Learn Hieroglyphics · for teachers

How to run a classroom quiz session

A 20-minute live quiz on the hieroglyphic alphabet for KS2 and KS3. No pupil accounts, no app to install: a room code on the projector and any web browser.

1. 1

   Before the lesson (5 min)

   Open learnhieroglyphics.com/teachers/class on the classroom computer and sign in (free; Google or email). Put the projector on. Check pupils can reach learnhieroglyphics.com on their phones or tablets; the join page is tiny and works on any browser.

2. 2

   Open the room (1 min)

   Click “Open a room”. A six-character code and the address learnhieroglyphics.com/play/CODE appear in large type. Leave them on screen.

3. 3

   Pupils join (3 min)

   In pairs or threes, one device per team. They open the address, type a team name (2–20 characters, no personal details needed) and tap Join. Names appear on the projector as they arrive; up to 60 teams.

4. 4

   Play (10–12 min)

   Click Start. Each of the ten questions shows on the projector with a 20-second countdown; teams tap one of four colour-and-shape buttons on their device. Fast correct answers score up to 1000 points, slower ones down to 500. Click “Reveal now” to end a question early, then “Next question”. The leaderboard updates after every question.

5. 5

   Podium (2 min)

   After question ten the podium appears with confetti. Screenshots welcome. Pupils see their own rank on their device.

6. 6

   Follow up

   Hand out the printable worksheet (learnhieroglyphics.com/teachers/worksheet) or put the name translator on the board and write the class’s names in cartouches.

The four question types

• Name the sign: what does this hieroglyph show? (owl, reed leaf, water ripple…)
• Animal signs: which of these four signs is the vulture / owl / horned viper?
• Spot the sound: which sound does this sign write?
• Royal names: whose name is in this cartouche? (Khufu, Cleopatra, Tutankhamun…)

Good to know

• Rooms close themselves after three hours and all team names are deleted then. Nothing else about pupils is stored.
• A device that drops off the Wi-Fi can reopen the same address and carries on as the same team.
• Colour is never the only cue: every answer button also has a shape (▲ ◆ ● ■) and its text.
• Curriculum: the questions use the 25 uniliteral (“alphabet”) signs and real royal cartouches, the same content as the free first lesson at learnhieroglyphics.com/lessons/expedition-begins.

Questions or a scheme-of-work tie-in: contact@learnhieroglyphics.com · Printed from learnhieroglyphics.com/teachers/class/guide