slave you disobey your owner and get beaten plus you sadly die because the way you disrespected your owner was very wrong. So therefore, they had the wright to beat you and you had gotten a much harder beating. The rest of your family still lives on because they obey their owners. Click here to go back to the home page

You choose to get sick. Now you are sick and unable to look after the farm! You miss the farming season and you can't pay your taxes. Now, you get beaten but you survive and now hope for a better season next year. Start Over

You made bread for your family to eat, then had extra. So, you gave it to your artisan friend. They were very grateful and thought it was delicious! Your friend decided to repay you by giving you a masterpiece sculpture. Now, both of you are very, very thankful and become even closer friends! But, you also make a lot of money off of the masterpiece sculpture! Now, you raise a level and are an artisan too! Congratulations! Click here to go to the home page

You now give less crops for your taxes. Yesterday when the scribe came around you gave a lot less crops. You have more crops to support your family. You and your family are very happy and have a great life. THE END Start Over

The Pharaoh is very pleased with your work on the pyramids. He gives you better tools for farming and you don’t have to pay a lot of taxes. Now, you have a great farming season and he is even more pleased! Now, you go higher in the social class pyramid to his very own assistant! You are much happier with this job! Click here to go to the home page

After getting beaten, you survived and you are very lucky. You learned a very helpful lesson and from then and on you have a good life. THE END Start Over

You are happy the pharaoh has spared you and now you go back to a happy family. Click here to go to the home page

Your kids fall asleep, and you have a peaceful night. THE END Start Over

You chose for your children to overwater the plants. In the puddles of water, one child slips and breaks their arm on the stone. Your child with the broken arm is too injured to work. At this time, you loose a lot of food since there is not enough harvested. Your family starves, but after a while, you and your family recover from eating boiled papyrus. Click here 2 go back 2 the home page

One of your children chokes and dies so you go to the desert to preserve the body. (to preserve the body peasants would go into the desert to dry out and keep the body intact). Start Over

You chose to give all of your fish to the pharaoh. Now you eat your leftover, stale bread from a week ago. You get sick with the rest of your family. Your children and husband dies and you are the only one to survive! You are now very lonely, but decide to marry some else. After the marriage you live a happy live and never give too much food to the Pharaoh. Start over