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How Much of Human History Is on the Bottom of the Ocean? Instructional VideoHow Much of Human History Is on the Bottom of the Ocean? Instructional Video
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TED-Ed
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4th - 8th
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15 mins
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How Much of Human History Is on the Bottom of the Ocean?

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Shipwrecks and lost cities are just a few of the artifacts left behind by humans over the years. Take a look at a video that dives into the shallow and deep depths of the ocean to explore pieces of human history.

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Concepts

oceans, pirates, ships, ancient civilizations

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Research various ship graveyards, such as the Graveyard of the Atlantic located off the coast of North Carolina and home to Blackbeard's sunken ship
  • Flip the lesson and have viewers watch the video at home to save class time for research and discussion

Pros

  • Along with the video, the resource comes with links to research, a discussion question, and a quiz to check for understanding
  • The video contains a lot of neat points that work great for sparking discussion on the factors that have created a museum under the ocean

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  • None

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