Lesson Plan
Curated OER

China's Ancient Tomb Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research and discuss Chinese history through the examination of ancient tomb artifacts. Emphasis is placed on the creation of student posters displaying "what they would put in a tomb".
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Virtual Museum

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore various time-periods in American history. They select important events, people, places, and artifacts to explore. Students present their information to the class using PowerPoint.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

International Festival - Cultures of the World Research Projects

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify common elements of cultures from around the world. They create a group research project, which illustrates the elements of culture from a specific country of the Eastern World. Finally, they compare these...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Religious Intolerance in Afchanistan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, as a group, examine and discuss the destruction and planned demolition of Buddhist artifacts in Afghanistan by the Islamic Taliban government. They further research the issue and then hold a simulated summit with Buddhists,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Site Formation In Archaeology

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students look at the findings of a Hopi Indian dig site in order to reconstruct the sequence of events that occurred in the past. They examine the stratigraphy while making multiple hypothesis about the artifacts and their locations at...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Archaeological Adventure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars simulate an archeological dig in the classroom to explore a culture through its artifacts.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Native Americans

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are assigned a group of Native Americans from the North Carolina area to study. They research and write a paper, including sections on family, government, food, clothing, shelter, European contact, artifacts and give an...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Take Action, Save the Past

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use their creative and critical thinking skills to find useful solutions to current and future problems concerning the destruction of archaeological sites and artifacts.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Observation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice observation skills by discussing physical attributes of family artifacts. They determine what characteristics of an object are considered important details.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Asian-American History

For Teachers K - 7th
Young scholars access web based resources in order to study the history of Asian-Americans as they immigrated and assimilated into live in America using grade level appropriate resources. Also, they examine journals, artifacts, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Curious Curators

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a theme statement for a collection of diverse objects. Using the internet, they research and write descriptions of various artifact. They role play the role of a museum curator and produce a museum style exhibition. ...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Asian-American History for Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use web technology to access American history and the Asian-American experience. They evaluate journals as historical artifacts, especially the concept of firsthand account vs. history text. Students discuss Asian American...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pre-European Cultures of the Upper Mississippi River Valley

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders locate the Mississippi River Valley on a map. In groups, they use the internet to research the prehistoric periods of this area. They also examine artifacts and pictures and place them into chronological order. They...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Decoys: Fair or Foul?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover and articulate reasons for cultural change and public policy through study of historic artifacts and testimony using the waterfowl decoys collections in Harvesting the River Online exhibit.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geography and Archeology of the River People

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders work together in groups to read a handout and answer questions about the geography and archeology of a group of native peoples. As a class, they discuss their opinions and answers and the importance of using artifacts to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Off the Record

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Music reflects culture and culture is reflected in popular music. Reading an article on how hip-hop has affected the lives of two young men of different races launches an investigation of the development and influences of various musical...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Banpo Village: Gone, But Not Forgotten

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders plan a trip to China and prepare yourself for the Banpo excavation site competition by studying prehistoric and ancient Chinese history.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

QUILT SHARING

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars share in the family histories of their peers as told through the quilt stories, and apply math skills by using invented strategies to determine the (approximate) age of the quilt from the information given about the date...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

30 Day Journal

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars collect articles, political cartoons, photographs and other artifacts relating to a specific traumatic event, such as September 11th. They reflect on their artifacts in written journals.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Predicting the Past

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study how archaeologists record the past. They discuss archaeology and artifacts. They view a list of artifacts discovered by Marquette at the Illinois Village and answer questions regarding them. They complete a test about...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dressing in Early American Times

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, by doing research and seeing actual and simulated artifacts, gain knowledge of and make comparisons about clothing in the Colonial and early Republican eras with attire of present time.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oaxaca Archaeology

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students acquire an understanding that archaeology is a field of scientific study of the life and culture of ancient civilizations by excavation and study of cities and artifacts.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Homes Sweet Homes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students analyze various paintings of houses by Robert Harris. They examine what home really means to themselves by drawing house designs, collecting artifacts and making a class museum, taking photos and conducting a guided tour of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Archeological Pow-Wow

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars, in groups, examine the use of artifacts and fossils to study people, plants and animals from the past.

Other popular searches