Central Idea will be a complete sentence.
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- the topic and
- the idea the author wants you to learn about the topic.
- It will NOT be a question. It will be a complete statement.
- It will be broad enough to cover the big idea(s) in the chapter.
- It will be narrow enough so it's NOT including things that are not in the chapter.
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Tentative Central Idea:
King Tut died young, but his body has gone through a lot since then including being mummified and being dug up at least five times as scientists tried to find out just why he died.
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- King Tut is more famous for being dead than for being alive.
- King Tut was called the Boy King because he was so young when he became king.
- After Tut died his body was mummified.
- Mummification was a long complicated process.
- Mummification was a long complicated process.
- Mummification was a long complicated process.
- Mummification was a long complicated process.
- Mummification was a long complicated process.
- His servants buried Tut with lots of his possessions.
- He wasn't buried in a pyramid, but in a tomb hidden under sand dunes.
- Howard Carter found his tomb in 1922 and sent his belongings to museums all over the world.
- Carter did an autopsy on Tut's body.
- Tut was returned to his tomb for 40 years.
- Tut was dug up again in 1968 to be x-rayed, and the scientists decided he had been murdered.
- Tut was dug up again in 1978 for more x-rays and blood tests.
- Tut was dug up again in 2005 for CT scans.
- Scientists found out that Tut had a broken leg when he died, and may have died from infection.
- Tut was dug up again in 2009 for scientists to take DNA from his bones, and they found out that he had a "dead" foot and malaria.
- Tut probably died of malaria.
