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Students explore new support regarding the earliest peopling of America by examining multiple theories on the migration of the first people to America, investigating related archeological finds, and creating research-based scientific reports on their assi Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students participate in an excavation simulation, and explore the ruins of Sardis. They ponder which clues scientists use to determine if artifacts found in the excavation are of Persian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, or Lydian origin. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students list at least five different kinds of artifacts archaeologists have found in U.S. excavations. They cite artifacts when describing life at a particular archaeological site. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 12th
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Students compare ancient and contempory objects and speculate how archaeologists of the future "read" their cultural material. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students examine the need for preservation of archaeological resources. They discuss and propose possible solutions to a given ethical dilemma. 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 - 6th
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Students pose as archaeologists, famous for their scholarly excavations, writing, and lectures about ancient cultures and are invited back to the 20thy century from the year 3000 to explore an archaeological sit, their classroom. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students complete a variety of exercises surrounding their study of artifacts and what scientists learn from them. They analyze sample artifacts and hypothesize what they tell about the person or society they came from. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students view pictures of classmates' homes, make list of different objects in picture, and discuss what they can tell about place from evidence in picture. Students then observe artifact pictures, and read and complete artifact chart. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students engage in a variety of activities to broaden their understanding of archaeology and ancient artifacts. They hypothesize how an object will fit a particular area and time period of history. Full Review »

