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- 5th - 7th
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Students experience analyzing artifacts and relics found in a simulation of an archaeological dig and constructing a hypothetical scenario describing a pre-historic culture. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students, in their study of artifact and lifeway pictures, observe and discuss past Native American lifeways and construct a timeline of four major culture periods in Native American history. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students use ethnohistoric sources and an archaeological site map to study ethnohistoric analogy. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students, in groups, examine in depth one aspect of forensic archaeology to determine the skeleton's age, gender, and possible cause of death. To do so, students must first explain what is involved in each aspect of forensic archaeology. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research the ice age and the animals that were on the Earth at that time and have a debate on the explanation for the extinction of the ice age animals. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students examine how archaeologists establish and maintain the context of artifacts. They interpret a plan view of an archaeological site and explain the importance of the grid system. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students read about archaeology as a career. They develop a list of questions they would like to ask an archaeologist and then actually interview an archaeologist on the future of archaeology as a career. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students make a cordage and use an activity sheet to experience a skill that ancient Native American in North Carolina neded for everyday life. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify what and how to complete an Archaeological excavation is conducted. They identify the transition from one layer to the next more easily if the colors of the layers are different. When creating a dig, the teacher should compress the soil layers as much as possible to mimic the harder layers on a real site. Finally, students analyze the dig site and test their assumptions, some surface finds should be visible to indicate the nature of the site. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students in a Latin class focus on archeology and trade from the Hellenistic period through the Middle Ages. In groups, they read various stages of a primary source documents in which they discuss and answer questions. To end the lesson, they examine objects found in the ashes of the Mt. Vesuvius. Full Review »

