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What would the children ask Cleopatra if they were able to interview her? They could maybe ask her what it was like to rule Egypt, or maybe ask about Julius Caesar or Mark Anthony? Can they think of some good open questions to encourage her to talk more?
Cleopatra was known for her astounding beauty, and she followed several beauty routines including bathing daily in donkey's milk to keep her skin soft. It was said 700 donkeys were needed to provide her daily milk bath! Can the kids design a poster advertising this treatment?
See if the children can find all the words related to Cleopatra in this word search. There are twelve to find, and we've included the answers too...
The children need to practise their persuasive writing skills for this worksheet, which asks them to imagine they are Cleopatra asking for Julius Caesar's support to claim the throne against Ptolemy.
