Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Coming Into America: Dating Artifacts 9 12 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate new discussions on the presence of humans in North America, and emulate the work of archeologists in dating artifacts at a dig site. Use clay to model how the radioactive isotope of carbon (C14) is used in dating organic...
Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1960

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site read about Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980 CE), the scientist and mathematician who discovered the carbon dating methods used by archaologists and geologists. This website includes the Nobel Prize "Presentation Speech," as...
Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Decoding the Past

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian offers students a background on what archaeology is and what an archaeologist does. Several lesson plans are also provided.
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Meadowcroft Rockshelter Historical Marker

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting article about the Meadowcroft Rockshelter and how archaeologists were able to dig through enough strata to determine that it was the home for paleo-Indians in Pennsylvania about 16,000 years ago. See pictures of some of...