Cultural units are my favorite! For this one, you can best believe we played the Bangles and learned some Egyptian dance moves. I also answered the door wearing Cleopatra's hair. :)
We learned about art things, too, like mixing with analogous colors, creating space using fore/middle/backgrounds, symmetry in faces, and we talked a bit about hieroglyphics and mummies.
Watercolor studies of Egyptian landscapes and an Egyptian selfie, all by second graders!!