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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students participate in an archaeological excavation to determine how archeologists make inferences about various cultures. They reconstruct the site using layers of drawings. They discuss the kinds of information they learned. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students explore purpose and process of archaeology, as well as demonstrate how it applies to their own lives, through a simulated archaeological dig. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast the role of scientists with that of archaeologists. They also describe the roles of observations and evidence in science. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students listen to oral story describing mystery artifact, work in groups to write descriptive report of artifact, and creatively form hypothesis based purely on misinterpretation. Students then explore and discuss difficulty of artifact categorization. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students participate in a lesson about the points of concurrency. Students should understand properties of triangles to solve problems and use proportions to express relationships among corresponding parts of similar figures. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students simulate an archaeological dig by by carefully recording and sketching the position of "artifacts" found in a search grid. They work in small groups to number and chart modern artifacts such as paper clips and staplers that have been placed in a grid section on the classroom floor. 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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- 4th - 12th
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Students begin the lesson by being introduced to the new vocabulary associated with archaeology. In groups, they use the school grounds to simulate their dig site. They record all the objects they discover and what can be gathered from them. 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 »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students use this lesson to focus on classical archaeology. In groups, they read various myths and legends to examine the how the culture was passed between different groups. They participate in a role-play activity in which they represent different countries trading with each other and discover how cultures can clash. Full Review »
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